./net/maradns, Secure DNS server for *NIX systems

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Branch: pkgsrc-2010Q2, Version: 1.4.03nb1, Package name: maradns-1.4.03nb1, Maintainer: pkgsrc-users

MaraDNS is a package that implements the Domain Name Service (DNS), an
essential internet service. MaraDNS is intended for environments where a DNS
server must be secure and where the server must use the absolute minimum
number of resources possible. MaraDNS was created in response to issues
people had with the DNS servers available in early 2001; and has the
following design goals:

Security-aware programming. A DNS server needs to be secure. It has a number
of security features in the code, including:

1. The code uses a special string library which is resistant to buffer
overflows.

2. The code, if started as root, mandates running as an unpriviledged user
in a chroot() jail.

Open-Source. The 1.0 release of the DNS server is public-domain code;
the 1.2 release will be released under a very liberal BSD-style license.

Simplicity. This DNS server has the minimum number of features needed to
correctly act as an authoritative and/or recursive name server.

Master sites:

SHA1: 3ffd296d6d6ee25206e44f08b6d9bd4845369d81
RMD160: 3c910e45b0d2ddcb8a879141ace51fffd7f95d50
Filesize: 964.011 KB

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