Freeware BIND/iX for HP 3000 MPE
http://www.cccd.edu/~markb/bindix.html
Freeware DNS server and clients for MPE
Last updated July 1, 1999 @ 2330 UTC
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What's New
* July 1, 1999
o Upgraded to the official 8.2.1 production release which compiles
"straight out of the box" on MPE. Please note that I never
released the 8.2 version due to a number of serious non-MPE
bugs. A summary of the changes since 8.1.2 from src/README:
+ SECURITY NOTE:
+ Solaris and other pre-4.4BSD kernels do not respect
ownership or protections on UNIX-domain sockets. This
means that the default path for the NDC control socket
(/BIND/PUB/etc/ndc) is such that any user (root or
other) on such systems can issue any NDC command except
"start" and "restart". The short term fix for this is
to override the default path and put such control
sockets into root- owned directories which do not
permit non-root to r/w/x through them. The medium term
fix is for BIND to enforce this requirement internally.
The long term fix is for all kernels to upgrade to
4.4BSD semantics.
+ BIND 8.2.1 Highlights
+ Bug fixes, especially to DNSSEC, TSIG, IXFR, and
selective forwarding.
+ Portability improvements and lint removal.
+ Use best SOA rather than first-better when selecting an
AXFR master.
+ $TTL now accepts symbolic time values (such as "$TTL
1h30m").
+ "ndc reload" now accepts a zone argument, for
single-zone reloads.
+ ndc is better behaved; is verbose or quiet when
appropriate.
+ event and error reporting improvements.
+ BIND 8.2 Highlights
+ RFC 2308 (Negative Caching)
+ RFC 2181 (DNS Clarifications)
+ RFC 2065 (DNS Security)
+ TSIG (Transaction SIGnatures)
+ support for multiple virtual name servers
+ NDC uses a "control channel" now (no more signals)
+ "Split DNS" via zone type "forward".
+ Many bug fixes
+ Documentation improvements
+ Performance enhancements
o Tar is now used instead of MOVER to package the BIND/iX
distribution. DEATH TO MOVER IN ALL OF ITS EVIL INCARNATIONS!!!
* May 14, 1998
o Upgraded to the official 8.1.2 production release which includes
the MPE port and thus will compile "straight out of the box" on
MPE.
* April 9, 1998
o Upgraded to 8.1.2-T3B. While this is technically a beta release,
it is a production candidate, and I've been running 8.1.2
internally for a couple of months now without any problems. This
release fixes a number of security bugs, so if you're running
something earlier, you want to install 8.1.2-T3B (or else wait a
week or two for the production release of 8.1.2).
o The MPE port has finally been incorporated into the official BIND
source distribution. 8.1.2-T3B will compile "straight out of the
box" on MPE.
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Welcome
This is the official home page for the HP 3000 MPE port of the ISC BIND DNS
server . Check here for the latest news, implemented functionality, known
bugs, to-do list, etc. Status reports about major milestones will also be
posted to the HP3000-L mailing list and its associated gatewayed newsgroup
comp.sys.hp.mpe.
I did this port because it is the foundation for other important packages
such as sendmail.
Please send your comments, questions, and bug reports directly to me, Mark
Bixby, by e-mailing to [log in to unmask] Or just post them to HP3000-L. You
can also telephone me at +1 714 438-4647 Monday-Friday 0815-1715 PDT
(1515-0015 UTC).
The platform I'm using to do this port is an HP 3000 957RX running MPE/iX
6.0 and using the gcc C compiler from the Interex Freeware tape or
http://jazz.external.hp.com/src/gnu/gnuframe.html.
I would like to extend my sincere thanks to HP CSY for providing me with
the resources and encouragement to do this port.
Please note that HP now bundles BIND/iX with MPE/iX 6.0 or later. The
version of BIND/iX currently shipping with MPE/iX 6.0 is 8.1.1. HP
provides official support for the bundled version of BIND/iX only and will
properly disavow any knowledge of the unsupported freeware version you're
reading about on this web page.
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System Requirements
* Requires MPE/iX 5.5 or later.
* Requires Syslog/iX from http://www.cccd.edu/~markb/syslogix.html (or
the Syslog/iX that comes bundled with MPE/iX 6.0 or later).
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Coast Community College Dist. Web: http://www.cccd.edu/~markb/
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Technical Support Voice: +1 714 438-4647
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