Freeware BIND/iX for HP 3000 MPE

http://www.bixby.org/mark/bindix.html
Freeware DNS server and clients for MPE
Last updated November 11, 1999 @ 2345 UTC

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What's New

   * November 11, 1999
        o Upgraded to the official 8.2.2p3 production release (plus Patch
          4) which compiles "straight out of the box" on MPE.  This version
          fixes the vulnerabilities documented in CERT Advisory CA-99-14.
        o The sample configuration files in /BIND/PUB/etc have all been
          renamed to xxx-sample in order to avoid stomping on existing
          files if you're upgrading from a previous release of BIND/iX.
        o Man pages are now supplied in /BIND/PUB/man.  You'll need to add
          /BIND/PUB/man to the MANPATH environment variable if you want the
          man command to be able to find the BIND/iX man pages.
        o The INSTALL script has been enhanced to work around a number of
          tar bugs that could complicate upgrading a previous version of
          BIND/iX..
   * September 17, 1999
        o Migrated from cccd.edu to bixby.org.
   * 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!!!

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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.

The platform I'm using to do this port is an HP 3000 957RX running MPE/iX
6.0 and using the GNU gcc C compiler.

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.

...megasnip...

For more details, please see this page in its entirety at the URL listed at the
top of this message.

- Mark B.