I guess it depends on who you are setting it up for.  I have a caching 9.x
DNS set up at home and it's been running for about 60 days now without any
problem.  I have a 9.1 DNS setup at work and it seems ok but hasn't really
seen production loads yet.  Scott is more of a DNS guru and I think I
remember him recommending the 8 series but I can't remember which one.  So
at work for production I would probably take Michael's advice but at home I
would go with the bleeding edge just for sh%ts and giggles.  But then again
what the heck do I really know anyway. :)

-----Original Message-----
From: Michael Burns [mailto:sextus at visi.com]
Sent: Thursday, October 04, 2001 4:19 PM
To: tclug-list at mn-linux.org
Subject: Re: [TCLUG] Setting up DNS


ON Thu, Oct 04, 2001 at 03:32:20PM -0500, Brian wrote: 
> I'm setting up my first DNS server this weekend.  I'm properly armed with
> the DNS-HOWTO and the O'Reilly DNS and BIND book.  Simple question before
> I start, what version of BIND should I use?  Older versions of course are
> exploits waiting to happen, and I've heard bad things about the bleeding
> edge stuff.  Any suggestions?  Yes, I missed the presentation on DNS, I
> wish I hadn't.

I'd recommend 8.2.5. There are exploits against everything before 8.2.3,
and 9.x is still too new IMHO and I don't think the current Cricket book 
even covers it.

-- 
Michael
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