FreeBSD recommends not using base unbound for an authoritative server
Chris Stankevitz
chrisstankevitz at gmail.com
Wed Mar 18 17:14:44 UTC 2015
On Wed, Mar 18, 2015 at 8:50 AM, William A. Mahaffey III <wam at hiwaay.net> wrote:
>> Thank you for your reply. Are you referring to security? Is this the
>> is a correct interpretation of what you are saying:
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>> "In general, the FreeBSD base software is untrustworthy because it is
>> infrequently updated. Someone who is interested in security should
>> avoid the FreeBSD base packages and use ports wherever possible."
>>
>> Thank you,
>>
>> Chris
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> Is that a quote from some (online ?) source ? If so, where ? If not, have a
> nice day :-) ....
William
I made up the quote in an attempt to figure out what "Jungle Boogie"
was trying to say. I am not a troll or blogger. I assure you my only
goal is to understand why the FreeBSD manual is telling me not to run
the base-provided unbound daemon for outside users.
Chris
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