Bind in FreeBSD, security advisories

[sthaug at nethelp.no]

> > For years, a lot of security advisories have been present for bind.
> > I'm just guessing if it's not a good idea to remove bind from base?
> >
> > This will probably free by half the number of FreeBSD SA's in the future.
> >
> 
> Sure, but no bind in base also implies no dig, nslookup or host.

Exactly. It's a slippery slope - if we continue removing useful
functionality from FreeBSD there are fewer and fewer arguments for
why one should use FreeBSD and not Linux.

Yes, I know everything can be installed from packages/ports. Two of
*my* main reasons for using FreeBSD is that:

1. It's an integrated *system*, not just a kernel.
2. The base system contains a lot of the useful functionality I need.

and every contrib part which is removed, detracts from this.

YMMV.

Steinar Haug, Nethelp consulting, sthaug at nethelp.no