From 9ed008f4ad5127057d95e8397c71e85ef25bee75 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: will Date: Mon, 11 Jun 2001 03:44:26 +0000 Subject: Add maradns 0.6.18, a DNS server implementation with focus on security and simplicity. PR: 27665 Submitted by: Anders Nordby --- dns/maradns/pkg-descr | 19 +++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 19 insertions(+) create mode 100644 dns/maradns/pkg-descr (limited to 'dns/maradns/pkg-descr') diff --git a/dns/maradns/pkg-descr b/dns/maradns/pkg-descr new file mode 100644 index 000000000000..84e451eae3e3 --- /dev/null +++ b/dns/maradns/pkg-descr @@ -0,0 +1,19 @@ +MaraDNS is a DNS server with the following features: + +* Security-aware programming. A DNS server needs to be secure. There is a +number of security features in the code, including: + + 1. The code uses a special string library which is resistant to buffer + overflows. + 2. The code, if started as root, mandates running as an unprivledged + user in a chroot() jail. + +* Open-Source. This DNS server is public-domain code. There are no restrictions +attached to this code. + +* Simplicity. This DNS server has the minimum number of features needed to +correctly act as an authoritative name server for a domain. + +WWW: http://www.maradns.org/ + +- Anders Nordby -- cgit