[svlug] Writing start-up scripts...

[Wayne Earl]

On Mon, 12 Mar 2001, Rick Moen wrote:
> In fairness, security has almost always been a particular strength of
> Dan Bernstein's software.  He's a very careful designer and coder.

Absolutely. The security of the software that djb codes was the ONLY
reason I first investigated his code. I was not attempting to reflect on
the security of qmail, but upon the difficulty of getting qmail installed
and tuned properly on a Linux system. Human errors are common here.

>
> I have been somewhat guilty of disregarding the likely merits of
> publicfile as an HTTP server, having been somewhat horrified by its ftp
> output -- and likewise neglected to consider that dnscache might be just
> right for caching-only nameservice.  (I tend to forget about such
> situations, because of my own need to do authoritative DNS, which means
> caching-only is out.)
>
>

Both dnscache and the http component of publicfile are excellent. I use
dnscache everywhere and publicfile where that is appropriate. publicfile
is extremely easy to configure, and makes VirtualHosts very, very easy to
set up.

Say what you wish about djb and his licenses; he is an excellent
programmer, and the security of his code reflects this.

-- 
Wayne Earl
wayne at qconcepts.net