> No offense man, but that's a cop-out.
Not surprisingly, I disagree. :^)
> Your title says "Apple Certified
> Server Administrator". If you can't update to the latest version of
> BIND on your box, then those credentials are suspect.
I can update to the latest version of BIND on my box without breaking a
sweat, sure. My assistant could probably update to the latest version of
BIND, as long as I was available to help out.
(If this whole DNS kerfuffle had broken staring next week, I'd have been on
vacation. My assistant may or may not have been following CERT, known that
we needed to patch this manually because Apple was sitting on its collective
thumb, downloaded the patch and compiled it.)
And then when my system is a mix of Apple-supplied software and homebrew
software, moving to a new system and/or deploying new servers becomes more
work and more confusing; upgrading becomes a hassle and it's easy to forget
that the new server needs PHP installed from MacPorts and BIND installed
from source and...
It's one thing when I decide to add software the system doesn't have. I want
Exim badly enough, I can compile it and install it. But Apple ships BIND as
their DNS server out of the box; they should be keeping it up to date. If
not, what am I paying them for?
> Yes, they could be a bit more
> responsive in terms of it. [...] You should
> bring it to their attention, instead of bailing.
Frankly, bailing is the best way I can think of to bring it to their
attention. Apple responds to money.
--
Dave Pooser, ACSA
Manager of Information Services
Alford Media http://www.alfordmedia.com
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