OpenBSD is certainly a well-suited platform for running a domain name server: first and foremost, the default install always includes the latest (patched) release of Bind, saving us the bother of compiling and installing it; secondly, OpenBSD is renowned for its security, and domain name server security is at the base of the whole network security; lastly, OpenBSD is very stable, reliable, fast and easy-to-administer ...just how a domain name server should be!read more..
Traditionally, Unix/Linux/POSIX filenames can be almost any sequence of bytes, and their meaning is unassigned. The only real rules are that "/" is always the directory separator, and that filenames can't contain byte 0 (because this is the terminator). Although this is flexible, this creates many unnecessary problems. In particular, this lack of limitations makes it unnecessarily difficult to write correct programs (enabling many security flaws), makes it impossible to consistently and accurately display filenames, causes portability problems, and confuses users. more ....
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