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From: VANCE@TGV.COM (Icarus)
Newsgroups: comp.protocols.tcp-ip
Subject: Re: DNS on VAX and TCP/IP on OS/2?
Message-ID: <666690965.417931.VANCE@TGV.COM>
Date: 16 Feb 91 07:56:05 GMT
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>    This is *damn* embarassing, but I just got a request for information
>regarding the availability of DNS server software on VAXen -- I *know* I saw
>something about this within the last couple of days, but since I wasn't
>interested in the topic at the time (I thought we had solved all of our DNS
>problems), I didn't keep a copy of the information.
>
>    Could someone refresh my memory as to what is available on VAXen for DNS
>server software?  Mind you, it will have to interoperate with Suns (3, 4, &
>386i) running various versions of the OS (4.0.1 through 4.1.1), and PCs running
>3Com Ether+ software & (probably) cc:mail (hmmm... Kind of sounds like we need
>to start our own mailing list for those of us that have VAXen, Suns, and PCs
>with cc:mail and having to make them interact -- Let me know what you think of
>this idea), etc....

I'm assuming from your comments later in the message that you mean VAXen
running VMS.  Several IP for VMS vendors ship with ports of the 4.3 BSD
BIND DNS server, including:

	Company			Product
	-------			-------
	TGV			MultiNet
	Wollongong		WIN/TCP
	Network Research	Fusion
	CMU			CMU/Tek

I think that CMU/Tek either now has or soon will have (Bruce, am I lying?) a
BIND server.  I know the others do.  If you need contacts at any of the above,
I can forward them to you.

I think that you'll find that most of the vendors who have ported BIND will
state that they are "bug-compatible" with the 4.3 BSD UNIX version.  This
should make the versions interoperate with any other implementation that
is bug-compatible.

Regards,
-----Stuart