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From: dbfunk@ICAEN.UIOWA.EDU (David B Funk)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apollo
Subject: Re: DNS under SR10.2 Works ?!
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Date: 29 Dec 89 00:40:26 GMT
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In article <300@bnrgate.UUCP> awhitton@bcara2.bnr.ca (Alan Whitton @ BNR) writes:
>Well it looks like Apollo has fixed DNS under SR10.2. We have
>been able to get our Apollos to connect to our Primary DNS
>server and in the words of NASA "... we have resolution...".
>

Well actually the DNS (/etc/named) shipped with sr10.1 wasn't brain-dead,
it was just senile. For some reason Apollo shipped named v4.4 with sr10.1
which is an obsolete version. At sr10.2 they've shipped named v4.8 which
is a more current version. I ported named v4.8 to sr9.7 2 years ago, and
I'm glad to see Apollo now supporting it.

In article <471@tron.UUCP> kerr%tron%umbc3%haven%aplcen.uucp@uunet.uu.net  (Dave Kerr) asks:
> On a related topic, does anybody know if Apollo provide a version 
> of sendmail that supports the DNS system (MX records) with SR10.2?
> -- 

The sendmail that's in the sr10.2 release is version 5.52, which
does NOT support MX records. You need sendmail v5.59 or newer for
that functionality. I tried to port v5.59 under sr9.7 but found it
too hard. I didn't try under sr10.1 but it should be do-able under
sr10.2. Note that the Apollo supplied sendmail includes some added
functionality, including support for the rgyd "subscriber directory"
mailer, and a patch to fix the "debug loop-hole" that was one of the
"internet worm" attack points. Hopefully Apollo will soon provide a
current version of sendmail (v5.59 or newer).

Dave Funk