You need only count the lines of code needed by the daemon/s servicing requests. That is, IMO, bind's only major failing. Too much code, too many little used features (nobody I know needs or wants rndc), and no way to compile without them. If you read Bruce Schneier, as every developer should, you know how important that "Amount of code" is.

Ah, but how do you know what are the little used features? We use rndc a lot, just as we used ndc with BIND 8. Steinar Haug, Nethelp consulting, sthaug@nethelp.no