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December 2022
- MaraDNS 3.5.0035
To end 2022, I have released MaraDNS 3.5.0035. This release adds support ...
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(December 28, 2022)
November 2022
- MaraDNS updates
I have been making a lot of MaraDNS updates this last week. Let’s go ...
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(November 29, 2022)
- The midterms
This blog is about the midterms. I also have made a new MaraDNS release. ...
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(November 18, 2022)
- MaraDNS 3.5.0025
I have released MaraDNS 3.5.0025 Scripting languages MaraDNS is becoming a ...
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(November 02, 2022)
October 2022
- Angela Lansbury
The great Angela Lansbury has died today. Angela Lansbury R.I.P. Angela ...
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(October 11, 2022)
- MaraDNS work
This blog is a short summary of the work I have been doing on MaraDNS. ...
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(October 09, 2022)
September 2022
- A eulogy for djbdns
This blog is an example of how outspoken, confrontational people have a ...
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(September 25, 2022)
August 2022
- MaraDNS security update
I have made a security update for a fairly minor security problem in ...
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(August 01, 2022)
March 2022
- MaraDNS updates & more
I discuss the Ukraine invasion, some minor updates I have been making for ...
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(March 29, 2022)
December 2021
- MaraDNS support update
I discuss a change in MaraDNS’s support policy in this blog. Also, I ...
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(December 19, 2021)
August 2021
- Afghanistan
In this blog, I briefly share my thoughts about Afghanistan, now that we ...
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(August 17, 2021)
July 2021
- MaraDNS and DKIM
I discuss a very technical issue for users of my MaraDNS server: How to ...
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(July 16, 2021)
June 2021
- The Drumhead
I review the Star Trek episode The Drumhead, and talk about why it’s ...
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(June 01, 2021)
May 2021
- Dan Kaminsky
On April 23, Dan Kaminsky passed away. I write about how our lives crossed ...
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(May 02, 2021)
February 2021
- Online Chess
I list websites for playing Chess online. Also, MaraDNS 3.5.0018 was ...
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(February 23, 2021)
October 2020
- Grab bag: October 2020
I make another prediction of how the election will go, make an observation ...
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(October 25, 2020)
September 2020
- Election prediction #2
I post a second prediction for the 2020 election, and mention a new ...
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(September 02, 2020)
August 2020
- MaraDNS 3.5.0015
I have released MaraDNS 3.5.0015, with coLunacyDNS declared stable. 523 ...
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(August 29, 2020)
- PNY CS900 review
I review the low-cost PNY CS900 SATA SSD. I also have a new MaraDNS ...
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(August 20, 2020)
- MaraDNS 3.5.0012
I have released MaraDNS 3.5.0012 to address a minor security issue. I also ...
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(August 12, 2020)
- MaraDNS; SipHash
This blog is about my 3.5.0011 release of MaraDNS, and looks at patching ...
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(August 11, 2020)
July 2020
- MaraDNS 3.5.0008
I have released MaraDNS 3.5.0008. This release adds a new program: ...
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(July 25, 2020)
- Crime, Police, and Chicago
This blog is about how someone in Chicago may see the police very ...
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(July 06, 2020)
- Election prediction
I make my first prediction for the presidential election this November. ...
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(July 02, 2020)
June 2020
- COVID-19 growth
COVID-19 is undergoing exponential growth again. 362 words COVID-19’s ...
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(June 30, 2020)
- Masculinity, etc.
I discuss masculinity in light of Tom Cotton’s recent op-ed, announce a ...
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(June 06, 2020)
- June round-up
For June, I post an update on the COVID-19 virus, discuss CentOS 8 support ...
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(June 01, 2020)
May 2020
- Goodbye, OpenVZ
I discuss updating my severs from OpenVZ. Time to move on from OpenVZ ...
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(May 29, 2020)
- May update
Some updates for May of 2020. COVID-19 in San Diego COVID-19’s doubling ...
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(May 11, 2020)
April 2020
- MaraDNS updates
I am going over some recent MaraDNS releases in this blog. MaraDNS 3.5....
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(April 27, 2020)
January 2020
- MaraDNS 3.5.0001
I have released MaraDNS 3.5.0001. This is a stable update to MaraDNS. One ...
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(January 25, 2020)
- MaraDNS 3.4.02 released
I have released MaraDNS 3.4.02. What has been updated MaraDNS 3.4.02 is a ...
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(January 17, 2020)
November 2019
- November round up
I discuss my MaraDNS plans, getting good service at the local DMV, ...
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(November 04, 2019)
October 2019
- October roundup #2
I have released MaraDNS 3.4.01, discuss the updated search boxes, remember ...
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(October 24, 2019)
- October round-up
I discuss a new MaraDNS release, RMS being fired, and installing CentOS 8 ...
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(October 05, 2019)
April 2019
- Deadwood 3.3.03 released
This is just a note that I released Deadwood 3.3.03 earlier this month. ...
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(April 30, 2019)
March 2019
- March 2019 round up
In this blog, I discuss DNS security and my open source work this month (...
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(March 23, 2019)
February 2019
- Deadwood 3.3.02
I have released Deadwood 3.3.02, a new development unstable update to ...
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(February 23, 2019)
- MaraDNS update
I have released Deadwood 3.3.01, which implements a feature users have ...
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(February 11, 2019)
January 2019
- MaraDNS 2.0.17 released
I have updated both MaraDNS and Deadwood in today’s release of MaraDNS. ...
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(January 20, 2019)
- Hello 2019!
I have released Deadwood 3.2.14, discuss working on MaraDNS again, and ...
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(January 19, 2019)
November 2018
- Deadwood 3.2.13 released
I have released Deadwood 3.2.13. Nothing in the server has changed; only ...
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(November 11, 2018)
- Healthcare is here to stay
Yesterday’s election firmly establishes that politicians can no longer ...
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(November 07, 2018)
August 2018
- MaraDNS 2.0.16 released
I have released MaraDNS 2.0.16. This is a very minor security update. The ...
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(August 16, 2018)
April 2018
- My new job
I have a new job. I also look at how my old MaraDNS code is still notable. ...
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(April 10, 2018)
February 2018
- Nolan Bushnell; MaraDNS
This blog is about Nolan Bushnell and a new MaraDNS release. Nolan ...
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(February 10, 2018)
November 2017
- November 2017 round up
I discuss a MaraDNS update and Roy Moore. MaraDNS update On October 24, ...
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(November 11, 2017)
June 2017
- MaraDNS 2.0.14 release
MaraDNS 2.0.14 has been released today. This is a non-security bugfix ...
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(June 10, 2017)
January 2017
- Pioneer DEH-X1900UB
I review my new Pioneer DEH-X1900UB car stereo, and give a 2017 roadmap ...
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(January 17, 2017)
December 2016
- “Ocean Path” album released
I have released my “Ocean Path” CD on Bandcamp and as a physical ...
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(December 06, 2016)
July 2016
- New single released
I have released a new single this month. Also, some thoughts on current ...
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(July 21, 2016)
December 2015
- Removing MaraDNS’ ads
This blog is about why I removed the ads from samiam.org and maradns....
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(December 07, 2015)
October 2015
- MaraDNS update, making music
In this blog, I discuss making music again and a MaraDNS update. Making ...
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(October 08, 2015)
September 2015
- Welcome to September
Welcome to September of 2015, everyone. I discuss gay marriage, keeping my ...
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(September 01, 2015)
August 2015
- MaraDNS 2.0.12
I have released MaraDNS 2.0.12 to fix a security bug in the zoneserver ...
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(August 19, 2015)
June 2015
- MaraDNS 1 plans
I explain why I am going to keep a MaraDNS 1 download on MaraDNS’s ...
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(June 12, 2015)
May 2015
- MaraDNS, GPG, and trust
In today’s blog, I remind people to stop using MaraDNS 1, and discuss ...
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(May 27, 2015)
February 2015
- Don’t mix CNAMES
This blog discusses a possible issue with how Deadwood (MaraDNS) resolves ...
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(February 11, 2015)
January 2015
- MaraDNS hotfix
Because the new NS tarpit security code did not always perform bounds ...
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(January 29, 2015)
- MaraDNS security update
I have made three MaraDNS and Deadwood releases with an important security ...
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(January 25, 2015)
December 2014
- MaraDNS update
I have fixed two bugs in Deadwood, and am making a statement about CERT ...
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(December 14, 2014)
October 2014
- MaraDNS support update
Why I have stopped using MyBB, and how to now get MaraDNS support. Goodbye ...
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(October 25, 2014)
April 2014
- MaraDNS Update
I have updated MaraDNS to have DNS-over-TCP work in Windows. MaraDNS ...
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(April 27, 2014)
March 2014
- Postfix + Mailman in CentOS 6
This blog describes how I have configured Postfix to work in CentOS 6 to ...
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(March 23, 2014)
February 2014
- MaraDNS security update
Today, I celebrate my anniversary with my wife, release a MaraDNS security ...
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(February 12, 2014)
- MaraDNS on GitHub
There has been some talk about setting up a repository for MaraDNS. I have ...
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(February 05, 2014)
January 2014
- Microblogs January 2014
Here are the microblogs I posted between January 8 and 22, 2014. Death of ...
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(January 22, 2014)
- MaraDNS 2.0.08
I have released MaraDNS 2.0.08: Deadwood updated to 3.2.04 Make DNS packet ...
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(January 14, 2014)
- Microblogs 2013-2014
Here are my microblogs from mid-2013 until January 8, 2014. New MaraDNS ...
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(January 08, 2014)
December 2013
- Deadwood 3.2.04 released
I have released Deadwood 3.2.04. This has, compared to Deadwood 3.2.03 (...
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(December 20, 2013)
- MaraDNS Update
I have updated MaraDNS’ snapshot release to use Deadwood 3.2.03d, which ...
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(December 12, 2013)
- The OnceTV update
I discuss the OnceTV update from the other day and some possible ...
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(December 06, 2013)
- Deadwood updates
I have updated Deadwood to resolve yet another corner case and updated ...
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(December 03, 2013)
- MaraDNS security update
While looking over the source code to Deadwood, I discovered that Deadwood ...
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(December 02, 2013)
November 2013
- MaraDNS RPM files
I have made CentOS-6 compatible RPM files for MaraDNS 2.0.07c. The spec ...
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(November 27, 2013)
- Deadwood Update
I have disabled the compile-time option to have RadioGatún[64]. This code ...
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(November 24, 2013)
- Root server change
Last January, for the first time in over five years, the IPv4 address of ...
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(November 19, 2013)
- RadioGatún[64], etc.
In this blog, I discuss Deadwood’s RadioGatún[64] support, MaraDNS’s ...
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(November 18, 2013)
- Deadwood Update
I have updated Deadwood and discuss DNS-over-TCP. Deadwood update I have ...
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(November 13, 2013)
- TinyVZ update
TinyVZ (not to be confused with the hosting provider) is a Busybox-based ...
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(November 12, 2013)
- Forum will be down
Edit The move has been completed and forum.samaim.org is up again on both ...
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(November 08, 2013)
October 2013
- MaraDNS and DOS attacks
This blog post is a small HOWTO showing how to stop MaraDNS from taking ...
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(October 22, 2013)
- October MaraDNS Updates
I have updated MaraDNS and Deadwood this month. MaraDNS update I mentioned ...
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(October 20, 2013)
- SipHash
This blog is about the SipHash cryptographic primitive. In summary, ...
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(October 04, 2013)
September 2013
- MaraDNS 2.0.07c
I have just declared MaraDNS 2.0.07c stable. MaraDNS (authoritative) is ...
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(September 20, 2013)
- MaraDNS support
I am changing how MaraDNS support is handled. The mailing list is no ...
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(September 03, 2013)
- I now have a forum
I now have a forum for discussing my web page, MaraDNS support concerns, ...
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(September 02, 2013)
August 2013
- MaraDNS webpage update
Now that I moved MaraDNS’ webpage to maradns.samiam.org, I have given ...
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(August 29, 2013)
- maradns.samiam.org
Just a quick heads-up that I have moved the maradns.org webpage to maradns....
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(August 28, 2013)
- MaraDNS: All looks good
I have been using MaraDNS-2.0.07c (Deadwood 3.2.03c) for a month now and ...
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(August 20, 2013)
July 2013
- RSS and Zealots
In this blog entry, I discuss the RSS feed I have added to this blog (as ...
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(July 31, 2013)
- MaraDNS testing release
A few days ago, I fixed a bug in Deadwood; a very rare DNS packet would ...
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(July 20, 2013)
- UltraDNS vs. Deadwood
UltraDNS sometimes adds upper-case letters to their replies. These host ...
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(July 13, 2013)
- Deadwood Update
I have updated Deadwood; Deadwood has always had a limit of 20,000 fixed ...
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(July 06, 2013)
June 2013
- MaraDNS Update
I have updated MaraDNS to incorporate a one-line bugfix with Deadwood (...
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(June 22, 2013)
- Deadwood Update
11 years ago today, I released MaraDNS 1.0 to the world. Today, I have ...
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(June 21, 2013)
May 2013
- MaraDNS and Deadwood update
I have updated both MaraDNS and Deadwood. Mainly Deadwood. SQA tests As I ...
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(May 23, 2013)
April 2013
- MaraDNS and the Wikipedia
I did not get a chance to update MaraDNS this month. The reason is because ...
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(April 20, 2013)
March 2013
- Deadwood update
I have updated Deadwood to fix a long-standing bug resolving host names ...
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(March 20, 2013)
February 2013
- Deadwood update
In today’s blog, I discuss today’s Deadwood update. The problem When I ...
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(February 22, 2013)
January 2013
- MaraDNS update
MaraDNS update I have released MaraDNS 2.0.07. This release updates ...
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(January 20, 2013)
December 2012
- MaraDNS 1.3 end-of-life
It may not be the end of the world today, but it is the end of MaraDNS 1.3....
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(December 21, 2012)
- Deadwood 3.2.03 released
Deadwood has been updated. This is a bugfix-only release relative to ...
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(December 20, 2012)
November 2012
- Deadwood update
After adding a domain to blacklist to my Deadwood server and restarting ...
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(November 24, 2012)
- Deadwood and SHA-3
In today's blog, I discuss the possibility of updating Deadwood's ...
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(November 02, 2012)
October 2012
- Deadwood update
Deadwood update In today's update of Deadwood, MaraDNS' recursive resolver:...
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(October 28, 2012)
- Why use MaraDNS?
I had a friend of mine recently ask me why MaraDNS is a DNS server worth ...
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(October 06, 2012)
September 2012
- MaraDNS update
In today's blog, I describe the work I have done on MaraDNS, link to a new ...
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(September 22, 2012)
August 2012
- MaraDNS update
MaraDNS non-update I have made a new snapshot of MaraDNS 2.0 here; this is ...
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(August 27, 2012)
- MaraDNS update
MaraDNS update I have finished up porting all of MaraDNS 2.0's SQA tests ...
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(August 23, 2012)
- Server Fault Fail
Over at Server Fault, someone resurrected a years-dead thread by claiming ...
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(August 15, 2012)
July 2012
- I no longer accept patches
MaraDNS update I am letting the MaraDNS community know that I am no longer ...
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(July 23, 2012)
- Deadwood update
Deadwood update I have updated the patch resolving the problem Deadwood ...
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(July 21, 2012)
June 2012
- Deadwood update
Deadwood update Earlier this month, Deadwood was unable to resolve es-us....
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(June 23, 2012)
- MaraDNS 1 End-of-life
MaraDNS 1 end-of-life: June 21, 2015 Ten years ago today, I released ...
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(June 21, 2012)
May 2012
- MaraDNS update
MaraDNS update I am in the slow process of updating MaraDNS for RHEL6-...
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(May 21, 2012)
April 2012
- EasyDNS and truncation
I have updated Deadwood today. This will be my last MaraDNS and Deadwood ...
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(April 24, 2012)
- Getting DNSSEC for MaraDNS
I would love MaraDNS to have DNSSEC support. Unfortunately, I have bills ...
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(April 03, 2012)
- MaraDNS now has funding
In today's blog entry (for April 1, 2012), I discuss MaraDNS' funding and ...
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(April 01, 2012)
March 2012
- MaraDNS: No DNSSEC
In 2001, having a secure DNS server meant running a DNS server did not ...
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(March 26, 2012)
- New MaraDNS CVE: 2012-1570
In today's blog entry, I discuss CVE-2012-1570 as well as Deadwood 2.3. ...
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(March 22, 2012)
- DNS security comparison
DNS security comparison I have compared the CVE history of four of the "...
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(March 21, 2012)
- Deadwood update
In today's blog entry, I describe this month's Deadwood update, as well as ...
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(March 20, 2012)
- MaraDNS 1 update
Security fix for MaraDNS 1: Maximum TTL is now one day, to avoid ghost ...
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(March 17, 2012)
- MaraDNS 2.0.06 and 1.4.11
I have updated MaraDNS to use Deadwood 3.2.02. Deadwood 3.2.02 is a ...
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(March 11, 2012)
- MaraDNS 1 has limited support
This is a heads-up that MaraDNS 1 is no longer supported for anything ...
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(March 03, 2012)
- MaraDNS donations
In today's blog entry, I discuss why I have changed the link for making ...
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(March 02, 2012)
February 2012
- Deadwood 3.2.02 released
I have released Deadwood 3.2.02 today. If all goes well, I will not have ...
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(February 29, 2012)
- Deadwood update
Today's update of Deadwood only updates the documentation: I make it clear ...
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(February 28, 2012)
- Deadwood update; etc.
In today's blog I mention a minor update I did to Deadwood yesterday, ...
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(February 26, 2012)
- On Ghost Domains
Earlier this month Haixin Duan, et al released the paper "Ghost Domain ...
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(February 13, 2012)
- MaraDNS 2.0.05 released
I have released MaraDNS 2.0.05 today. This release updates the recursive ...
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(February 12, 2012)
- Deadwood update
I recently mentioned that the changes to give Deadwood finer time stamps ...
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(February 11, 2012)
January 2012
- Deadwood update
The code to give Deadwood finer timestamps has triggered a regression: For ...
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(January 28, 2012)
- Deadwood update
I have been improving Deadwood's resolution of domains with a bugfix as ...
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(January 25, 2012)
- Deadwood update
I have been updating the Deadwood documentation a little. In addition, I ...
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(January 17, 2012)
- MaraDNS 1 update
Hopefully the third time is the charm. While I added hash randomization to ...
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(January 13, 2012)
- New Deadwood snapshot
Here's a new FAQ question and answer for Deadwood: Records added to the ...
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(January 06, 2012)
- Deadwood bug fixed
I have fixed a bug in Deadwood: Srinivas Hebbar reported that Deadwood ...
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(January 04, 2012)
- Welcome to 2012
In today's blog entry, I welcome my readers to twenty-twelve (2012) and ...
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(January 01, 2012)
December 2011
- MaraDNS 1 update
Looking closely at the patch I applied yesterday, I realized that it had a ...
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(December 30, 2011)
- MaraDNS 1 update
One issue with making software is that a responsible programmer takes ...
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(December 29, 2011)
- 2011 Wrap-up
Now that the year is wrapping up, here is a look at what I accomplished ...
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(December 24, 2011)
- Deadwood 3.1.03 released
I have somewhat of a tradition of releasing new versions of MaraDNS on ...
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(December 21, 2011)
- Deadwood update
Yesterday, I mentioned that there was a bug in MaraDNS (OK, Deadwood). I ...
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(December 18, 2011)
- Deadwood update
Today's update to Deadwood does not update any source code; what I have ...
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(December 11, 2011)
- MaraDNS and Paypal
On Facebook, my friend Sean Lynch posted a Paypal horror story of someone ...
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(December 07, 2011)
- MaraDNS funding ; etc.
MaraDNS funding Last month's funding drive gave me enough money to devote ...
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(December 01, 2011)
November 2011
- New Deadwood snapshot
In today's snapshot of Deadwood, I have fixed a bug where the CNAME of ...
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(November 30, 2011)
- Deadwood update
Better timestamps I mentioned in a recent blog entry my plans to implement ...
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(November 29, 2011)
- MaraDNS can redirect domains
Phil Harlow had an interesting problem which MaraDNS beautifully solves. ...
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(November 28, 2011)
- Deadwood 3.1.01 released
While everyone else in the USA has been celebrating Thanksgiving, I have ...
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(November 27, 2011)
- Thanksgiving thoughts
MaraDNS Funding received from my November 2011 fund drive is being used to ...
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(November 23, 2011)
- New Deadwood snapshot
I am beginning the work of having Deadwood check for a CNAME record in the ...
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(November 19, 2011)
- Deadwood snapshot
In today's snapshot of Deadwood, I have added a patch that fixes an issue ...
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(November 13, 2011)
- MaraDNS 2.0.04
In light of Nicholas Bamber's very kind donation, my work on MaraDNS ...
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(November 12, 2011)
- MaraDNS update
MaraDNS 1.4.07 Because of a very very generous donation from Nicholas ...
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(November 11, 2011)
- Deadwood 3.0.05 released
My funding drive for November 2011 has so far been very successful. ...
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(November 10, 2011)
- On Flattr
Flattr and Kachingle are two proposed systems for giving money to creators ...
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(November 09, 2011)
- Call for donations
(Update: I have gotten a very kind donation from Bradley at Northtech. ...
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(November 08, 2011)
- Deadwood 3.0.04
I have released Deadwood 3.0.04 today. This release fixes some bugs and ...
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(November 01, 2011)
October 2011
- Deadwood hacking
One issue that has been annoying me is DNS timeouts wating to get a PTR ("...
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(October 27, 2011)
- MaraDNS update
Karim Malhas has reported a bug with MaraDNS' csv2 parser when using the /...
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(October 09, 2011)
- MaraDNS update
Thanks to a contribution from a sponsor, I have been able to allocate some ...
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(October 08, 2011)
- MaraDNS update
I have fixed the following issues in today's release of MaraDNS: Nicholas ...
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(October 05, 2011)
September 2011
- Deadwood update
I have finished up all of the work I am going to do for MaraDNS and ...
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(September 12, 2011)
- Deadwood update
I am slowly but surely going through the bugs people have been reporting ...
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(September 05, 2011)
August 2011
- MaraDNS 2.0.03 released
I have released MaraDNS 2.0.03 today. This incorporates six months' worth ...
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(August 05, 2011)
July 2011
- Deadwood 3.0.03 released
RFC2181 has this bit of text: "When a DNS client receives a reply with TC ...
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(July 22, 2011)
- Deadwood bug
I have discovered a bug blocking the 3.0.03 release of Deadwood: answers....
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(July 14, 2011)
- MaraDNS update
I have updated both MaraDNS and Deadwood today. In today's snapshot of ...
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(July 08, 2011)
June 2011
- Deadwood update
I have spent all afternoon going through Deadwood's SQA tests to update ...
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(June 24, 2011)
- MaraDNS update
In today's snapshot of MaraDNS: Certain TXT record parsing errors now tell ...
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(June 10, 2011)
May 2011
- MaraDNS; the PROTECT act
As I blogged about two weeks ago, I would not make any updates to MaraDNS ...
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(May 27, 2011)
- MaraDNS update
In today's snapshot of MaraDNS, I have reinstated the "PayPal donate" ...
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(May 13, 2011)
April 2011
- New MaraDNS snapshot
I have released a snapshot of MaraDNS today that slightly updates the ...
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(April 29, 2011)
- MaraDNS & Deadwood update
In today's snapshot of MaraDNS, I have fixed an error reported by Bryan ...
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(April 15, 2011)
March 2011
- Another Deadwood bug
A lot of the headache of making a recursive DNS server is dealing with ...
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(March 25, 2011)
- MaraDNS updates
As I blogged about before, I have made the transition from CentOS 5 to ...
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(March 24, 2011)
- New MaraDNS snapshot
In today's snapshot of MaraDNS, I have updated the documentation (namely, ...
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(March 18, 2011)
- Deadwood 2.3.07 released
As described in the MaraDNS schedule, this is a day I have set aside to ...
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(March 04, 2011)
February 2011
- MaraDNS schedule
As I mentioned a while ago, MaraDNS is now stable and the only changes ...
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(February 18, 2011)
- All MaraDNS issues resolved
I have just uploaded a second snapshot today which resolved the final open ...
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(February 18, 2011)
- New MaraDNS snapshot
In today's snapshot, I have finished resolving William Summers' issue with ...
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(February 18, 2011)
- Deadwood now installs
Last December, Mike Sands pointed out that the Deadwood install is not ...
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(February 17, 2011)
- New MaraDNS snapshot
A while ago, Nino pointed out on the mailing list that MaraDNS is not ...
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(February 15, 2011)
- New MaraDNS snapshot
Last November, William Summers pointed out that MaraDNS has issues with ...
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(February 12, 2011)
- MaraDNS outstanding bugs
Here is my backlog of MaraDNS bugs to fix: There is an issue with maradns ...
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(February 07, 2011)
- MaraDNS 2.0.02 released
I have just released MaraDNS 2.0. This has the following updates: ...
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(February 05, 2011)
January 2011
- MaraDNS & Deadwood update
In 2002, when I rewrote the compression code for MaraDNS for the first ...
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(January 29, 2011)
- Win32 Deadwood build
Wayne, on the MaraDNS mailing list, requested a Windows-compatible build ...
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(January 22, 2011)
- Deadwood snapshot update
In today's Deadwood snapshot, I have fixed an issue I saw a couple of ...
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(January 16, 2011)
- Deadwood update
I made a mistake in applying Yarin's plain diff patch against Deadwood the ...
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(January 15, 2011)
December 2010
- End-of-2010 MaraDNS status
Since MaraDNS 2.0 has been released, I am, as I promised to do back in ...
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(December 24, 2010)