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From: daver@hpindda.HP.COM (Dave Richards)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.hp
Subject: Re: NAMED for HP-UX 5.xx
Message-ID: <4310003@hpindda.HP.COM>
Date: 8 Dec 87 16:30:28 GMT
References: <1411@orstcs.CS.ORST.EDU>
Organization: Hewlett Packard, Cupertino
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> We are in the process of converting our entire network to NAMED. I was
>wondering if any one out there had a NAMED (BIND?) running on HP-UX 5.17
>and/or HP-UX 5.5 .  Of course, it would help if they had the resolver code
>in use for gethostbyname, etc. - to take advantage of the nameservice.

> Does anyone know if it will be included in HP-UX 6.0? (HP, are you listening?)

The answer I'm going to give you is not what you want to hear, I'm afraid.
No, HP does not ship a version of BIND with any release of HP-UX nor will it
be available with 6.0 (HP 9000/300) or 2.0 (9000/800).  In reality many
of us are running this code on these machines and are trying to get enough
interest within the appropriate group to make it a deliverable product.
However, we are a market-driven organization, and (unfortunately) the
customer demand for BIND has not been that great.

	Dave Richards - HP Information Networks Division