network-manager main inclusion report

[Jeff Waugh]

<quote who="Scott J. Henson">

> Ante Karamatić wrote:
> 
> > <snip>
> >
> > bind is overkill. Maybe something lighter?

BIND is really not that heavy, it just handles heavy loads very well. :-)

> dnsmasq? Thats kinda what it was made for.

BIND is used because it's highly and dynamically reconfigurable, so it copes
well with rapidly changing networks, gateways, VPNs, and so on. lwresd is an
option, but doesn't have all the required functionality.

The configuration used for BIND by NetworkManager is minimal and secure, so
it's not a huge deal.

- Jeff

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