>> 	in netbsd-current tree (main trunc), we have BIND 4.9.7 resolver in
>> 	lib/libc/net imported recently.  rogue name server can confuse
>> 	pre-4.9.7 resolver.  we may need to backport it to 1.4.x tree.
>
>I'd be *MUCH* less worried if NetBSD were to adopt the BIND-8 resolver
>library sooner rather than later.  Having done some work in the 4.9.7
>resolver I can assure you that it wouldn't be hard to spend an entire
>career fixing bugs in it and still not get them all -- at least not
>without a rewrite.  Of course BIND-9's resolver is the real rewrite, but
>in the mean time much was rewritten in BIND-8's resolver and it is in
>much more maintainable shape.  I suppose given that BIND-9 is in early
>release it wouldn't be impossible to go straight to it's resolver....

	to switch to BIND8 resolver, we really need a major # bump in libc.
	also, we need a serious effort to make it behave in at least backward
	compatible manner (like nsswitch.conf).  I don't think we can
	do it before 1.5 branching.

itojun