DNS tools for debugging named.conf

[Jim Reid]

>>>>> "djb" == D J Bernstein <75628121832146-bind at sublist.cr.yp.to> writes:

    djb> With djbdns, if there's a syntax error in the new data,
    djb> tinydns continues publishing the old data.

This is stupid and downright dangerous. Do compilers second-guess
programmers' syntax errors and generate code they thought the
programmer meant to write? If a zone file is broken, it should be
fixed. End of story. Having software guess what the zone's contents
should be is a very bad thing. How can it tell that the zone's old NS
or MX records (say) are still valid or if the web site lives at the
old address for www.foobar.com?