BIND 8/4 (security issues)

ME dugan at passwall.com
Fri Nov 15 12:58:35 PST 2002


I prob should have passed this forward, but forgot since I moved to Bind 9
a few months back...

http://online.securityfocus.com/archive/1/299457/2002-11-12/2002-11-18/0

If you run Bind 4 or 8 for DNS, consider looking for an upgrade, or just
migrate to bind 9.

For x86, I strongly suggest migrating to Bind 9. It is much easier to
setup than 8 (especially with SetUID/GID and chrooted), but you will
likely need to modify your options - especially if you did things
non-standard.

If you have not subscribed to BUGTRAQ and are an admin of a *nix box, you
may want to consider it.

-ME





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