Re: [OT] Linux Worm (fwd)

[Jesse Pollard <jesse@cats-chateau.net>]

On Fri, 23 Mar 2001, Doug McNaught wrote:
>Gerhard Mack <gmack@innerfire.net> writes:
>
>> On Fri, 23 Mar 2001, Bob Lorenzini wrote:
>> 
>> > I'm annoyed when persons post virus alerts to unrelated lists but this
>> > is a serious threat. If your offended flame away.
>> 
>> This should be a wake up call... distributions need to stop using product
>> with consistently bad security records. 
>
>Is there an alternative to BIND that's free software?  Never seen
>one. 

Not one that is Open Source....

Bind itself has been proven over many years. This is the first major
problem found. If you want a fix, get bind v9. Besides handling IP version
4, it also handles version 6.

The only current limitation is the inability to control sort order of
hosts with multiple interfaces. I think this is due to the new IP v 6
resource handling.

Bind 9 works well (see ISC web page http://www.isc.org/products/BIND/)

>
>-Doug (who doesn't think this is a Good Thing)

It really isn't, but the new bind may be. There is even an update
to bind 8 that contains a fix for the problem.

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