Search Again: Re: BIND updates From: John May Date: Thursday, January 27, 2005 Time: 5:15:52 pm What is DNSSEC? How do we turn it off when using QuickDNS? Is there any plan to update QuickDNS to install 9.3.1 once it's in final-release form? - John >Some problems have been discovered in recent versions of BIND. > >Problem 1: Versions 8.4.4 and 8.4.5 have a crashing vulnerability >involving recursion. If you're using an affected version, update to >BIND 8.4.6. More info: >http://www.niscc.gov.uk/niscc/docs/al-20050125-00059.html?lang=en > >Problem 2: Version 9.3.0 has a crashing vulnerability involving >DNSSEC validation. If you're using DNSSEC, either disable it or >update to BIND 9.3.1 (when it becomes available). More info: >http://www.niscc.gov.uk/niscc/docs/al-20050125-00060.html?lang=en > >Also note that the IPv6 problem involving Mac OS X has reportedly >been fixed in BIND 9.3.1b2 (without using the -4 switch), which is >currently available for those brave enough to use beta software. > >We've also created a general knowledge base article regarding BIND updates. >http://kbase.menandmice.com/otrs/faq.pl?ID=29 > >Chris Buxton >Men & Mice - Making DNS Easy -- ------------------------------------------------------------------- John May : President <http://www.pointinspace.com> Point In Space Internet Solutions jmay@pointinspace.com Professional Lasso / PHP / MySQL / FileMaker Pro Hosting

Messages In This Thread: BIND updates by Men & Mice Support on Jan 27, 2005 at 2:39:39 pm Re: BIND updates by John May on Jan 27, 2005 at 5:15:52 pm Re: BIND updates by Men & Mice Support on Jan 27, 2005 at 5:51:22 pm Re: BIND updates by Jody McAlister on Jan 28, 2005 at 12:02:07 pm Re: BIND updates by Men & Mice Support on Jan 28, 2005 at 11:18:49 pm