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Re: [cobalt-users] DNS ...
- Subject: Re: [cobalt-users] DNS ...
- From: Gerald Waugh <gwaugh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed Nov 13 11:35:01 2002
- List-id: Mailing list for users to share thoughts on Sun Cobalt products. <cobalt-users.list.cobalt.com>
On Wed, 13 Nov 2002, Jim Dory wrote:
> Gerald Waugh wrote:
>
> >On Wed, 13 Nov 2002, Santiago Montalvan wrote:
> >
> >
> >
> >>Has anybody upgraded their DNS to a newer version? I have a Qube3 at work
> >>and it has version 8.2.3 which is kind of old and exposed to many
> >>vulnerabilities. I would like to upgraded bind but I don't know how complex
> >>this is and I would like to know if anybody has done it.
> >>
> >>
> >
> > 8.3.3 is no problem (easy to compile and install)
> > 9.x.x is a little more difficult, but has good documentation.
> >
> > 8.3.3 will work with the DNS GUI, not sure about 9.x.x
> >
> 8.3.3 is still vulnerable to the recently discovered hacks. I've just
> read that you need 8.3.4 (if that animal exists), or higher.
I know!
but As I understand It if you limit recursion you are somewhat protected
and it you upgrade to 9.x.x you are OK!
Gerald
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