No, the tools and named use the same internal libraries, so it doesn’t help to have “just tools”. You can keep using the last version of dig.exe, nobody can take this from you. It’s very unlikely that there will be serious security vulnerability (RCE) in dig.
Ondřej -- Ondřej Surý — ISC (He/Him) My working hours and your working hours may be different. Please do not feel obligated to reply outside your normal working hours. > On 9. 9. 2022, at 16:35, Brown, William <wbr...@e1b.org> wrote: > > > After I hit send, I thought I should add this request to ISC: > > Can you keep supporting dig (and perhaps other select tools) on Windows? > Some of us are forced to use Windows workstations while the servers run some > *nix flavor. > > > -- > William Brown > WNYRIC/Erie 1 BOCES > 716-821-7285 > > Email and Spam Filtering Please reach out to exchgt...@e1b.org > For Immediate Needs Call our Service Desk at 716-821-7171 > > From: bind-users <bind-users-boun...@lists.isc.org> On Behalf Of Brown, > William > Sent: Friday, September 9, 2022 10:29 AM > To: Ahmad Ibrahim <ama...@gmail.com>; bind-users@lists.isc.org > Subject: RE: Installing bind on Windows 10 > > ******** This email originated from outside of the organization. Use caution > when replying, opening attachment(s), and/or clicking on URL's. ******** > > > The service account is to run BIND as a DNS server. Click the box to install > tools only. Add the directory containing the extracted files to you path in > Windows to make life easier. > > > -- > William Brown > WNYRIC/Erie 1 BOCES > 716-821-7285 > > Email and Spam Filtering Please reach out to exchgt...@e1b.org > For Immediate Needs Call our Service Desk at 716-821-7171 > > From: bind-users <bind-users-boun...@lists.isc.org> On Behalf Of Ahmad Ibrahim > Sent: Thursday, September 8, 2022 11:32 PM > To: bind-users@lists.isc.org > Subject: Installing bind on Windows 10 > > ******** This email originated from outside of the organization. Use caution > when replying, opening attachment(s), and/or clicking on URL's. ******** > > > Hello I'm working installing an equivalent to dig on windows and stumbled > upon the following site: https://phoenixnap.com/kb/dig-windows > > During the installation I'm asked for a service account - I don't believe I > have any additional accounts on the computer - will I be required to create > another one as a service account? Additionally I am unable to install due to > the Visual C++ 2017 requirement. I have a number of different Visual Studio > Redistributables installed (I am unable to upload an image as part of this > support request). I do not feel comfortable uninstalling them randomly but I > do have one (2015-2022 x64 14.32.31332) that seems to be more current than > the one bundled with the installation. > > Confidentiality Notice: This electronic message and any attachments may > contain confidential or privileged information, and is intended only for the > individual or entity identified above as the addressee. If you are not the > addressee (or the employee or agent responsible to deliver it to the > addressee), or if this message has been addressed to you in error, you are > hereby notified that you may not copy, forward, disclose or use any part of > this message or any attachments. Please notify the sender immediately by > return e-mail or telephone and delete this message from your system. > Confidentiality Notice: This electronic message and any attachments may > contain confidential or privileged information, and is intended only for the > individual or entity identified above as the addressee. If you are not the > addressee (or the employee or agent responsible to deliver it to the > addressee), or if this message has been addressed to you in error, you are > hereby notified that you may not copy, forward, disclose or use any part of > this message or any attachments. Please notify the sender immediately by > return e-mail or telephone and delete this message from your system. -- > Visit https://lists.isc.org/mailman/listinfo/bind-users to unsubscribe from > this list > > ISC funds the development of this software with paid support subscriptions. > Contact us at https://www.isc.org/contact/ for more information. > > > bind-users mailing list > bind-users@lists.isc.org > https://lists.isc.org/mailman/listinfo/bind-users
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