Rich Morin wrote:
>
> I just received a security notice about a really nasty worm that is
> using a hole in bind to infect Linux boxes.
>
> >Late last night, the SANS Institute (through its Global Incident
> >Analysis Center) uncovered a dangerous new worm that appears to be
> >spreading rapidly across the Internet. It scans the Internet looking
> >for Linux computers with a known vulnerability. It infects the
> >vulnerable machines, steals the password file (sending it to a
> >China.com site), installs other hacking tools, and forces the newly
> >infected machine to begin scanning the Internet looking for other
> >victims.
> >
> >Several experts from the security community worked through the night to
> >decompose the worm's code and engineer a utility to help you discover
> >if the Lion worm has affected your organization.
> >
> >Updates to this announcement will be posted at the SANS web site,
> >http://www.sans.org
> >...
>
> So, it seems like a Good Idea to upgrade my copy of bind (:-). I
> pulled down the port for bind-8.2.3-REL and it seems to build just
> fine. Before I install it, however, I thought I'd ask if anyone
> has run into installation and/or configuration issues.
I thought that was what is already built into 4-stable right now. I
did a named -v and 8.2.3-REL pops up.
Kent
>
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