Well, I'm not running bind at the moment, so it can't be much more secure
than that :)...
I looked at my available packages, & one of these days, should I finally
decide to set up a caching DNS, I have the 8.2.3 packages.
Thanks for the info, tho.
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Michael H. Warfield [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Monday, February 19, 2001 3:58 PM
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: Re: Port 53
>
> On Mon, Feb 19, 2001 at 09:08:46AM -0500, Burke, Thomas G. wrote:
> > Hey gang...
>
> > Is there a new security flaw in DNS, or what... I've gotten a
> > _huge_ number of attempts on port 53 (from different places) lately...
>
> Hello! That would be yes...
>
> Bind versions prior to 8.2.3 have a hole. That includes 8.2.2P*
> and, yes, the kiddie poos are in "scan the planet mode" for port 53.
>
> Details up at www.isc.org. Strongly recommend updating to the
> lastest security updates at RedHat (should go without saying after Ramen).
>
>
> Mike
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