resolver workaround conceptually possible ?

I am under the impression that at this time there is no workaround for the resolver problem - you are forced to reinstall or upgrade. I am curious though, is it at least conceptually possible that there could be a workaround ? If so, what would it entail ? thanks - pt To Unsubscribe: send

Re: resolver workaround conceptually possible ?

Patrick Thomas wrote: I am under the impression that at this time there is no workaround for the resolver problem - you are forced to reinstall or upgrade. I am curious though, is it at least conceptually possible that there could be a workaround ? If so, what would it entail ? Assuming

Re: resolver workaround conceptually possible ?

Assuming that bind9 has been fixed, you could use bind9 for your local resolver and it will filter anything nasty out as a side effect of the fact that it always constructs replies, rather than caching a reply and forwarding the reply as-is to the resolver client (as bind8 does). Thank you

Re: resolver workaround conceptually possible ?

a real workaround means: setting resolver.conf to point to 127.0.0.1 running a local copy of bind-9 as a forwarding server. bind-9 rebuilds requests and answers it forwards.. bind-8 just passes them through. On Tue, 16 Jul 2002, Patrick Thomas wrote: I am under the impression that at this