Date: Fri, 23 Mar 2001 14:51:14 -0800 From: Kent Stewart <kstewart@urx.com> To: Rich Morin <rdm@cfcl.com> Cc: freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: upgrading to bind-8.2.3 Message-ID: <3ABBD362.1BD7FD4@urx.com> References: <p0500192fb6e17d94d4d7@[192.168.168.205]>
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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 > > -r > -- > http://www.cfcl.com/rdm - home page, resume, etc. > http://www.cfcl.com/Meta/md_fb.html - The FreeBSD Browser > email: rdm@cfcl.com; phone: +1 650-873-7841 > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message -- Kent Stewart Richland, WA mailto:kbstew99@hotmail.com http://kstewart.urx.com/kstewart/index.html FreeBSD News http://daily.daemonnews.org/ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
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