Date: Tue, 16 Jul 2002 22:24:53 -0400 (EDT) From: Robert Watson <rwatson@FreeBSD.org> To: "M. Warner Losh" <imp@bsdimp.com> Cc: danfe@regency.nsu.ru, DougB@FreeBSD.org, never@nevermind.kiev.ua, cvs-committers@FreeBSD.org, cvs-all@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/contrib/bind CHANGES INSTALL Makefile README Version src/contrib/bind/bin Makefile src/contrib/bind/bin/addr addr.c src/contrib/bind/bin/dig dig.c src/contrib/bind/bin/dnskeygen dnskeygen.c src/contrib/bind/bin/dnsquery ... Message-ID: <Pine.NEB.3.96L.1020716222223.84730J-100000@fledge.watson.org> In-Reply-To: <20020715.175327.03593087.imp@bsdimp.com>
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On Mon, 15 Jul 2002, M. Warner Losh wrote: > : Actually, I've always been under impression that essential security > : problems should be addressed in every stable branch, that is, RELENG_2_2, > : and RELENG_3, not to mention RELENG_4*. I've seen recent commit to > : RELENG_2_2, showing exactly this point AFAIR. > > No. When someone has the time and energy to do it, then it will be > done. However, a MFC of a whole release of bind gets harder and harder > the farther back in time you go. IIRC it breaks binary compatibility > with the crufty old versions we have in RELENG_3 and RELENG_2_2. > > The reason we did the resolve fix all the way back to 2.2 was that it > has existed for that long and was essentially a trivial to fix. It's also worth noting that newer versions of BIND have very different expectations for zone files than old ones, so anyone expecting a smooth upgrade is in for a shock. In the past, we've targetted minor patches in preference to complete sofware upgrades for vulnerabilities, especially on older branches where a large upgrade will introduce binary compatibility/ABI problems, configuration file compatibility issues, etc. Robert N M Watson FreeBSD Core Team, TrustedBSD Projects robert@fledge.watson.org Network Associates Laboratories To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe cvs-all" in the body of the message
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