Date: Mon, 18 Nov 1996 05:15:04 -0500 (EST) From: Robert Shady <rls@mail.id.net> To: marcs@znep.com (Marc Slemko) Cc: roberto@keltia.freenix.fr, freebsd-security@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: BoS: Exploit for sendmail smtpd bug (ver. 8.7-8.8.2). Message-ID: <199611181015.FAA11340@server.id.net> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.95.961117234631.223H-100000@alive.ampr.ab.ca> from Marc Slemko at "Nov 17, 96 11:55:33 pm"
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> Incorrect. It RUNS without DNS but still TRIES to use it. If you really
> don't have IP connectivity, then difference doesn't matter because it
> still works when the lookup fails, however it still does try and the
> difference does matter if you have partial IP connectivity. I have a
> system setup with nocanonify and all the other config file tweaks I know
> of, and it still tries to use DNS as a tcpdump shows quite clearly. This
> system is running 8.7.5, so things may have been changed in more recent
> versions but I can't say for sure; if this has changed in more recent
> versions, please let me know.
>
> I _think_ the define that needs to be set to 0 is NAMED_BIND, but don't
> recall for sure. This has been gone over before on the lists.
Out of curiosity, what interface exactly are you looking at if you aren't
running tcp/ip?
-- Rob
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