Date: Thu, 10 Jul 2008 22:05:34 -0700 From: Doug Barton <dougb@FreeBSD.org> To: stef@memberwebs.com Cc: "freebsd-security@freebsd.org" <freebsd-security@freebsd.org>, Remko Lodder <remko@freebsd.org>, secteam@freebsd.org, Andrew Storms <astorms@ncircle.com> Subject: Re: [Fwd: cvs commit: ports/dns/bind9 Makefile distinfo ports/dns/bind94 Makefile distinfo ports/dns/bind95 Makefile distinfo] Message-ID: <4876EA1E.9000804@FreeBSD.org> In-Reply-To: <4876A3FE.1070407@FreeBSD.org> References: <C49A67C5.1A0CBA%astorms@ncircle.com> <20080709204114.471A2F1835D@mx.npubs.com> <4876A3FE.1070407@FreeBSD.org>
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Doug Barton wrote:
> However, named is still picking a "random" UDP port on startup and
> locking it down (2 if you're also using IPv6) although it's not
> immediately clear to me why.
And the answer is .... in order to make the -P1 releases as clean as
possible, that part of the code was not touched (which I think is a very
good decision) and that port may continue to see use down the road.
hope this helps,
Doug
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