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Date:      Thu, 10 Jul 2008 02:58:09 -0700
From:      Jeremy Chadwick <koitsu@FreeBSD.org>
To:        Peter Jeremy <peterjeremy@optushome.com.au>
Cc:        freebsd-stable@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: BIND update?
Message-ID:  <20080710095809.GA59288@eos.sc1.parodius.com>
In-Reply-To: <20080710094451.GS62764@server.vk2pj.dyndns.org>
References:  <20080710094006.GX6902@e-Gitt.NET> <20080710094451.GS62764@server.vk2pj.dyndns.org>

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On Thu, Jul 10, 2008 at 07:44:51PM +1000, Peter Jeremy wrote:
> On 2008-Jul-10 11:40:06 +0200, Oliver Brandmueller <ob@e-Gitt.NET> wrote:
> >shouldn't there be a very urgent BIND update somewhere around?
> 
> There has been a very long thread about this in -security.  Leaving
> out the trolls and flaming, the salient points are:
> - The bind port has been updated to include the relevant patches
> - The security team is aware of the issue and is working on a fix.

I'm curious to know why the BIND ports were updated before the base
system BIND.  Absolutely no offence intended towards Doug, but the
priority seems reversed.

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