From owner-freebsd-security Thu Feb 22 17:38: 2 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-security@freebsd.org Received: from dt051n37.san.rr.com (dt051n37.san.rr.com [204.210.32.55]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8FC8437B503 for ; Thu, 22 Feb 2001 17:37:54 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from DougB@gorean.org) Received: from slave (Studded@slave [10.0.0.1]) by dt051n37.san.rr.com (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id RAA15947; Thu, 22 Feb 2001 17:36:32 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from DougB@gorean.org) Date: Thu, 22 Feb 2001 17:36:32 -0800 (PST) From: Doug Barton X-X-Sender: To: Cy Schubert - ITSD Open Systems Group Cc: Michael Richards , Subject: Re: Bind problems In-Reply-To: <200102221507.f1MF7iX45138@cwsys.cwsent.com> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-security@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org On Thu, 22 Feb 2001, Cy Schubert - ITSD Open Systems Group wrote: > In message <3A947710.000009.60978@frodo.searchcanada.ca>, "Michael > Richards" wr > ites: > > Since the big BIND vulnerability, I checked all my versions of BIND > > to make sure they weren't the 8.2.2 variety. None were. > > > > Most returned: named 8.2.3-T6B Thu Nov 23 19:00:06 EST 2000 > > Which is not supposed to be vulnerable. Any BIND 8 other than 8.2.3-REL *IS* vulnerable. No one (ISC, FreeBSD, etc.) has ever said any different. > If I (taking my manager's hat off and > putting my security officer's hat on) were you I'd do the prudent > thing, which is to verify the system was not already hacked or > otherwise consider the system suspect until I can prove it otherwise. It's impossible to prove that a system connected to a network has not been hacked. If you have even a reasonable suspicion that a machine is compromised you should assume it is and proceed accordingly. Doug -- "Pain heals. Chicks dig scars. Glory . . . lasts forever." -- Keanu Reeves as Shane Falco in "The Replacements" Do YOU Yahoo!? To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-security" in the body of the message