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Date:      Wed, 16 Feb 2000 13:12:53 -0700
From:      Brett Glass <brett@lariat.org>
To:        Wes Peters <wes@softweyr.com>, Richard Wackerbarth <rkw@dataplex.net>
Cc:        Warner Losh <imp@village.org>, freebsd-security@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Why should I upgrade from 2.2.8 to 3.4
Message-ID:  <4.2.2.20000216131102.04308c80@localhost>
In-Reply-To: <38AAE878.C26E278F@softweyr.com>
References:  <Pine.BSF.4.21.0002152357380.54931-100000@freefall.freebsd.org> <200002160926.CAA09916@harmony.village.org> <00021604155000.08535@nomad.dataplex.net>

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At 11:12 AM 2/16/2000 , Wes Peters wrote:

>And this coming from the 2.x "keeper of the flame."  Yes, 2.2.8 should carry
>a warning label of some sort.

On the other hand, some things in 2.2.8 were actually more secure than
later versions. When the ADMROCKS exploit got out, I discovered that the
BIND that shipped with 2.2.8 wasn't susceptible. Systems with newer versions
of BIND were.

--Brett



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