Date: Sat, 4 May 2002 16:34:43 -0700 (PDT) From: Doug Barton <DougB@FreeBSD.org> To: "Philip J. Koenig" <pjklist@ekahuna.com> Cc: stable@FreeBSD.org Subject: BIND in -stable Message-ID: <20020504162912.M88188-100000@master.gorean.org> In-Reply-To: <20020504232627100.AAA911@empty1.ekahuna.com@pc02.ekahuna.com>
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On Sat, 4 May 2002, Philip J. Koenig wrote:
> > Date: Sat, 4 May 2002 14:16:07 -0700 (PDT)
> > From: Doug Barton <DougB@FreeBSD.org>
> >
> > On Wed, 1 May 2002, Joe Abley wrote:
> >
> > > I think 8.3.1 should be rolled into RELENG_4_5, since it specifically
> > > contains security fixes over 8.2.4.
> >
> > Users who depend on BIND can install a newer version from the
> > ports. Users who don't are not affected by the problems in 8.2.4.
>
>
> This interesting - because there was no FreeBSD advisory released
> recently about any Bind vulnerabilities that I can recall, and even
> though on ISC's Bind homepage it suggests there is a security problem
> with 8.2.4 (or pre 8.3.1 versions), on the security page (linked
> right from the text suggesting you to upgrade) it implies that there
> isn't any problem with 8.2.4:
You have made some rather absurd non sequiturs here. However, I
have clearly said on numerous occasions that BIND 8 users should be using
8.3.1. A quick look at the CHANGES file should convince you of that. If
you want to quibble about what the ISC web page does or doesn't say,
that's up to you.
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