Messages in this thread | | | Date | Fri, 23 Mar 2001 11:56:58 -0700 (MST) | From | Dax Kelson <> | Subject | Re: Linux Worm (fwd) |
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Gerhard Mack said once upon a time (Fri, 23 Mar 2001):
> On Fri, 23 Mar 2001, Bob Lorenzini wrote: > > > I'm annoyed when persons post virus alerts to unrelated lists but this > > is a serious threat. If your offended flame away. > > This should be a wake up call... distributions need to stop using product > with consistently bad security records.
This TSIG bug in BIND 8 that is being exploited was added to BIND 8 by the same team who wrote BIND 9.
In fact the last two major remote root compromises (TSIG and NXT) for BIND 8 was in code added to BIND 8 by the BIND 9 developers.
Dax
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