Date: Tue, 16 Jul 2002 11:16:58 -0700 From: Peter Wemm <peter@wemm.org> To: Patrick Thomas <root@utility.clubscholarship.com> Cc: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: resolver workaround conceptually possible ? Message-ID: <20020716181658.CE9A03927@overcee.wemm.org> In-Reply-To: <20020716110540.N79469-100000@utility.clubscholarship.com>
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Patrick Thomas wrote: > > I am under the impression that at this time there is no workaround for the > resolver problem - you are forced to reinstall or upgrade. > > I am curious though, is it at least conceptually possible that there could > be a workaround ? If so, what would it entail ? Assuming that bind9 has been fixed, you could use bind9 for your local resolver and it will "filter" anything nasty out as a side effect of the fact that it always constructs replies, rather than caching a reply and forwarding the reply as-is to the resolver client (as bind8 does). Cheers, -Peter -- Peter Wemm - peter@wemm.org; peter@FreeBSD.org; peter@yahoo-inc.com "All of this is for nothing if we don't go to the stars" - JMS/B5 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
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