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Date:      Sun, 30 Jun 2002 20:40:27 -0600
From:      Brett Glass <brett@lariat.org>
To:        Mark.Andrews@isc.org
Cc:        Pete Ehlke <pde@rfc822.net>, security@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: libc flaw: BIND 9 closes most holes but also opens one 
Message-ID:  <4.3.2.7.2.20020630203852.00c6d280@localhost>
In-Reply-To: <200207010208.g6128hm0066820@drugs.dv.isc.org>
References:  <Your message of "Sat, 29 Jun 2002 22:10:05 CST." <4.3.2.7.2.20020629220046.02bed9a0@localhost>

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At 08:08 PM 6/30/2002, Mark.Andrews@isc.org wrote:

>        You have been told how to fix the problem.  Install libbind
>        from BIND 8 (that implies the include files).
>
>        BIND9:
>        don't call configure with --enable-libbind (this is the default)
>        BIND8:
>        remove "bin" from "SUBDIRS= include port lib bin" in the top
>        level Makefile
>
>        Install both BIND 8 and BIND 9.  "--enable-libbind" effectively
>        does just that.

I'll do this. It'll be a bunch of work to do it on several systems....
I wish there were up-to-date binary packages! I may try to create
a binary package for BIND 8's libbind to make this easier.

--Brett


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