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Re: DNS Headaches.

daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (David R. Conrad)
Mon Aug 17 12:31:19 1998

Date: Sat, 15 Aug 1998 08:58:25 +0200
To: Marc Slemko <marcs@znep.com>
From: "David R. Conrad" <drc@isc.org>
Cc: nanog@merit.edu
In-Reply-To: <Pine.GSO.4.00.9808142336540.28841-100000@redfish>

Hi,

>While we are on the topic, are there any known cache pollution problems
>with 4.9.7 that are fixed in 8.x?

Not that I'm aware of.

>I had thought that those problems were fixed in 4.9.7 but I keep think I
>seeing other people's 4.9.7 machines vulnerable to them.

If you find one, please let us know asap.  8.1 fixes other problems
(performance related) -- cache pollution prevention should be consistent
between 4.9.x and 8.1.x.  If there is a problem, we'll need to find it, fix
it, and make a new release.

Regards,
-drc



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