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Re: Exodus: this is bad

daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (bmanning@vacation.karoshi.com)
Tue Nov 17 01:16:30 1998

From: bmanning@vacation.karoshi.com
To: rirving@onecall.net
Date: Mon, 16 Nov 1998 21:56:46 -0800 (PST)
Cc: scott@ioa.com, asr@millburn.net, nanog@merit.edu, list@inet-access.net
In-Reply-To: <3650BDDE.26E565ED@onecall.net> from "Richard Irving" at Nov 16, 98 07:05:50 pm


I would posit that most folks need to update their DNS code,
be it BIND or one of the other vendors DNS code.  If not for
this reason, for one of the others that are on the streets.
The kicker is that most folks responsible aren't on these lists.
The DNS is very brittle these days.


> WOW, this is getting to be a plague......
> 
> I guess a *lot* of people will be brought to awareness
> of the need to update their BIND, and tighten the security
> on the DNS's....
> 
> Fast!

--bill

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