[34343] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: Reasons why BIND isn't being upgraded
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Paul Vixie)
Sat Feb 3 17:03:00 2001
To: nanog@merit.edu
From: Paul Vixie <vixie@mfnx.net>
Date: 03 Feb 2001 13:54:20 -0800
In-Reply-To: meltzer@villageworld.com's message of "3 Feb 2001 11:57:45 -0800"
Message-ID: <g3y9vn301f.fsf@redpaul.mfnx.net>
Errors-To: owner-nanog-outgoing@merit.edu
meltzer@villageworld.com (Jeffrey Meltzer) writes:
> I'm confused. I get the TLD server operators part. But you're saying
> that you'd only give OS vendors access to this information. How long does
> it take, say, Sun, to issue a patch update? Wouldn't it be much more
> efficient, and useful, to issue the information directly to the people
> using the software? How many people actually use the default vendor
> binaries anyways?
CERT handles notification. The bind-members forum is for people who receive
such notifications to coordinate with ISC on actual patch details. Check your
paranoia at the door.
