[15331] in bugtraq
Re: bind running as root in Mandrake 7.0
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Nathan Neulinger)
Wed Jun 14 16:11:36 2000
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Date: Sun, 11 Jun 2000 15:32:38 -0500
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From: Nathan Neulinger <nneul@UMR.EDU>
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> bind does not bind 0.0.0.0:53. It for one or another reason binds every
> interface separately. Hence if an interface is not available at bind start
> time and bind does not run as root the interfaces are not rebound.
It is necessary to separately bind to the interfaces in order to
determine which interface a request came in on. This is needed for some
of bind's security mechanisms.
-- Nathan
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