The unintended kill switch in Bind

[Jack]

The developers of the Bind server software have warned of a security problem that could prevent DNS servers from responding to requests. This is a serious problem, as many of the central DNS servers on the internet use Bind, and hardly anything works without domain name resolution. However, the developers say that no public exploits have so far been found.

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[AyeAyeCaptain]

Jack the link you posted takes me to reply to this thread I believe (just to give you the heads up, so feel free to remove this reply once rectified) which is not good for those of us who wish to read more and get more of an insight.

 

[bogdan]

Link fixed.