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TOPIC: DNS Exploit vulnerability found

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sgrayban (User)
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Re:DNS Exploit vulnerability found 2008/07/27 00:45  
who cares - everyone should be updated by now and if they aren't they need to start paying attention to there distro's updates.
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sgrayban (User)
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Re:DNS Exploit vulnerability found 2008/07/27 01:32  
If you are scared that your DNS is crap look at http://www.doxpara.com/ -- BTW the Apple idiots FAILED to update there DNS servers LOL
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Joe (Admin)
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Re:DNS Exploit vulnerability found 2008/07/27 11:28  
Yep, everybody needs to update BIND immediately, if you haven't already. It primarily effects recursive name servers, as it is a cache poisoning exploit--I don't believe it effects authoritative service at all, which is what most folks use BIND for in a Virtualmin system--but have trustworthy name service at all points in the chain is absolutely vital for security.

Imagine downloading a piece of software...asking for PHP.net, and instead getting badguys.net instead, which happens to have a complete mirror of the PHP.net website, and an exploited copy of PHP for you to download. Just an example, of course, and I expect most Virtualmin users are using RPM or deb packages, which are signed in modern systems--so you can know if you're getting a package from a trustworthy source or not, even if the download is compromised somehow.
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