It is not hardcoded. A new configuration directive has been added, and it is completely up to the administrator to decide to use it.
http://www.isc.org/products/BIND/delegation-only.html Boyan Krosnov, CCIE#8701 http://boyan.ludost.net/ just another techie speaking for himself > -----Original Message----- > From: Ronny Adsetts [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Wednesday, September 17, 2003 12:58 PM > To: Adrian von Bidder > Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: Debian + Verisign's .com/.net hijack > > > Adrian von Bidder said the following on 17/09/03 10:11: > >> Patches for various dns servers to get back to the old behaviour of > >> the dns system have been published. For example, the ISC has just > >> released an "official" patch for BIND9. > >> > >> I wonder if there are plans to make security upgrades of the dns > >> servers shipped with Debian. Any comments? > > > > I for one would really, really, really like for this 'fix' > to appear > > soon. Maintaining hand compiled software is awkward - but I guess > > I'll do that quite soon. > > > > Adding this *hard coded* value to an official Debian package > that could > be around for a couple of years (in stable) would be foolish IMHO. I > haven't reviewed the patch, so may be wrong about the nature of it... > (anyone have a link for the patch?) > > Better to get Verisign to revoke this stupidity. After all, > another TLD > did the same some time ago and the US government intervened, IIRC, to > get it changed back (.biz?). > > Regards, > Ronny Adsetts > -- > Technical Director > Amazing Internet Ltd, London > t: +44 20 8607 9535 > f: +44 20 8607 9536 > w: www.amazinginternet.com > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
