Re: FreeBSD Security Advisory FreeBSD-SA-15:11.bind

2015-07-08 Thread Ian Smith
On Wed, 8 Jul 2015 12:49:12 -0500, Mark Felder wrote: > "No workaround is available, but only systems that are manually > configured to enable DNSSEC validation are affected." would be a > reasonable statement. Agreed. DNSSEC may become mandatory, and while surely 'best practice', it's not y

Re: FreeBSD Security Advisory FreeBSD-SA-15:11.bind

2015-07-08 Thread Mel Pilgrim
On 2015-07-08 10:49, Mark Felder wrote: DNSSEC is not a requirement to run a DNS resolver. It is requirement if you're using DANE or other technologies where the trust model relies on authenticated DNS. I've always understood the term "workaround" to mean "mitigate the problem without a loss

Re: FreeBSD Security Advisory FreeBSD-SA-15:11.bind

2015-07-08 Thread Mark Felder
On Wed, Jul 8, 2015, at 12:27, Dan Lukes wrote: > On 07/08/15 18:29, Mark Felder: > >> IV. Workaround > >> > >> No workaround is available, but hosts not running named(8) are not > >> vulnerable. > > > Why is no workaround available? Can't you just disable DNSSEC > > validation? > > > > dnssec-

Re: FreeBSD Security Advisory FreeBSD-SA-15:11.bind

2015-07-08 Thread Dan Lukes
On 07/08/15 18:29, Mark Felder: IV. Workaround No workaround is available, but hosts not running named(8) are not vulnerable. Why is no workaround available? Can't you just disable DNSSEC validation? dnssec-enable no; dnssec-validation no; Well, it depend ... If someone is running DNSSE

Re: FreeBSD Security Advisory FreeBSD-SA-15:11.bind

2015-07-08 Thread Mark Felder
On Tue, Jul 7, 2015, at 18:25, FreeBSD Security Advisories wrote: > > IV. Workaround > > No workaround is available, but hosts not running named(8) are not > vulnerable. > Why is no workaround available? Can't you just disable DNSSEC validation? dnssec-enable no; dnssec-validation no; In f