On Thu, 04 Mar 2004 12:03:36 +0000 WipeOut <wipe_out@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Is running BIND still considdered a major security risk??
> I remember a while back it was not considdered a good idea to run your
> own BIND/DNS server.. (also that I would need to run it on my web/mail
> server since I only have 1 server)
Bind 9 is fairly good. it's a bit of a resource pig, but the code isn't
bad. run it chrooted and you should be fine.
Bind 8 was a disaster, and the only truly safe
Bind 4 was the audited one included in OpenBSD.
richard
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