"In the previous message, Paul A Vixie said..." > > yes, a patch is in the works, and i'm testing it now. > > no, i'm not going to tell anybody what it is until i've got it fixed. > Security through obscurity is alive and well here, too, I see. Therefore the crackers who are exploiting the hole have the guaranteed knowlege that all users of DNS are vulnerable. Great. Perhaps more than ONE head working on the problem might be a good idea? Surely there is more than ONE person that can devise a fix... -- pat@rwing [If all fails, try: rwing!pat@eskimo.com] Pat Myrto - Seattle WA "No one has the right to destroy another person's belief by demanding empirical evidence." -- Ann Landers, nationally syndicated advice columnist and Director at Handgun Control Inc.