Re: yes, there's another hole in BIND

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Personally we ought to be paying the man for writing and maintaining bind.
It's only the single most important piece of software in use on the net today.

On Jul 22,  1:00pm, "Perry E. Metzger" wrote:
> Subject: Re: yes, there's another hole in BIND
> 
> Resident Hacker says:
> > > no, i'm not going to tell anybody what it is until i've got it fixed.
> > 
> > I thought we went through this already - THIS IS A FULL DISCLOSURE
> > LIST. If you don't have anything to say now - try to hold it till you 
> > have.
> 
> Actually, I can accept it from him, because
> 
> 1) He's the package developer, and I wouldn't pillory someone who's
>    software I have to use.
> 2) He used the magic words "until i've got it fixed". He's planning on
>    telling everyone about it at the same time when he fixes it.
> 3) I get the impression this fix will be here very soon.
> 
> Perry
>-- End of excerpt from "Perry E. Metzger"



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