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Recursive servers, but not proxy servers, affected.

Recursive servers, but not proxy servers, affected.

Posted Jul 8, 2008 23:34 UTC (Tue) by rfunk (subscriber, #4054)
In reply to: Recursive servers, but not proxy servers, affected. by jebba
Parent article: Dan Kaminsky Discovers Fundamental Issue In DNS: Massive Multivendor Patch Released (Securosis.com)

Dan Kaminsky has confirmed that djbdns is not vulnerable due to its source 
port randomization.


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Recursive servers, but not proxy servers, affected.

Posted Jul 9, 2008 23:07 UTC (Wed) by jebba (✭ supporter ✭, #4439) [Link]

As a side note, djbdns (and related programs) are now all under the public domain (finally!).
I hadn't heard that good news until today. :)

http://cr.yp.to/distributors.html

"What are the distribution terms for djbdns?
2007.12.28: I hereby place the djbdns package (in particular, djbdns-1.05.tar.gz, with MD5
checksum 3147c5cd56832aa3b41955c7a51cbeb2) into the public domain. The package is no longer
copyrighted."

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