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Source port UDP randomization

Source port UDP randomization

Posted Jul 9, 2008 12:42 UTC (Wed) by shane (subscriber, #3335)
In reply to: Source port UDP randomization by mjcox@redhat.com
Parent article: Dan Kaminsky Discovers Fundamental Issue In DNS: Massive Multivendor Patch Released (Securosis.com)

BIND uses it's own port selection algorithm. Anyone concerned about portability and security
would too (or would check for port randomness in the configure script).


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