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Re: bind with DNSSEC finally released
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Derek Atkins)
Mon Mar 22 17:58:37 1999
To: Lucky Green <shamrock@netcom.com>
Cc: cypherpunks@algebra.com, cryptography@c2.net
From: Derek Atkins <warlord@mit.edu>
Date: 22 Mar 1999 15:23:16 -0500
In-Reply-To: Lucky Green's message of Fri, 19 Mar 1999 18:16:56 -0800
Having Bind 8.2 is only the first step. Are the root servers actually
supplying valid KEY and SIG RRs for the TLDs?
-derek
Lucky Green <shamrock@netcom.com> writes:
>
> Seems bind 8.2 with the long-awaited secure DNS fully integrated has finally
> been released. Say goodbye to DNS spoofing. Since the included crypto is
> meant to be used for authentication only and the licensing agreement
> prohibits the use of the said crypto for non-authentication purposes, the
> distribution is freely exportable. :-)
>
> Install bind 8.2 on your DNS server today and permanently fix one of the
> largest and longest-standing security holes on the Internet.
>
> ftp://ftp.isc.org/isc/bind/src/8.2/
>
> --Lucky Green <shamrock@netcom.com>
> PGP 5.x encrypted email preferred
>
>
--
Derek Atkins, SB '93 MIT EE, SM '95 MIT Media Laboratory
Member, MIT Student Information Processing Board (SIPB)
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