To:
"Brad Knowles" <brad.knowles@skynet.be>
Cc:
<dnsop@cafax.se>
From:
"Jim Fleming" <JimFleming@ameritech.net>
Date:
Wed, 9 Oct 2002 07:50:56 -0500
Sender:
owner-dnsop@cafax.se
Subject:
"BIND has been rated the number one security risk on the Internet by The SANS Institute."
----- Original Message ----- From: "Brad Knowles" <brad.knowles@skynet.be> To: "Jim Fleming" <JimFleming@Ameritech.Net> Cc: <dnsop@cafax.se> Sent: Tuesday, October 08, 2002 6:03 PM Subject: Re: Interim signing of the root zone. > At 10:53 PM -0500 2002/10/07, Jim Fleming wrote: > > > The entire, "toy", 32-bit, experimental, proof-of-concept network > > is the perfect place to play. > > Toy? Are you serious or just sarcastic? > > > Companies with a serious commercial interest have all of the > > labs and facilities they need to fully test software and > > systems before they are deployed. > > They may have the facilities, but even they need help in > performing full interoperability and functionality testing of this > kind of scale. > > > The only amusement is that > > people from the experimental networks take themselves so > > seriously. The commercial world does not. > > The commercial world doesn't take them seriously, or doesn't take > itself seriously? > > Both statements are sufficiently ludicrous that I won't bother > saying anything else. > http://isp-planet.com/technology/2002/dns_server.html DNS Server Choices Broaden "Industry insiders estimate that 85 percent of ISPs use free BIND (Berkeley Internet Name Domain) software running over generic server architecture. However, the latest hacker exploits may cause ISPs to rethink their buying habits. BIND has been rated the number one security risk on the Internet by The SANS Institute." ==== Why does ICANN showcase all of the BIND people as "security experts" ? Jim Fleming 2002:[IPv4]:000X:03DB:...IPv8 is closer than you think...IPv16 is even closer... http://www.iana.org/assignments/ipv4-address-space http://www.ntia.doc.gov/ntiahome/domainname/130dftmail/unir.txt http://www.netfilter.org/ http://ipv8.dyndns.tv http://ipv8.yi.org http://ipv8.dyns.cx http://ipv8.no-ip.com http://ipv8.no-ip.org http://ipv8.no-ip.biz http://ipv8.no-ip.info http://ipv8.myip.us http://ipv8.dyn.ee http://ipv8.community.net.au http://ipv8.ods.org