Bug#527985: ITP: libbind -- DNS resolver and message parsing library
Florian Weimer wrote: * Robert Edmonds: libbind contains the standard resolver library that was distributed in BIND9 prior to version 9.6. Included are functions that communicate with domain name servers, AFAICT, libbind doesn't use source port randomization. The PRNG for transaction IDs is rather curious (but does work around the fork problem to some extent). libbind and glibc's stub resolver are descended from the same code base, so a fix to one could likely be ported to the other. if a fix were coded and BSD licensed it could probably be applied upstream. (e.g., we have arc4random available through libbsd.) however, the kernels in lenny and sid should be randomizing UDP source ports anyway, right? i mainly intended to package libbind for its message parsing functions, though. -- Robert Edmonds edmo...@debian.org signature.asc Description: Digital signature
Bug#527985: ITP: libbind -- DNS resolver and message parsing library
* Robert Edmonds: libbind contains the standard resolver library that was distributed in BIND9 prior to version 9.6. Included are functions that communicate with domain name servers, AFAICT, libbind doesn't use source port randomization. The PRNG for transaction IDs is rather curious (but does work around the fork problem to some extent). -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-wnpp-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
Bug#527985: ITP: libbind -- DNS resolver and message parsing library
Package: wnpp Owner: Robert S. Edmonds edmo...@debian.org Severity: wishlist * Package name: libbind Version : 6.0 Upstream Author : Internet Systems Consortium, Inc. * URL : https://www.isc.org/software/libbind * License : ISC Programming Lang: C Description : DNS resolver and message parsing library libbind contains the standard resolver library that was distributed in BIND9 prior to version 9.6. Included are functions that communicate with domain name servers, parse DNS messages, retrieve network host entries from /etc/hosts or via DNS, convert CIDR network addresses, perform Hesiod information lookups, retrieve network entries from /etc/networks, implement TSIG transaction/request security of DNS messages, perform name-to-address and address-to-name translations, and use /etc/resolv.conf for resolver configuration. . note that the bind9 source package already ships a libbind-dev package which is unrelated to libbind. i will probably embed the SONAME version in the -dev package name for libbind to avoid conflicting with the bind9 package. -- Robert Edmonds edmo...@debian.org -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-wnpp-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
