Bug#518169: Bug#516394: so what is the solution?

2009-07-11 Thread Gerrit Pape
* Gerrit Pape: Hi, this seems to be a misunderstanding. I'm asking about the bug http://bugs.debian.org/518169 in djbdns (fix is available since four months), and not the git-core package. On Fri, Jul 10, 2009, Florian Weimer wrote: [something about http://bugs.debian.org/516394] A

Bug#518169: Bug#516394: so what is the solution?

2009-07-11 Thread Thijs Kinkhorst
On sneon 11 July 2009, Gerrit Pape wrote: On Fri, Jul 10, 2009, Florian Weimer wrote: [something about http://bugs.debian.org/516394] A misunderstanding again, I'm asking about the bug  http://bugs.debian.org/518169 The packages I prepared for stable are available since more than four

Bug#516394: so what is the solution?

2009-07-03 Thread Gerrit Pape
On Thu, Jul 02, 2009 at 08:22:04PM +0200, Nico Golde wrote: Hi, * Thijs Kinkhorst th...@debian.org [2009-07-02 20:08]: On tiisdei 30 Juny 2009, Gerrit Pape wrote: While we wait for who knows how long, I suggest we get the fix for #518169 into stable; packages still are available

Bug#516394: so what is the solution?

2009-07-03 Thread Nico Golde
Hi, * Gerrit Pape p...@smarden.org [2009-07-03 13:53]: On Thu, Jul 02, 2009 at 08:22:04PM +0200, Nico Golde wrote: Hi, * Thijs Kinkhorst th...@debian.org [2009-07-02 20:08]: On tiisdei 30 Juny 2009, Gerrit Pape wrote: While we wait for who knows how long, I suggest we get the fix for

Bug#516394: so what is the solution?

2009-07-02 Thread Thijs Kinkhorst
On tiisdei 30 Juny 2009, Gerrit Pape wrote: While we wait for who knows how long, I suggest we get the fix for #518169 into stable; packages still are available through  http://niequai.smarden.org/ruGho2e/ Hi, I don't understand why the confirmed fix for the reproducible bug with security

Bug#516394: so what is the solution?

2009-07-02 Thread Nico Golde
Hi, * Thijs Kinkhorst th...@debian.org [2009-07-02 20:08]: On tiisdei 30 Juny 2009, Gerrit Pape wrote: While we wait for who knows how long, I suggest we get the fix for #518169 into stable; packages still are available through  http://niequai.smarden.org/ruGho2e/ Hi, I don't

Bug#516394: so what is the solution?

2009-06-30 Thread Gerrit Pape
On Wed, Mar 25, 2009 at 04:52:02PM +, Gerrit Pape wrote: On Tue, Mar 24, 2009 at 09:18:24PM +0100, Florian Weimer wrote: * Gerrit Pape: AFAIK from private discussion, the Debian security team doesn't agree with my assessment. I don't know what their plans are for stable. I still

Bug#516394: so what is the solution?

2009-03-25 Thread Gerrit Pape
On Tue, Mar 24, 2009 at 09:18:24PM +0100, Florian Weimer wrote: * Gerrit Pape: The attack under discussion is a bruteforce attack. No, it's not, it's about 100 times faster than brute force. We're discussing the birthday attack. A birthday attack is a special type of brute force attack.

Bug#516394: so what is the solution?

2009-03-24 Thread Soeren Sonnenburg
Package: djbdns Followup-For: Bug #516394 Not sure if any of the previous reporters actually read http://cr.yp.to/djbdns/forgery.html , but it occurs to me as if this problem is a problem in the current DNS protocol that cannot be prevented *at all*. However, it can be made significantly harder

Bug#516394: so what is the solution?

2009-03-24 Thread Gerrit Pape
On Tue, Mar 24, 2009 at 08:04:33AM +0100, Soeren Sonnenburg wrote: Not sure if any of the previous reporters actually read http://cr.yp.to/djbdns/forgery.html , but it occurs to me as if this problem is a problem in the current DNS protocol that cannot be prevented *at all*. However, it can be

Bug#516394: so what is the solution?

2009-03-24 Thread Florian Weimer
* Gerrit Pape: The attack under discussion is a bruteforce attack. No, it's not, it's about 100 times faster than brute force. o Don't apply a patch against the djbdns binary package, but document the fact more prominently. In fact it's already documented for years by upstream, and again