Robert Edmonds:
The only package in the archive that I know of that has a seriously
deficient set of root hints is djbdns; it has 11/13 of the current set
of IPv4 root server addresses, and 0/13 IPv6 root server addresses.
(However, I don't believe the 'djbdns' binary package ships with the
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Hi Robert, LaMont,
I'm familiar with the original conversation, so I had a look and found
that the server had been installed in 2003, and that /etc/bind/db.root
is a conffile, so perhaps there's historically a packaging problem where
it's not being updated automatical
Chris Lamb wrote:
> It was just mentioned "en passant" in a conversation at DebConf that
> bind9 is shipping a root hint file from 2003.
No, this is just wrong. The hints file shipped in the bind9 package in
stretch is from 2016:
; This file holds the information on root name servers ne
Bernhard Schmidt wrote:
> Chris Lamb wrote:
>
>> It was just mentioned "en passant" in a conversation at DebConf that
>> bind9 is shipping a root hint file from 2003.
>
> FWIW, the bug about this is #860794. I have just upgraded it to grave
> since DNSSEC validation will stop working in October,
On Tue, Aug 08, 2017 at 04:47:27PM -0400, Chris Lamb wrote:
> It was just mentioned "en passant" in a conversation at DebConf that
> bind9 is shipping a root hint file from 2003.
The version of db.root in stretch is from Feb 17, 2016. I suspect that the
comment originates from the fact that I've
Chris Lamb wrote:
> It was just mentioned "en passant" in a conversation at DebConf that
> bind9 is shipping a root hint file from 2003.
FWIW, the bug about this is #860794. I have just upgraded it to grave
since DNSSEC validation will stop working in October, and it has not
been fixed anywhere.
Hi -devel,
It was just mentioned "en passant" in a conversation at DebConf that
bind9 is shipping a root hint file from 2003.
I had a quick glance at the bug list and saw it was a little larger
than I would have liked for what is clearly a critical piece and
infrastructure. :)
Lamont, can you co
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