Bugtraq: Re: Named Config Files

[MoNoLiTH+ () CMU EDU (Aveek Datta)]

Excerpts from internet.computing.bugtraq: 22-Jul-97 Named Config Files
by Gus Huber () PBX ORG
> just noticed something the otherday that made me think twice about alloing
> my users to modify the named files for their domains...
There are easier ways to crash BIND if you are allowed to dynamic
update it. Deleting a record, adding it back, and then deleting it
again in one update packet crashes BIND, or so I've had reported to me
by the guy who does that sort of thing.

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