dns update for 7.0

[Paul Schmehl]

--On Thursday, July 10, 2008 11:05:11 -0500 Joshua Frugé 
<joshuafruge at gmail.com> wrote:

> I just joined the list (but did search the archive), so I apologize in
> advance if this was already answered and I missed it.
>
> What's the process to update the base bind in freebsd for the new
> cacheing poisoning vuln that seems to be all the rage lately?
>
> I'm running freebsd 7.0-RELEASE-p2 and I am using the included base
> bind 9.4.2 as resolver for my network.  Will there be an update
> through freebsd-update to upgrade to bind 9.4.2-p1, or is there some
> other process I need to follow....compile source and replace?.
>

Base bind is updated by freebsd-update *assuming* you are using the base bind 
and not the port bind *and* assuming you haven't altered any of the binaries by 
patching them manually.  You can, of course, use the tried and true make 
buildworld process to update it as well *when* the patches are released.

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Paul Schmehl
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