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DATE | 2016-02-21 |
FROM | Ruben Safir
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SUBJECT | Re: [Hangout-NYLXS] security with glibc and gethostbyname
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On 02/21/2016 01:52 AM, Rick Moen wrote: > Quoting Ruben Safir (ruben.safir-at-my.liu.edu): > >> http://arstechnica.com/security/2016/02/extremely-severe-bug-leaves-dizzying-number-of-apps-and-devices-vulnerable/ >> >> anyone see this? > > Yes. > > That's probably not the question you really wanted to ask. > > There are local mitigations. And of course you can upgrade glibc to get > the new libresolv code. (Wouldn't it be nice if glibc were no longer > using BIND8 spaghetti code?) >
your saying libresolv was writing by vixie for bind8?
> In other news, my wife and I are just back from Republic of Kiribati, > Samoa, Fiji, Vanuatu, New Caledonia, and Australia. And yes, it was > a terrible bother dealing with SOuth Pacific sunshine and beaches. > > _______________________________________________ > hangout mailing list > hangout-at-nylxs.com > http://www.nylxs.com/ >
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