North American Network Operators Group Date Prev | Date Next | Date Index | Thread Index | Author Index | Historical Re: Reasons why BIND isn't being upgraded
On 1 Feb 2001, Paul Vixie wrote: > > [email protected] (Simon Waters) writes: > > > The ISC.ORG web site recommends leaving the BIND version string > > unchanged to assist in troubleshooting. > > > > I remain unconvinced that showing the version string helps much. > > it helped you with your survey, didn't it? > > hiding it doesn't help at all. people who want to know if you're vulnerable > and to what have tools to find out. > > hiding it DOES however make it harder for people (including network owners) > to do surveys. By the same token one might argue that atempting to hide vunerabilities to those paying you for "early warnings" doesn't help at all. Just something to consider.
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