Re: new bind vuln

[Barney Wolff <barney () tp databus com>]

This does beg the question (not that I hold *you* responsible!)
why the advisory had to come out before the patch.  Does anyone
know whether the news had escaped to the blackhats?  Otherwise
I cannot understand the rationale.
Barney

On Wed, Nov 13, 2002 at 12:06:04AM -0500, Steven M. Bellovin wrote:
> CERT said that the ISS advisory was to be released on 13 November, and 
> that the patch would be available from ISC next week.  There was no 
> indication about when CERT itself was going to issue an advisory, but 
> clearly someone said something a day earlier than had been expected.
>
>               --Steve Bellovin, http://www.research.att.com/~smb (me)
>               http://www.wilyhacker.com ("Firewalls" book)

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