Re: summary (Re: how to get people to upgrade?)

["E.B. Dreger" <eddy+public+spam () noc everquick net>]

This got me to thinking... there's no reason a centralized,
automated database would need to be "yea/nay".  Perhaps it's time
for a "vulnerability info" RRTYPE.  Of course, DNS might not be
the protocol of choice; focus on concept and ignore details. ;-)

One of the fields could be severity.  Let minor things be logged,
moderate troubles cause nagging, and major issues (e.g., worm
spreading via known exploit) trigger a shutdown.

Note that BIND could be written so any given instantiation knows
what subsystems (TSIG, recursive queries, etc.) it's actually
using.


Eddy
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