Re: large organization nameservers sending icmp packets to dns servers.

[Mark Andrews <Mark_Andrews () isc org>]

In article <200708100143.l7A1hNSY034263 () drugs dv isc org> you write:
>       I suspect that the origin of the myth that DNS/TCP is more
>       dangerous than DNS/UDP is that the first root expliot of
>       named was over TCP not UDP.  There were later exploits that
>       were UDP only which totally busted the myth but it continues
>       to live.
>
>       Mark

        Just to make it clear.  This was BIND 4/8 code and the bugs
        were addressed in the last millennia.

        To date there are no known root exploits for BIND 9.

        Mark