i say again that although it cannot be made completely secure in the DNSSEC sense, it can absolutely be made far more resistant to some *known* attacks without significant code changes. ben On Tue, 29 Jul 1997, Paul A Vixie wrote:
Let me put this another more interesting and more direct way.
Postulate a name server with the following properties:
1. Actually works on and is connected to the live Internet. 2. RFC compliant except as nec'y to comply with #1 above. 3. No DNSSEC, no TSIG, no SECUPD. 4. Completely bug free.
You go right ahead and build that name server, and I will drive a truck, no, better still a bus or even a backhoe, right through its front window.
DNS is not secure and cannot be made so. BIND-8.1.1 is the best there is, and it's what you should run, but as long as you run DNS without DNSSEC, your confidence level should be set accordingly.
PS:
BIND is definitely #1, is almost #2, is definitely #3, and trying to be #4.