Watch it: Multiple DNS implementationsvulnerableto cachepoisoning

[Jason Ede]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: mailscanner-bounces at lists.mailscanner.info [mailto:mailscanner-
> bounces at lists.mailscanner.info] On Behalf Of Peter Farrow
> Sent: 12 July 2008 10:05
> To: MailScanner discussion
> Subject: Re: Watch it: Multiple DNS implementationsvulnerableto
> cachepoisoning
>
>
>
> Anthony Cartmell wrote:
> >> Another good example of why Fedora is not the best choice for a
> >> server if it
> >> is going to be expected to operate more than 18 months
> >
> > ...unless you're happy to upgrade on a roughly annual basis to
> benefit
> > from more up-to-date stable versions of the main packages, such as
> > perl, apache, MySQL, PHP, etc.
> > (see problems installing recent MainScanner versions on machines with
> > old perl installations earlier)
> >
> > We've been here before - Fedora is an excellent server OS for people
> > like me, running web servers requiring up-to-date packages. It may
> not
> > be if your situation means upgrading OS versions is expensive and you
> > have no need for recent software packages installed automatically.
> >
> > Cheers!
> >
> > Anthony
>
> I agree, having some 200 machines "under my wing" means I would be
> upgrading one almost everyworking day to stay in the picture under this
> scenario.
> As much as I like my work, I don't like it that much  ;-)
>

Its one of the reasons I'm gradually migrating all the servers to CentOS 5...

Unfortunately they're not all there yet.

Jason