Reasons why BIND isn't being upgraded

Sat Feb 3 21:54:20 UTC 2001

meltzer at villageworld.com (Jeffrey Meltzer) writes:

> I'm confused.  I get the TLD server operators part.  But you're saying
> that you'd only give OS vendors access to this information.  How long does
> it take, say, Sun, to issue a patch update?  Wouldn't it be much more
> efficient, and useful, to issue the information directly to the people
> using the software?  How many people actually use the default vendor
> binaries anyways?

CERT handles notification.  The bind-members forum is for people who receive
such notifications to coordinate with ISC on actual patch details.  Check your
paranoia at the door.