trigger point for new bug

Jack Tavares j.tavares at F5.com
Thu Nov 17 22:52:50 UTC 2011


>> So is it true that there is no way to make an existing bind server
>> (without this patch) safe from this?

>A server that only serves authoritative data and doesn't recurse
>is safe.  The assertion takes place when retrieving data from the
>cache, which an authoritative server never does.

>Any server that does recursion, even if only in one view, should be
>considered to be at risk.

I just re-read this.

If the assertion takes place when retrieving data from the cache,
would setting cache size to 0 (do disable caching) avert this issue
while still allowing recursion?
--
Jack




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