Version Number

[Darcy Kevin (FCA)]

If you're going to obscure your version _anyway_, might as well put a short math problem in the text; keep them occupied, slow down the attack. Hey, it's worth a try... :-)

										- Kevin

-----Original Message-----
From: bind-users-bounces at lists.isc.org [mailto:bind-users-bounces at lists.isc.org] On Behalf Of Reindl Harald
Sent: Monday, August 24, 2015 3:46 PM
To: bind-users at lists.isc.org
Subject: Re: Version Number



Am 24.08.2015 um 21:41 schrieb HARRIS, RAYMOND D:
> When I query the server for version I get back "version: 9.9.7S5"
>
> The ics.org website lists the most current version as "9.9.7-P2"
>
> How do I interpret these numbers to ensure I have implemented the most 
> current version?

besides that a securely configured server would never respond to such a query - options {version ".";} distributions typically have patches and in case of self built software use packaging to query the rpm / deb database