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Operational Notification -- Segmentation Fault in resolver.c Affects BIND 9.6-ESV-R6, 9.7.5, 9.8.2, & 9.9.0

Summary:

ISC has discovered a race condition in the resolver code that can cause a recursive nameserver running BIND 9.6-ESV-R6, 9.7.5, 9.8.2, or 9.9.0 to crash with a segmentation fault. Authoritative-only servers are not affected, but recursive-only or recursive-authoritative hybrid servers are at risk of crashing because of this bug.

Posting date: 30 April 2012

Program Impacted: BIND

Warned of an Attack on the Internet, and Getting Ready

Though we are best known for our BIND and DHCP software, these are just one part of ISC's mission. ISC also takes pride in operating one of the Internet's 13 top (root) level namservers. Part of being a root nameserver operator is doing what it takes by preparing for the worst-case scenarios -- even if they never happen.

BIND 9.9 is HERE!

We have released 9.9.0! DNSSEC Deployment made easier while increasing performance.
Read about all the new features

TechWomen Mentor - The Power of Mentoring - Looking Forward

I was so honored to participate in the TechWomen mentoring program in the summer of 2011. Meeting and working with my mentee, Sanae Baatti from Morocco, was a life changing experience. I wrote some about the TechWomen experience last summer. I was deeply honored as well, to travel to Morocco last fall with a state department sponsored TechWomen mentor and mentee delegation.

ISC seeks wider input for BIND 10

Computerworld Jan 13, 2012

The Internet Systems Consortium is looking for a few more good programmers to bring the next generation of its open source BIND DNS server software to fruition.

"The goal is to move away from having BIND a heavily sponsored corporate product," said Shane Kerr, ISC's BIND 10 engineering manager. "ISC will always maintain ownership of the code, but we would like there to be more of a community around it."

STOP SOPA & PIPA - Keep the Internet Open

ISC's Paul Vixie and others have been flying to D.C. for several months now to educate and try to promote a free and Open Internet.

Open Letter:
https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2011/12/internet-inventors-warn-against-sopa-and-pipa

Visit our new Knowledge Base!

The Knowledge Base is a searchable resource containing technical content relating to ISC's software products and services.

Being populated daily, you will find FAQ's, Articles, Release Notes and Best Practices related to BIND, DHCP and our Services.

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