Bind 8.1.2 version number

Jim Reid jim at mpn.cp.philips.com
Mon Aug 23 17:06:33 UTC 1999


    >> We are running bind 8.1.2 and are trying to disable it from
    >> giving away its version number.  I know that in bind 8.2 you
    >> can use the 'version' statement to customize what bind reports
    >> when queried, but I have been unable to find anything to do the
    >> same thing on bind 8.1.2.  Any help would be appreciated.

You have two choices: hack the source code (see bin/named/ns_req.c) or
upgrade to a version of BIND that supports an version clause in its
options{} statement. It's probably a waste of time to make changes to
old code, so....


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