master bind 8 <-> slave bind 4

Jeffrey C. Albro jeff at velvet.antistatic.com
Fri Dec 22 15:29:40 UTC 2000




On Fri, 22 Dec 2000, Jim Reid wrote:

> No. By default BIND8 and BIND9 use a random, non-privileged port when
> they make queries. BIND4 servers always used port 53 for that. The
> query-source clause above will make a BIND[89] server behave like a
> BIND4 server when it sends queries.

Actually, I find it is NOT that random, usually 1025-1028.  I wonder if
that pridictability could cause security problems?

-Jeff




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