Urgent Update needed for DNS problem
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Urgent Update needed for DNS problem
Update your systems immediately!
An error has been disclosed that affects the DNS protocol
Both DNS servers and clients need to update, and there is already some level 3 updates to fix this
See also
https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubunt ... 00726.html
This can be used for spoofing but as the bug is being fixed this will hopefully not happen
An error has been disclosed that affects the DNS protocol
Both DNS servers and clients need to update, and there is already some level 3 updates to fix this
See also
https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubunt ... 00726.html
This can be used for spoofing but as the bug is being fixed this will hopefully not happen
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Re: Urgent Update needed for DNS problem
Will Mint 4 users be able to update through mintUpdate, or just through the Bind vulnerability ink provided? Casual Mint users may miss this forum announcement, but I realize it may be a lot of work to setup mintUpdate for previous versions of Mint.
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Re: Urgent Update needed for DNS problem
I did the mint update in daryna - hope that got it...if not then I need help in trying to figure out what to do too.
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Re: Urgent Update needed for DNS problem
it says it appears to be safe but check the following ports...
I guess I am Ok - and thanks for the link!!!
I guess I am Ok - and thanks for the link!!!
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Re: Urgent Update needed for DNS problem
Luckily (? ) this is fixed upstream in Ubuntu - they have a few more people than we and even paid people ...
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Re: Urgent Update needed for DNS problem
yes - but Ubuntu seems to have dropped the ball on many, many bug fixes according to many posts and articles, and comments across the web.
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Re: Urgent Update needed for DNS problem
Thanks for bustin mine... made my day!
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Re: Urgent Update needed for DNS problem
did you maybe manually open ports for networking or some such thing? I am 'stock' Daryna and I never opened anything... Just a thought.
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Re: Urgent Update needed for DNS problem
@ Phosgene
Does not have to be you - could be your ISP's name server
Does not have to be you - could be your ISP's name server