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Version of BIND

Article ID: 10028
Last updated: 27 Jan, 2009
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Posted: 22 Jan, 2009
by: Tech Pubs S.
Updated: 27 Jan, 2009
by: Tech Pubs S.

Version of BIND

This script is Copyright (C) 2005-2009 Tenable Network Security

FamilyDNS
Plugin ID10028
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Description:

Synopsis :

It is possible to obtain the version number of the remote DNS server.

Description :

The remote host is running BIND, an open-source DNS server. It is
possible to extract the version number of the remote installation by
sending a special DNS request for the text version.bind in the
domain chaos.

Solution :

It is possible to hide the version number of bind by using the
version directive in the options section in named.conf

Risk factor :

None
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