This script is Copyright (C) 2005-2009 Tenable Network Security
Family
DNS
Plugin ID
10028
Bugtraq ID
CVE ID
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