[SunHELP] DNS version

[Will Mc Donald]

Nessus would give you this information, though the reported version is not
necessarily the version actually running...

http://cgi.nessus.org/plugins/dump.php3?id=10028

"It is possible to determine the version and type of a name daemon
by querying the CHAOS TXT record 'version.bind',
on BIND based named (unless configured to act otherwise),
the server will respond with the BIND version.

Solution :
Using the 'version' directive in the 'options' section will block
the 'version.bind' query, but it will not log such attempts."

Will.

----- Original Message -----
From: "Sangbutsarakum, Patai" <patais at reach.com>
To: <sunhelp at sunhelp.org>
Sent: Tuesday, October 01, 2002 11:44 AM
Subject: [SunHELP] DNS version


> Is there anyway to know,
> what version of BIND that target server is running?
> Please don't doubt me, I'm not bad guy.
> I just want to verify my team doesn't do anything wrong.
>
> Thanks,
> Pat.