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Re: data request on Sitefinder
From: William Allen Simpson <wsimpson () greendragon com>
Date: Mon, 20 Oct 2003 14:19:36 -0400
Steve Bellovin wrote:
... We heard this morning that Postfix is an application that will need to be changed to handle the proposed new version of Sitefinder's MX record. Of course, it's generally considered a good idea to test sofware before deploying it. So -- how much notice would the operator community want before deploying new software? What about for enterprises?
Well, that would be a little longer than the time for upgrading from BIND 4.x to BIND 8.x (oh, that would be 9.x these days, folks were so slow to upgrade that the major version changed meantime :-)! I'm pretty sure that's on the order of 4 years or more for operators. Since Postfix is run by a lot more enterprises than BIND, let's double that number! How about, until all the W95 and W98 and W2K servers are updated.... -- William Allen Simpson Key fingerprint = 17 40 5E 67 15 6F 31 26 DD 0D B9 9B 6A 15 2C 32
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- Re[2]: data request on Sitefinder Howard C. Berkowitz (Oct 20)
- Re[3]: data request on Sitefinder Richard Welty (Oct 20)
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