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Fedora 24: 2017-9d06448c3e Critical: Knot-Resolver Update

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Calendar Grey March 21, 2017
Dist Fedora Esm H88
The recent security enhancement for Knot Resolver on Fedora introduces an updated upstream version, vital for effective DNS handling and additional functionalities.
new upstream release

Summary

The Knot DNS Resolver is a caching full resolver implementation written in C

and LuaJIT, including both a resolver library and a daemon. Modular

architecture of the library keeps the core tiny and efficient, and provides

a state-machine like API for extensions.

The package is pre-configured as local caching resolver.

To start using it, just start the local DNS socket:

BEWARE:

Because of https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1366968

you need to switch your system to SELinux permissive mode.

Update Information:

new upstream release

Change Log

References

Fedora Update Notification FEDORA-2017-9d06448c3e 2017-03-20 22:12:04.582921
Name : knot-resolver Product : Fedora 24 Version : 1.2.4 Release : 1.fc24 URL : https://www.knot-resolver.cz/ Summary : Caching full DNS Resolver Description : The Knot DNS Resolver is a caching full resolver implementation written in C and LuaJIT, including both a resolver library and a daemon. Modular architecture of the library keeps the core tiny and efficient, and provides a state-machine like API for extensions.
The package is pre-configured as local caching resolver. To start using it, just start the local DNS socket:

BEWARE: Because of https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1366968 you need to switch your system to SELinux permissive mode.

Update Instructions

This update can be installed with the "dnf" update program. Use su -c 'dnf upgrade knot-resolver' at the command line. For more information, refer to the dnf documentation available at https://dnf.readthedocs.io/en/latest/command_ref.html

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Name: knot-resolver
Product: Fedora 24
Version: 1.2.4
Release: 1.fc24
Summary: Caching full DNS Resolver

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