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Determine if Bind 9 is running

Vulnerability Assessment Summary
Determine which version of BIND name daemon is running

Detailed Explanation for this Vulnerability Assessment

It was possible to acertain that the remote BIND
server is running bind 9.x by querying it for the AUTHORS
map.

It is recommended you change the source code to prevent
attackers from fingerprinting your server.

Network Security Threat Level: Low

Networks Security ID:

Vulnerability Assessment Copyright: This script is Copyright (C) 2001 Renaud Deraison

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