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DNS DoS ???
- Subject: DNS DoS ???
- From: rdobbins at arbor.net (Dobbins, Roland)
- Date: Fri, 29 Jul 2011 22:39:46 +0000
- In-reply-to: <CACRGtSOSPm12YE3S=n801ooun32VrXsRfP7yqO55kcHMSnss9A@mail.gmail.com>
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On Jul 30, 2011, at 1:51 AM, Elliot Finley wrote:
> my DNS servers were getting slow so I blocked recursive queries for all but my own network.
This should be the standard practice. By operating an open recursor, you lend your DNS server to abuse as a contributor to DNS reflection/amplification attacks.
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- From: efinley.lists at gmail.com (Elliot Finley)