maybe a dumb idea on how to fix the dns problems i don't know....
Joe Abley
jabley at ca.afilias.info
Sat Aug 9 22:15:56 UTC 2008
On 9 Aug 2008, at 18:10, Matt F wrote:
> Why not just require TCP for a lookup if a response with an
> incorrect TXID is received? You could require TCP for just the one
> lookup or for some configured interval, say 1 hour. That should
> slow attackers down substantially.
That sounds like a good way for a remote attacker to make a resolver
disable UDP transport for a server, more or less at will. I'm not sure
I like the sound of that.
Joe
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