The SWAMP
Perry E. Metzger
perry at piermont.com
Tue Sep 10 01:31:58 UTC 1996
Eric Ziegast writes:
> It's DNS servers, not resolvers, that need to update their lists
> of Internet root servers. The problem (IMHO) is that few sites know
> or care that they have to maintain root server list periodically to
> stay in sync with the rest of the Internet. One way to attack the
> problem (not solve it) is to require nameserver vendors (IIS, Apple,
> BIND, etc.) to provide the capability for periodic root server list
> updates.
I hate to say it, but the ftp script you list to do this is
insecure. If I knew for a fact taht you were doing this regularly,
you would be meat on the table.
Perry
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