DNS DoS ???

Dobbins, Roland rdobbins at arbor.net
Sat Jul 30 22:53:24 UTC 2011


On Jul 31, 2011, at 3:08 AM, Jimmy Hess wrote:

> A good example, would be services  such as OpenDNS.

One can argue a) that services like OpenDNS aren't necessarily a Good Thing when run by those who don't take the proper precautions and b) that OpenDNS in particular is run by smart, responsible folks who take extra measures to ensure they don't become a party to DNS reflection/amplification attacks, even though they operate an open recursive lookup service.

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