Open Resolver Problems

Tue Mar 26 16:39:04 UTC 2013

On 03/26/2013 09:28 AM, Owen DeLong wrote:
>
> On Mar 26, 2013, at 5:59 AM, Chris Adams <cmadams at hiwaay.net> wrote:
>
>> Once upon a time, Valdis.Kletnieks at vt.edu <Valdis.Kletnieks at vt.edu> said:
>>> Now explain how you find a recursive nameserver that isn't listed in an NS
>>> entry and *hasn't* been publicized someplace that Google can find it.
>>
>> The same way you find open mail relays, SSH hosts with weak
>> user/password combos, bad WordPress installs, etc. - scan for them.  If
>> it is open to the Internet, it will be found (or probably already has
>> been).
>>
>
> Let me rephrase the question… How do you find an open IPv6 recursive name server
> that isn't listed in an NS entry and hasn't been publicized someplace that Google can
> find it?

That question was already answered ... ask the bots what their resolving 
name servers are, then check to see if they are open. As IPv6 deployment 
increases, the answers will increasingly include IPv6 open resolvers.

Doug