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Re: DNS Scanning for blocking


From: Nexus <nexus () PATROL I-WAY CO UK>
Date: Fri, 22 Dec 2000 16:49:49 -0000

True, but someone that can be bothered, can script a DNS walk though your
entire registered RFC 1918 public block and get it that way ;-)

Regards,
            JJ (who's written one)

Happy Beltane ;-)

----- Original Message -----
From: "Mathieu Mourez" <matt () CPNICORE COM>
To: <INCIDENTS () SECURITYFOCUS COM>
Sent: Friday, December 22, 2000 3:07 PM
Subject: Re: DNS Scanning for blocking
[snip]

BIND 8 supports the 'allow-transfer' directive to restrict which hosts can
AXFR
your zone files. If you want to let other people to download your zone,
you
may even just negate surfcontrol's IP block.
[snip]

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