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RE: Microsoft DNS resolver: deliberately sabotaged hosts-file lookup


From: Nick FitzGerald <nick () virus-l demon co uk>
Date: Thu, 20 Apr 2006 20:04:28 +1200

Mario Contestabile wrote:

Fyi, Any NT app can bypass the local hosts file using DnsQuery(...,...,
DNS_QUERY_NO_HOSTS_FILE, ...);

"Any NT app" ???

   http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/en-us/dns/dns/
   dnsquery.asp?frame=true

   ...

   Windows 2000 Server and Windows 2000 Professional:  This value is
   not supported.

Of course, what the dox say and what works may be two different 
things...


Regards,

Nick FitzGerald


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