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The power of default configurations

From: Sean Donelan <sean () donelan com>
Date: Wed, 6 Apr 2005 18:00:05 -0400 (EDT)


On Mon, 4 Apr 2005, Paul Vixie wrote:

adding more.  oh and as long as you're considering whether to restrict
things to your LAN/campus/ISP, i'm ready to see rfc1918 filters deployed...


Why does BIND forward lookups for RFC1918 addresses by default?  Why isn't
the default not to forward RFC1918 addresses (and martian addresses).  If
a sysadmin is using BIND in a local network which uses RFC1918 address,
those sysdmins can change their configuration?

Current thread:

Re: so, how would you justify giving users security?, (continued)
- - - Re: so, how would you justify giving users security? Florian Weimer (Apr 04)
    - Re: so, how would you justify giving users security? Niels Bakker (Apr 05)
    - Re: so, how would you justify giving users security? [was: Re: botted hosts] Stephen J. Wilcox (Apr 04)
    - Re: so, how would you justify giving users security? Florian Weimer (Apr 04)
    - Re: so, how would you justify giving users security? Stephen J. Wilcox (Apr 05)
    - Re: so, how would you justify giving users security? Florian Weimer (Apr 04)
    - Re: botted hosts Florian Weimer (Apr 04)
    - Re: botted hosts Christopher L. Morrow (Apr 04)
    - Re: botted hosts Dean Anderson (Apr 04)
    - Re: botted hosts Valdis . Kletnieks (Apr 04)
    - The power of default configurations Sean Donelan (Apr 06)
    - Re: The power of default configurations JP Velders (Apr 06)
    - Re: The power of default configurations Florian Weimer (Apr 06)
    - Re: The power of default configurations Sean Donelan (Apr 06)
    - Re: The power of default configurations Duane Wessels (Apr 07)
    - Re: The power of default configurations Paul Vixie (Apr 07)
    - Re: The power of default configurations Eric A. Hall (Apr 06)
    - Re: The power of default configurations Jon Lewis (Apr 07)
    - Re: The power of default configurations Eric A. Hall (Apr 07)
    - Re: The power of default configurations Jon Lewis (Apr 07)
    - Re: The power of default configurations Eric A. Hall (Apr 07)

(Thread continues...)