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Re: DNS DoS ???


From: "Dobbins, Roland" <rdobbins () arbor net>
Date: Fri, 29 Jul 2011 22:39:46 +0000

On Jul 30, 2011, at 1:51 AM, Elliot Finley wrote:

my DNS servers were getting slow so I blocked recursive queries for all but my own network.

This should be the standard practice.  By operating an open recursor, you lend your DNS server to abuse as a 
contributor to DNS reflection/amplification attacks.

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