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Re: DNS Flag Day, Friday, Feb 1st, 2019


From: Stephen Satchell <list () satchell net>
Date: Thu, 24 Jan 2019 07:14:20 -0800

On 1/23/19 8:44 PM, Mark Andrews wrote:
and they your firewalls don’t block well formed DNS queries (lots of
them do by default).

My edge routers block *all* inbound DNS requests -- I was being hit by a
ton of them at one point.  Cavaet: I don't run a DNS server that is a
domain zone master -- I use a DNS service for that.  I do have a DNS
server inside, but only to handle recursive requests from inside my network.

Outbound DNS requests?  Lets them through, and responses too.



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