Re: bind9 crash

["Patrick Webster" <patrick () aushack com>]

One thought - check if the DNS server supports TCP based DNS in
addition to UDP. TCP half-open DoS attack would use more resources and
packets than UDP attacks.

-Patrick

On Fri, Jul 11, 2008 at 2:46 AM, Ron Gutierrez <rgutie01 () gmail com> wrote:
> I'm working on a project that requires me to find some ways to cause mayhem
> to a network.
> I'm trying to knock down a bind9 server and so far have been unsuccessful.
> I'm running it on a server with 64 mb ram so that hopefully that would make
> it easier to knock down with a small ddos attack but so far its only taking
> up 6 percent of the memory with the amount queries I've been throwing at.
>
> I'm not much a DNS guy. Do any of you guys know any bad bind configurations
> that could cause it to perform terribly to the point that it'll crash.
> Also If you know any for bind8 I could always switch to that. Thanks
>
> --
> Ron Gutierrez
>
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