Sean Schertell wrote: >> nutmeg is returning output from nslookup that check_dns can't >> parse. It >> would appear that nutmeg isn't configured to perform recursive lookups >> (lookups for domains it doesn't host) and you're expecting it to. >> >> >> As an aside, you shouldn't be allowing me to perform recursive lookups >> with your servers anyway. Rosemary could easily be hijacked to perform >> DNS based DOS attacks. >> >> - >> Marc >> > > > So does that mean then that it isn't possible to use the check_dns > plugin without enabling recursive lookups and leaving my server open > to DNS DOS attacks? > > Is there any way to use dns_check safely? >
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