On Wed, 13 Oct 2010 14:20:56 -0400 (EDT) Paul Wouters <[email protected]> wrote:
> On Wed, 13 Oct 2010, Carsten Strotmann wrote: > > > If "public" meant a DNS Resolver that can be used by anyone, without > > restrictions to local clients/networks/ip addresses, than yes, it is a > > bad thing and not recommended > > I disagree it is a bad thing. I run open resolvers on purpose as a service. > Just because some abuse happens does not make it evil. > I definately agree > If you say "unmaintained publiv DNS servers are bad" then I'll agree. > > Apart from that, I think the botnets have reached sizes where DNS > amplification > is really not that much of tool anymore to DOS a network link. > I see what your saying but I could never agree. Be prepared. Who's to say all attackers have eyes for one network at a time. Someone took down a whole country (russia is the accused) and cyber warfare is meant to be on it's way. But like spam, as long as their are other dns resolvers that are easier targets then they probably! won't bother with you. _______________________________________________ Unbound-users mailing list [email protected] http://unbound.nlnetlabs.nl/mailman/listinfo/unbound-users
