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From: Nikos Chantziaras <realnc@×××××.de>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: [gentoo-user] Re: DNS Server Patches
Date: Mon, 28 Jul 2008 11:43:31
Message-Id: g6kbc8$frk$1@ger.gmane.org
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] DNS Server Patches by Norberto Bensa
1 Norberto Bensa wrote:
2 > Quoting Dan Farrell <dan@×××××××××.cx>:
3 >
4 >> Dan Kiersky's own description, and web-based nameserver checker:
5 >>
6 >> http://www.doxpara.com/
7 >>
8 >> Alternate web-based nameserver checker (recommended by me! )
9 >>
10 >> https://www.dns-oarc.net/oarc/services/dnsentropy
11 >
12 > I don't get these tests. Why do they probe _my_ IP and not the IP of my
13 > DNS servers? What's the point on probing me if _maybe_ the servers are
14 > not patched?
15
16 Er, they *do* test the IP of your DNS server. At least that's case
17 here; it successfully tested my ISP's DNS (and told me it sucks and is
18 vulnerable).

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