North American Network Operators Group Date Prev | Date Next | Date Index | Thread Index | Author Index | Historical Re: Why *can* cached DNS replies be overwritten?
On Mon, 11 Aug 2008, Jay R. Ashworth wrote: > > Everyone seems to continue asking "why can poisoning overwrite already > cached answer" and no one seems to be answering, and, unless I'm a > moron (which is not impossible), that's the crux of this issue. Add me to the list of baffled observers. As far as I can tell this vulnerability to poisoning is mostly forbidden by the trustworthiness ranking in RFC 2181. Tony. -- f.anthony.n.finch <[email protected]> http://dotat.at/ VIKING NORTH UTSIRE: SOUTHWEST 5 TO 7 BACKING SOUTHEAST 4 OR 5. ROUGH OR VERY ROUGH, DECREASING MODERATE LATER. RAIN THEN SHOWERS. MODERATE OR POOR BECOMING GOOD.
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