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Re: debian.org DNSs allow unrestricted zone transfers



also sprach Abel Martín <abel.martin.ruiz@gmail.com> [2007.05.15.1356 +0200]:
> I thought zone transfers should only be possible between DNSs
> which have records for the same domain, so why are debian.org DNSs
> (raff, rietz, klecker) allowing zone transfers? Maybe I'm
> paranoid, but I think there are security issues related to this,
> including the possibility of suffering DoS attacks (it serves 254
> records). Is there an explanation for this?

Where is the attack vector? I can DoS those servers in other ways
too.

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