why is bash trying to access my DNS?

[Randall R Schulz]

David,

At 21:20 2003-03-03, David Means wrote:
>On Mon, 2003-03-03 at 23:59, Randall R Schulz wrote:
> > Geoffrey,
> >
> > ...
> >
> > Oops. I mean what data can sneakily be sent via a DNS request?
> >
> > Randall Schulz
>
>Actually, plenty.  Historically, Bind has been easily 
>hacked.  Although it's been a while since a good vulnerability was 
>found in Bind, that doesn't mean there's not an unknown hole in it 
>which could be exploited.

Please be specific. What information can be elicited by the DNS server 
from the DNS client when the client makes a DNS request?

I really think there are more important things to worry about, but I'd 
like to learn how I might be wrong.


>--
>David Means


Randall Schulz 


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