[156146] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: time-b.netgear.com/time-c.netgear.com dns queries
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Basil Baby)
Fri Sep 7 20:45:33 2012
In-Reply-To: <20120907173004.31e0746d.gem@rellim.com>
From: Basil Baby <basilbaby@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 7 Sep 2012 20:44:44 -0400
To: "Gary E. Miller" <gem@rellim.com>
Cc: nanog@nanog.org
Errors-To: nanog-bounces+nanog.discuss=bloom-picayune.mit.edu@nanog.org
Hmm... Even though similar issue was identified in 2003, looks like still
there are devices in market with those old firmwares or similar
behavior. sheesh !! :(
-Basil
On Fri, Sep 7, 2012 at 8:30 PM, Gary E. Miller <gem@rellim.com> wrote:
> Yo Basil!
>
> On Fri, 7 Sep 2012 20:22:29 -0400
> Basil Baby <basilbaby@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > Noticed lot of "A" record queries for
> > time-b.netgear.com/time-c.netgear.comon dns servers.
> > Has anyone noticed similar behavior on any of your dns servers? Anyone
> > aware about a known issue with netgear home routers which can create
> > bulk dns queries?
>
>
> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NTP_server_misuse_and_abuse#NETGEAR_and_the_University_of_Wisconsin.E2.80.93Madison
>
>
> RGDS
> GARY
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