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Re: Open Resolver Problems

daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Dobbins, Roland)
Tue Mar 26 06:27:47 2013

From: "Dobbins, Roland" <rdobbins@arbor.net>
To: North American Operators' Group <nanog@nanog.org>
Date: Tue, 26 Mar 2013 10:27:27 +0000
In-Reply-To: <515158BD.4070906@foobar.org>
Errors-To: nanog-bounces+nanog.discuss=bloom-picayune.mit.edu@nanog.org


On Mar 26, 2013, at 3:13 PM, Nick Hilliard wrote:

> The whole point of this thread is that dns amplification hurts other peop=
le, not the resolver which is being abused.=20

Actually, it often hurts the resolver(s) being abused, as well, leading to =
availability problems for those who legitimately need the recursive service=
 in question.

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