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From: Tanstaafl <tanstaafl@libertytrek.org>
To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org
Subject: Re: [Bulk] Re: [gentoo-user] How to prevent a dns amplification attack
Date: Sat, 30 Mar 2013 11:30:13 -0400	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <51570505.4050402@libertytrek.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20130330151523.6497361d@kc-sys.chadwicks.me.uk>

On 2013-03-30 11:15 AM, Kevin Chadwick <ma1l1ists@yahoo.co.uk> wrote:
> On Sat, 30 Mar 2013 15:53:29 +0100
> Rene Rasmussen <gentoo@paranoidix.dk> wrote:
>
>> There is also the possibility to use opendns.com
>> I've been using them for years, and have not had any trouble. I
>> started using them when my ISP decided to block some sites. And their
>> standard service is free :)

> They also support dnscurve but I thought that in the case of non
> existing domain lookups they do show adverts?

This can be disabled...

The biggest problem with using them (or google dns) is if you are 
running a mail server, you cannot use spamhaus or many other DNSBLs, 
because they don't work with these free DNS services:

http://www.spamhaus.org/faq/section/DNSBL%20Usage#261


  reply	other threads:[~2013-03-30 15:30 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 38+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2013-03-28  8:51 [gentoo-user] How to prevent a dns amplification attack Norman Rieß
2013-03-28  9:07 ` Adam Carter
2013-03-28 22:16   ` Norman Rieß
2013-03-28 15:12 ` Volker Armin Hemmann
2013-03-28 20:51   ` Kevin Chadwick
2013-03-28 20:57     ` Kevin Chadwick
2013-03-28 21:04       ` Michael Mol
2013-03-28 22:36         ` Kevin Chadwick
2013-03-28 15:38 ` Michael Mol
2013-03-28 16:06   ` Pandu Poluan
2013-03-28 16:10     ` Michael Mol
2013-03-28 18:26   ` Norman Rieß
2013-03-28 19:16   ` Alan McKinnon
2013-03-28 19:38     ` Michael Mol
2013-03-28 20:02       ` Alan McKinnon
2013-03-28 20:53         ` Paul Hartman
2013-03-28 20:59           ` Michael Mol
2013-03-29  0:49           ` Peter Humphrey
2013-03-29  8:53             ` Norman Rieß
2013-03-29 13:27               ` Alan McKinnon
2013-03-29 13:36                 ` Michael Mol
2013-03-29 22:34             ` Paul Hartman
2013-03-29 23:01               ` William Kenworthy
2013-03-29 23:09                 ` Michael Mol
2013-03-30  4:07               ` Walter Dnes
2013-03-30 12:06               ` Norman Rieß
2013-03-30 14:53                 ` Rene Rasmussen
2013-03-30 15:15                   ` [Bulk] " Kevin Chadwick
2013-03-30 15:30                     ` Tanstaafl [this message]
2013-03-30 15:11                 ` Kevin Chadwick
2013-03-30 16:44                   ` Norman Rieß
2013-03-30 17:30                   ` [gentoo-user] Re: [seriously O/T] " Mick
2013-03-29 13:24           ` [gentoo-user] " Alan McKinnon
2013-03-28 16:53 ` Jarry
2013-03-28 19:40   ` Paul Ezvan
2013-03-31  2:08 ` Paul Hartman
2013-03-31  8:47   ` Jarry
2013-03-31 19:07   ` Norman Rieß

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