[dns-operations] Statistics from Austria

bert hubert bert.hubert at netherlabs.nl
Tue Jul 29 08:33:29 UTC 2008


On Tue, Jul 29, 2008 at 12:54:55AM +0100, Ray.Bellis at nominet.org.uk wrote:
> > If you take these into account, that might be a large quantity of 
> > spotted nodes.
> 
> Most residential CPE don't have resolvers, they have DNS proxies (of 
> varying quality).

While this is true, anybody doing DNS queries over UDP using a static source
port is at risk. A full resolver serving a million users is of course a
bigger bounty than a domestic router serving a single home.

But it might depend on who lives in that home.

	Bert

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