Re: DNS: who is dicking around with the root?

From: Lincoln Dale <ltd§aone.com.au> Date: Mon, 14 Jul 1997 14:08:52 +1000 · This archive was generated by hypermail 2.3.0 : Sat Sep 09 2017 - 22:00:02 UTC

> Ok. so somebody is dicking around with the root and we're seeing 
> alternic poking up.
> 
> Anybody want to come clean on this? 

From nanog:
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  Subject: Re: what's up, AlterNIC?
  Date: Fri, 11 Jul 1997 12:20:49 -0700
  From: Paul A Vixie <vixie&#167;vix.com>

  > i do not have ANY AlterNIC hints in my root cache.  why is AlterNIC
  > poisoning my nameserver?

  Because they can.

  Upgrading to BIND 4.9.6 or 8.1.1 will lock out their trash.
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cheers,

lincoln.