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[Discuss] DNS question about DNSENUM.PL



--On Tuesday, March 26, 2013 4:07 PM -0400 Tom Metro <tmetro+blu at gmail.com> 
wrote:

> Ah, so you're saying it *does* work that way, providing you don't create
> PTR records and you choose host names that aren't going to be found in a
> dictionary attack.

In the same way deleting a file "hides" it from being listed. It works. It 
also has consequences that you didn't anticipate, consequences that can 
render all of your public-facing services non-functional.

I repeat: read the cricket book before doing anything with DNS.

-- 
Rich P.



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