Exactly what sneaky data can get sent in a DNS request?
Oops. I mean what data can be sneakily sent via a DNS request.
Oops. I mean what data can sneakily be sent via a DNS request.
Randall Schulz
At 20:41 2003-03-03, Geoffrey Hausheer wrote:
On Mon, 03 Mar 2003 19:48:27 -0800, "Randall R Schulz" said: > Geoffrey, > > What's the problem? Who care's about host name lookups? Is there a > security issue with DNS activity? Why do you want to circumscribe > outbound access so tightly? It's inbound connections you need to be > concerned about.
I care. The reason I use zonealarm is to prevent any nasty 'sneaky' programs from trying to send data off my system without my knowing it. It has nothing to do with security (well that is the incoming part, which is there too).
Geoff
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