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Date:      Tue, 17 Jan 2006 00:01:38 -0500 (EST)
From:      "Mike Silbersack" <silby@silby.com>
To:        "Steve Suhre" <cheesiest@nano.net>
Cc:        freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Named requests filling up T1
Message-ID:  <44314.63.147.253.154.1137474098.squirrel@webmail7.pair.com>
In-Reply-To: <43CC65BC.9040005@nano.net>
References:  <43CC59E7.6080505@nano.net> <015901c61b15$898648a0$1200a8c0@gsicomp.on.ca> <43CC65BC.9040005@nano.net>

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> Thanks Matt,
>
> The answer to both is no. The domain doesn't resolve either
> (v.tn.co.za). It looks like the source IP changes too...sigh.... I tried
> a whois on the source IP and it was not found, so it may be spoofed? Or
> someone has a very messed up server...

There was a thread on bugtraq about this, you're either being attacked or
are being used to attack someone else.

Reconfigure BIND so that it ignores recursive queries originating from
outside your network - at least that will save your outbound bandwidth.

Mike "Silby" Silbersack



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