Re: [Full-disclosure] Microsoft DNS resolver: deliberately sabotaged hosts-file lookup
- From: "Brandon S. Allbery KF8NH" <allbery@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 13 Apr 2006 13:36:40 -0400
On Apr 13, 2006, at 1:29 , Dave Korn wrote:
Hey, guess what I just found out: Microsoft have deliberately sabotaged
their DNS client's hosts table lookup functionality.
I thought this was part of avoiding malware attempts to block Windows Update.
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brandon s. allbery [linux,solaris,freebsd,perl] allbery@xxxxxxxxx
system administrator [openafs,heimdal,too many hats] allbery@xxxxxxxxxxx
electrical and computer engineering, carnegie mellon university KF8NH
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