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Re:The DDoS that almost broke the Internet by summerdown2 on Wednesday March 27, 2013 @08:01PM (#5452707)
I take the point that a lot of these servers are just doing it by mistake, but do you not think that the more we allow only a few large conglomerate DNS servers, the more we fall prey to other issues with central directory services?

Eg https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DNS_blocking#Criticism

http://torrentfreak.com/how-to-unblock-the-pirate-bay-111004...

One of the big advantages of DNS at the moment, surely, is its ability to be run by anyone?

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Re:The DDoS that almost broke the Internet by andreasvc on Wednesday March 27, 2013 @08:29PM (#5452774)
That's about blocking specific domains using DNS. I'm talking about blocking DNS resolvers by default. I'm not talking about only allowing "a few large conglomerate DNS servers", but merely about protecting people from unwittingly allowing their computers to be used as attack vectors.
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