Re: Dynamic DNS

Brad Knowles (blkSKYNET.BE)
Tue, 31 Aug 1999 00:59:07 +0200

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At 8:08 PM -0700 1999/8/28, Jethro Tull wrote:

> All Dynamic DNS services that I know of are vulnerable .

        Known problem. DynDNS (as it exists today) is inherently
insecure [0]. There are solutions to this problem underway, but
they're not here yet.

        So, this is news to anyone?

[0] Which I guess explains why Microsoft has chosen to use it in
Windows 2000. ;-)

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