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| Newer page: | version 6 | Last edited on Wednesday, November 24, 2004 4:14:49 pm | by MikeBeattie | |
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-The method with which a
[DNS] server will
share information about another for
a zone
that they are both authoratitive
for.
+A ZoneTransfer is how
[DNS] servers
share information with each other
about a Zone
that they are both authoritative
for.
-Zone transfers
cannot inject bad data into your system, however nasty people like to do zone transfers
to find out all
the machines you have so they can attack the more efficiently,
this is why Zone Transfers are typically only permitted to trusted hosts
.
+It is typically only permitted to trusted hosts, because while a ZoneTransfer
cannot be used to
inject bad data into your [DNS]
system, it can be used
to find out about
the machines in a network segment even if
this information isn't otherwise advertised
.
+
+----
+CategoryDns
