[afnog] BGP issues and strange traffic

Paul McMaster paul at vanilla.co.za
Thu Feb 25 08:03:23 UTC 2016


Hi

On Thu, Feb 25, 2016 at 9:43 AM, Frank Habicht <geier at geier.ne.tz> wrote:
> Using "Winbox" tool: under IP -> DNS -> Settings
> a checkbox "allow DNS remote requests" needs to be changed to off.

Yes, correct. This is not enabled by default.

We have taken a step to block all incoming dns requests into our
network, with certain address lists of IP's that are allowed. Too many
consumer routers/software are exploited, or the end user is running an
open DNS resolver.

Kind regards,

Paul McMaster



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