Board:   [fsxNet] Retro Computing
Subject: Re: old inet = your own DNS?
From:    Arelor (21:2/138)
Date:    Tue Nov 03, 2026 10:32

  Re: Re: old inet = your own DNS?
  By: phigan to Malvinas on Sat Oct 24 2026 05:02 pm

 > > your own resolver, but you can't
 > > run a public one without becoming
 >
 > Why would you automatically become a target? Just don't piss people off and
 > give them reason to attack you.

Everything online is a target.

A public DNS iterator is the sort of thing people could use for amplification attacks if the operator is not careful. They don't have to hate you for that.


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