Re: DNS role (RE: NATs as firewalls, cryptography, and curbing DDoS threats.)

To: "Hallam-Baker, Phillip" <pbaker at verisign.com>
Subject: Re: DNS role (RE: NATs as firewalls, cryptography, and curbing DDoS threats.)
From: Brian E Carpenter <brc at zurich.ibm.com>
Date: Thu, 08 Mar 2007 11:13:07 +0100
Cc: Harald Tveit Alvestrand <harald at alvestrand.no>, ietf at ietf.org
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On 2007-03-08 02:06, Hallam-Baker, Phillip wrote:

OK I will restate.

All connection initiation should be exclusively mediated through the DNS and only the DNS.


Would that include connections to one's DHCP server, SLP server, default gateway,
and DNS server?

Hmm...

    Brian

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