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| Subject: | [Full-disclosure] Re: Microsoft DNS resolver: deliberately sabotagedhosts-file lookup |
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| Date: | Thu, 13 Apr 2006 19:59:21 +0100 |
Brandon S. Allbery KF8NH wrote:
On Apr 13, 2006, at 1:29 , Dave Korn wrote:Hey, guess what I just found out: Microsoft have deliberately sabotaged their DNS client's hosts table lookup functionality.I thought this was part of avoiding malware attempts to block Windows Update.
Perhaps so; do you have a reference? I found http://support.microsoft.com/?scid=kb;en-us;836941 which was last reviewed seven days ago, and contains advice about how to "Remove entries for Windows Update and Microsoft Update from the hosts file", and no slightest hint of any suggestion that these entries could not possibly make any difference even if they tried. cheers, DaveK -- Can't think of a witty .sigline today.... _______________________________________________ Full-Disclosure - We believe in it. Charter: http://lists.grok.org.uk/full-disclosure-charter.html Hosted and sponsored by Secunia - http://secunia.com/
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