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Title: Does DNS cache plugin check incoming responses?
Site: Outpost Firewall User  Outpost Firewall User - site profile
Forum: General Plug-In Discussions  General Plug-In Discussions - forum profile
Total authors: 1 author
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Started 3 months ago (2008-09-03 10:19:00)  by hake
Does DNS cache plugin check that incoming responses are from the real DNS server? Does it randomise the transaction ID? I know that it randomises the UDP local port number (which is more than Microsoft's did ). I would rather trust Agnitum than Microsoft to get this important feature right. Shame that Agnitum have dropped the feature. It is a rather important one and better not to be ...
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Started 3 months ago (2008-09-03 10:59:00)  by hake
I have found a nice little web site http://www.doxpara.com/ with a nice little DNS checker. I can now spend a relaxing evening secure in the knowledge that the UDP local port number and the transaction ID are both randomised. Now, I think I'll have another cup of test. I'm sticking with Outpost 4.
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Started 3 months ago (2008-09-03 14:56:00)  by hake
Silly sausage! I meant I'll have another cup of TEA. Dan's DNS test also says that Outpost 3.5 DNS plugin is sound. UDP local port numbers and TXIDs are nicely randomised. You would expect a quality firm like Agnitum to get this right. How prescient they were. No user of the Outpost DNS cache (version 3, 3.5 or 4 and I think version 2.7 too which will be confirmed when I find a ...
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Published (2008-09-03 10:19:00)
Does DNS cache plugin check that incoming responses are from the real DNS server? Does it randomise the transaction ID? I know that it randomises the UDP local port number (which is more than Microsoft's did ). I would rather trust Agnitum than Microsoft to get this important feature right. Shame that Agnitum have dropped the feature. It is a rather important one and better not to be abolished in favour of the questionable offering in...