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[Full-disclosure] Microsoft DNS resolver: deliberately sabotagedhosts-file lookup Apr 13 2006 05:29PM
Dave Korn (davek_throwaway hotmail com) (2 replies)

Re: [Full-disclosure] Microsoft DNS resolver: deliberately sabotaged hosts-file lookup Apr 14 2006 12:13AM
Joachim Schipper (j schipper math uu nl) (1 replies)

RE: [Full-disclosure] Microsoft DNS resolver: deliberately sabotaged hosts-file lookup Apr 19 2006 03:56PM
Mario Contestabile (marioc computer org) (1 replies)

RE: Microsoft DNS resolver: deliberately sabotaged hosts-file lookup Apr 20 2006 08:04AM
Nick FitzGerald (nick virus-l demon co uk)

Re: [Full-disclosure] Microsoft DNS resolver: deliberately sabotagedhosts-file lookup Apr 13 2006 05:36PM
Brandon S. Allbery KF8NH (allbery ece cmu edu) (2 replies)

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.

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brandon s. allbery [linux,solaris,freebsd,perl]
allbery (at) kf8nh (dot) com [email concealed]
system administrator [openafs,heimdal,too many hats]
allbery (at) ece.cmu (dot) edu [email concealed]
electrical and computer engineering, carnegie mellon university
KF8NH

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Re: [Full-disclosure] Microsoft DNS resolver: deliberately sabotaged hosts-file lookup Apr 16 2006 02:32AM
Jamie Riden (jamesr europe com)

Re: [Full-disclosure] Microsoft DNS resolver: deliberately sabotaged hosts-file lookup Apr 13 2006 06:59PM
Stan Bubrouski (stan bubrouski gmail com)