rfc-5358

Preventing Use of Recursive Nameservers in Reflector Attacks

J. Damas, F. Neves
date2008-10 streamIETF areaops wgdnsop statusBEST CURRENT PRACTICE pages7 canonicalhttps://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc5358 doi10.17487/RFC5358
This document describes ways to prevent the use of default configured recursive nameservers as reflectors in Denial of Service (DoS) attacks. It provides recommended configuration as measures to mitigate the attack. This document specifies an Internet Best Current Practices for the Internet Community, and requests discussion and suggestions for improvements.

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