I don't think so. I would assume a normal user browsing the net (especially sites with lots of ads) and sending 4-5 emails (without using a relaying proxy) generates quite a bit of DNS traffic.
I think it may be worth the firewall's while to check if the DNS packets are in the right format - for example if the domain name in the request is ghjj!!&^ then one should frown ! I don't what kind of load this would mean for the firewall, though.
(I type this even as I recover from the nausea, vomitting and sic
I type this even as I recover from the nausea, vomitting and sickness caused by the new colour scheme
The people who keep complaining about this should go to http://slashdot.org/users.pl?op=edithome [slashdot.org] and check the "Light" settings box. You'll end up with black text on a white background, and the only usage of the color scheme you'll see is the preferences block between the story and the comments.
Or just change the "it.slashdot.org/" to another subdomain, one that you like the colour scheme of more, say "apple.slashdot.org/" or "yro.slashdot.org/". Whatever you want.
I think it may be worth the firewall's while to check if the DNS packets are in the right format - for example if the domain name in the request is ghjj!!&^ then one should frown ! I don't what kind of load this would mean for the firewall, though
Well the problem with that is you just mearly create an 'arms race' as it were. The format of the data could be ANYTHING. It could even look legit. For example Blah.blah.BLAH.somwhere.com could be an encode for some data. You can encode quite a bit of da
Most places that I've seen where there's a firewall don't bother logging DNS requests, so unless they have a switch on promiscuous mode (or use hubs), and monitor traffic, I doubt anyone would know.
Suspicious? (Score:3, Insightful)
Re:Suspicious? (Score:2, Interesting)
I think it may be worth the firewall's while to check if the DNS packets are in the right format - for example if the domain name in the request is ghjj!!&^ then one should frown ! I don't what kind of load this would mean for the firewall, though.
(I type this even as I recover from the nausea, vomitting and sic
Re:Suspicious? (Score:0, Offtopic)
The people who keep complaining about this should go to http://slashdot.org/users.pl?op=edithome [slashdot.org] and check the "Light" settings box. You'll end up with black text on a white background, and the only usage of the color scheme you'll see is the preferences block between the story and the comments.
Re:Suspicious? (Score:0)
Re:Suspicious? (Score:1, Informative)
Well the problem with that is you just mearly create an 'arms race' as it were. The format of the data could be ANYTHING. It could even look legit. For example Blah.blah.BLAH.somwhere.com could be an encode for some data. You can encode quite a bit of da
Re:Suspicious? (Score:0)
Not if that server was running weblog analysis software or a resolver for log analysis software.
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Re:Suspicious? (Score:2)
Only if someone or something is checking for it.