pageoneresults - 6:56 am on Apr 17, 2006 (gmt 0)

In the usual configuration, then they can actually send outbound email, resolve inbound smtp connections to do various spam checks, connect to upstream data sources, lots of useful stuff.

Would I be correct in assuming that this information from Dan Kaminsky is incorrect?

Kaminsky agreed. "If you are a DNS administrator, you shouldn't be providing recursive services to the Internet anymore. It is unfortunately no longer a responsible thing to do," he said. Increasingly, DNS is going to be used in attacks, experts said, and their administrators can no longer afford to be lazy. "There are a multitude of these kinds of storms that are rising, and service providers and enterprises need to figure out how to make sure that their sea walls, dams and dikes and levees are high enough to withstand them," Mockapetris said.

2006-03-24 - DNS servers do hackers' dirty work
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I mean, these people are the experts on DNS and they are warning server administrators to take care of this now.