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Some DNS Requests Ruled Illegal in North Dakota

Posted by samzenpus on from the that's-a-paddling dept.

jgreco writes "A judge in North Dakota has just ruled that requesting a zone transfer from a public DNS server is criminal activity within the meaning of the North Dakota Computer Crimes Law. A zone transfer is a simple request that a DNS server hand over information in bulk, and a DNS server may be configured to allow or deny such requests. That the owner of a DNS server would configure the server to allow such requests, and then claim such requests were unauthorized, is simply stunning."

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  1. Oops by slarrg · · Score: 4, Funny

    I didn't mean for anyone to read this post on the internet. So it illegal.

    1. Re:Oops by mulvane · · Score: 4, Funny

      Damn YOU!!!!

      I try to be a somewhat law abiding citizen. Thanks for my first criminal act of the day I didn't even mean to commit.

  2. Re:Unbelievable by dekemoose · · Score: 4, Funny

    if I make a bad analogy but it makes sense to me, is it still a bad analogy?