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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. Re:consequence of bad computer crime laws by efalk · · Score: 1, Redundant

    There was no "hijacking". He sent a single message to Verizon security through an open relay to prove to Verizon that their relay was open. Sierra found out about it and told the judge that Ritz had "hijacked" a Verizon server, and the judge believed it.