[Pdns-users] Alphabetic Case support (?)

[Federico Olivieri]

Done!

Thanks!

2015-10-10 18:14 GMT+01:00 Aki Tuomi <cmouse at youzen.ext.b2.fi>:

> Hi!
>
> Please file a feature request at https://github.com/PowerDNS/pdns/issues
> so this might happen.
>
> Aki
>
> On Sat, Oct 10, 2015 at 05:55:49PM +0100, Federico Olivieri wrote:
> > Hi guys!
> >
> > Any feedback from that? By the way...Well done in Berlin!!!
> >
> > 2015-10-09 13:59 GMT+01:00 Federico Olivieri <lvrfrc87 at gmail.com>:
> >
> > > Hi all,
> > >
> > > I was running a DNS test (from https://www.grc.com/dns/dns.htm) on my
> DNS
> > > server. From the result I could see the "Alphabetic Case" test. I din't
> > > know about this feature and I googoled. That is what the website says:
> > >
> > >
> > >    - *Alphabetic Case:*
> > >    The DNS system is not sensitive to alphabetic case, so the domain “
> > >    WWW.GRC.COM” is identical to “www.grc.com”. DNS is designed to
> *ignore
> > >    but preserve* the alphabetic case used in queries and replies. This
> > >    creates an opportunity for a DNS resolver to add additional unknown
> bits of
> > >    “entropy” to its queries by randomly changing the case of any
> alphabetic
> > >    characters in the queried domain name. When replies are received,
> only the
> > >    valid replying nameserver that received the mixed-case query could
> know the
> > >    proper case for its reply. No spoofing server would know. This
> would give a
> > >    clever resolver another way to reject spoofed replies. We know of no
> > >    nameservers that are deliberately mixing case in this way, but
> through this
> > >    test we are helping you to keep your eye out for any.
> > >
> > > I had a look to PDNS website but I didn't find any relevant
> information to
> > > understand if pdns support this feature (from the test result seems not
> > > supported)
> > >
> > > Do you have extra info about that?
> > >
> > > Thanks
> > >
> > > Federico
> > >
> > >
> > >
>
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