"Kevin Oberman" <oberman@es.net> writes:
He said that if the protocols would not handle blocked 53/tcp, the protocols would have to be changed. Opening the port was simply not open to discussion.
Let me guess: They also completely blocked ICMP. I always tell these customers to switch to IPv6 real fast and to turn of ICMPv6 to make their networks really secure. ;-)
I will say that these were at federal government facilities. I hope the commercial world is a bit more in touch with reality.
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