"Kevin Oberman" <[email protected]> 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. You can find clueless people everywhere. Jens -- ------------------------------------------------------------------------- | Foelderichstr. 40 | 13595 Berlin, Germany | +49-151-18721264 | | http://www.quux.de | http://blog.quux.de | jabber: [email protected] | -------------------------------------------------------------------------

