"Hiding" version.bind in /etc/bind/named.conf.options doesn't work
sthaug at nethelp.no
sthaug at nethelp.no
Wed Feb 28 20:23:06 UTC 2018
> >> Good morning, I'm trying to make it more difficult for an attacker to
> >> get my DNS server version.
> >
> > Waste of time. The attacks are automated, and will be mounted anyway.
> >
>
> Indeed. At least one of my legacy servers returns "4.9.4-P1-Would you
> believe Win98SE?", which was an in-joke at the time but I like it well
> enough that it is still here 10+ years later.
Irrelevant aside: I have an Apache server which returns
Server: Apache/2.4 (Sintran III)
Don't know Sintran III? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sintran_III :-)
Steinar Haug, Nethelp consulting, sthaug at nethelp.no
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