What are these entries in the log file - " query: . IN NS +"?

[Tony Toews [MVP]]

Barry Margolin <barmar at alum.mit.edu> wrote:

>> >Have you implemented BCP38?  If not, why not...
>> 
>> I have no idea what BCP38 is and how I can implement that.  Would you be so 
>> kind as
>> to supply links relevant to Windows 2003 Server?
>
>BCP38 is not something you implement, it's something that has to be 
>implemented by the ISPs hosting the attacking systems.  They have to 
>block forged source IPs from their customers.

Ah, I did read up on that and was rather puzzled as to what I could do.

>Since there are many ISPs out there that are too lazy, incompetent, or 
>just don't care, where probably never going to be rid of these kinds of 
>attacks.

And plain attacker friendly systems as well.

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