Search Again: Re: HINFO From: Philip Butler Date: Tuesday, April 11, 2000 Time: 12:30:17 pm Thanks for your help. I what you might call a new DNS Server Administrator and have a lot to learn. Philip Butler Internal Network Specialist ESC Region VI phone (936) 435-2503 fax (936) 295-1447 pbutler@esc6.net ----- Original Message ----- From: "Global Homes Webmaster" <webmaster@globalhomes.com> To: "QuickDNS Talk" <quickdns-talk@lists.menandmice.com> Sent: Tuesday, April 11, 2000 2:18 PM Subject: Re: HINFO > On 04/11/00 at 14:10, Philip Butler wrote: > > > What kind of record is this and what is it used for? > > HINFO == Host INFOrmation. HINFO records are used to identify a host's OS and > hardware. Many admins choose not to use HINFO records because they provide > information that could conceivably help in planning cracking/hacking/DoS > attacks against the host. > > Christopher Bort

Messages In This Thread: HINFO by Philip Butler on Apr 11, 2000 at 12:10:56 pm Re: HINFO by Global Homes Webmaster on Apr 11, 2000 at 12:30:14 pm Re: HINFO by Philip Butler on Apr 11, 2000 at 12:30:17 pm Re: HINFO by Global Homes Webmaster on Apr 11, 2000 at 1:53:22 pm Re: HINFO by Micaela Carr on Apr 12, 2000 at 3:45:20 am