Search Again: Re: HINFO From: Micaela Carr Date: Wednesday, April 12, 2000 Time: 3:45:20 am If you ever want to get some more knowledge of the subject, read "DNS and BIND" published by O'Reilly & Assoc. It's a very good, comprehensive book, and applicable in general, even if on Mac platform. -- Micaela M. Carr Manager of Information Technology, C&T Publishing, Inc. <http://www.ctpub.com> 925.677.0377 x216 ---------- >From: "Philip Butler" <pbutler@esc6.net> >To: "QuickDNS Talk" <quickdns-talk@lists.menandmice.com> >Subject: Re: HINFO >Date: Tue, Apr 11, 2000, 12:27 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