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tptacek
on Feb 2, 2022
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A toy DNS resolver
It's why a cycle doesn't just DOS the server.
Groxx
on Feb 2, 2022
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Er. Not with that explanation. The cache won't be hit until a result is found, instead each request produces another request back to through the cycle to try to get that request. Hence DoS.
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