Tom Lane <tgl(a)redhat.com> writes:
The normal configuration for a stub resolver is that it's only
pointed
to locally-controlled caching servers; so long as you've fixed those
servers, you should be safe AFAICS.
The attacker sends reply packets with the source-address of the
locally-controlled caching server. Network firewalls and reverse
path-checking can prevent this attack, but you cannot assume that all
machines with Fedora are behind routers and firewalls set up to
prevent the attack.
If this analysis is not correct, I'd like to be informed by some
means
more polite than breaking into my home machines ;-)
Don't worry, I won't tell anyone that your root password is 12345.
/Benny