severity 514937 wishlist
tags 514937 + wontfix
thanks

On Thu, Feb 12, 2009 at 02:15:02AM +0100, Boran Car wrote:
> Package: dhcp3-client
> Version: 3.1.1-6
>
> A certain trojan exists which mimics the functionality of a DHCP server  
> by pointing computers who receive this false DHCP information to an  
> unsafe DNS server (in most cases 85.255.x.x). This DNS server helps  
> spread infection on Windows machines. Although Linux is safe, it still  
> gets the 85.255.x.x DNS server address which is blocked on most routers  
> today, therefore blocking an internet connection. Please find attached a  
> patch I have created for blocking this blacklisted DNS server. I hope it  
> will evolve into a more advanced blacklisted DNS server blocker.

Sorry, I don't feel that the DHCP client is the place for this kind of
thing. You could implement this as a client hook (have a look at have
resolvconf works) and then have another package provide the hook.



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