[Lula-chat] DNS zone transfers ruled illegal

[Chuck Kerschner]

DNS zone transfers ruled illegal

Daft US ruling of the day

By Nick Farrell: Friday, 18 January 2008, 9:01 AM

A COMPUTER geek manager has been successfully prosecuted
in the former British colony of Virginia for asking a
public DNS server for all the particular public info it
provides about a domain.
<http://www.theinquirer.net/gb/inquirer/news/2008/01/18/dns-zone-transfers-illegal>

More....

North Dakota Judge Gets it Wrong
Jan 16, 2008 12:17 PM PST
By Al Iverson

Ever been prosecuted for tracking spam? Running a traceroute?
Doing a zone transfer? Asking a public internet server for
public information that it is configured to provide upon demand?

No? Well, David Ritz has. And amazingly, he lost the case.

<http://www.circleid.com/posts/811611_david_ritz_court_spam/>