full-disclosure - RE: Microsoft DNS resolver: deliberately sabotaged hosts-file lookup

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Message-ID: <4447E94C.29150.5D22C7D9@nick.virus-l.demon.co.uk>
Date: Thu Apr 20 09:04:44 2006
From: nick at virus-l.demon.co.uk (Nick FitzGerald)
Subject: RE: Microsoft DNS resolver: deliberately
	sabotaged hosts-file lookup

Mario Contestabile wrote:

> Fyi, Any NT app can bypass the local hosts file using DnsQuery(...,...,
> DNS_QUERY_NO_HOSTS_FILE, ...);

"Any NT app" ???

   http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/en-us/dns/dns/
   dnsquery.asp?frame=true

   ...

   Windows 2000 Server and Windows 2000 Professional:  This value is
   not supported.

Of course, what the dox say and what works may be two different 
things...

Regards,

Nick FitzGerald