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  From: Ismail Ibrahim <mi-mi@sbs.itc.usm.my> <mi-mi@sbs.itc.usm.my>
  To  : Geoffrey D. Bennett <g@netcraft.com.au>
  Date: Tue, 8 Jul 1997 10:34:31 +0000 (MYT)

Re: Security

Dear Geoffrey,
On Mon, 7 Jul 1997, you wrote:

[snip]
> > 	sysquery: sendto 198.41.0.4
> > This turned out to be one of the root servers: a.root-servers.net
> > Does it have to do this?
> 
> Did it go away when you installed a network card?  Do you have bind
> installed?

	My Linux box is still without a network card. I ordered the 3Com 
PCI Etherlink XL from a dealer (he says one week tops) and I'm still 
waiting after 2 weeks (out of stock). Hopefully within this week :-)

	Yes, I think I had bind installed; wanted to run a cache-only 
DNS, now I think this is what the message is for: to notify the root server.

Regards,
- mael -
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