Ethereal-dev: Re: [ethereal-dev] DNS exploits

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From: Guy Harris <gharris@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Wed, 12 Apr 2000 00:04:14 -0700
> I'll run a bunch of regression tests on the code I currently have
> (Tethereal comes in handy here...), and check it in.

Done.  We now survive all three of those, and warn of the problem in the
dissection:

Domain Name System (query)
    Transaction ID: 0xed69
    Flags: 0x0000 (Standard query)
        0... .... .... .... = Query
        .000 0... .... .... = Standard query
        .... ..0. .... .... = Message is not truncated
        .... ...0 .... .... = Don't do query recursively
    Questions: 1
    Answer RRs: 0
    Authority RRs: 0
    Additional RRs: 0
    Queries
        <Name contains a pointer that loops>: type unknown, class unknown
            Name: <Name contains a pointer that loops>
            Type: Unknown RR type (49159)
            Class: unknown