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DNS Server Detection

This script is Copyright (C) 2003-2010 Tenable Network Security, Inc.

FamilyDNS
Nessus Plugin ID11002 (dns_server.nasl)
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Description:
Synopsis :

A DNS server is listening on the remote host.

Description :

The remote service is a Domain Name System (DNS) server, which
provides a mapping between hostnames and IP addresses.

See also :

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Domain_Name_System

Solution :

Disable this service if it is not needed or restrict access to
internal hosts only if the service is available externally.

Risk factor :

None
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