[Full-disclosure] Microsoft DNS resolver: deliberately sabotaged hosts-file lookup

[Brandon S. Allbery KF8NH]

On Apr 13, 2006, at 1:29 , Dave Korn wrote:

>   Hey, guess what I just found out:  Microsoft have deliberately  
> sabotaged
> their DNS client's hosts table lookup functionality.

I thought this was part of avoiding malware attempts to block Windows  
Update.

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