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Date:      Fri, 29 Nov 2019 08:02:26 +0700
From:      Victor Sudakov <vas@sibptus.ru>
To:        freebsd-net@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Several hosts behind a caching resolver
Message-ID:  <20191129010226.GA68412@admin.sibptus.ru>
In-Reply-To: <20191124123451.GA6593@admin.sibptus.ru>
References:  <20191124123451.GA6593@admin.sibptus.ru>

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Any more opinions please if DNS queries leak information about the internal
network topology and size to the resolver?

It would be interesting to consider 2 separate cases:

1. The internal network is NATed.

2. The internal network is IPv6 with ipv6_privacy=3D"YES"

Victor Sudakov wrote:
> Dear Colleagues,
>=20
> Several hosts of the local network use a FreeBSD server with BIND or
> local-unbound as a caching resolver. Let's call it "Resolver A."
> Resolver A forwards all queries to another resolver, e.g. 8.8.8.8 or
> some other, let's call it "Resolver B."
>=20
> Can the operator of Resolver B figure out how many clients there are
> behind Resolver A, or obtain any other information about the hosts on
> the said local network (like their operating system etc)? In other
> words, does Resolver A effectively anonymize the queries, or is some
> information about the internal network leaking?
>=20
> --=20
> Victor Sudakov,  VAS4-RIPE, VAS47-RIPN
> 2:5005/49@fidonet http://vas.tomsk.ru/



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Victor Sudakov,  VAS4-RIPE, VAS47-RIPN
2:5005/49@fidonet http://vas.tomsk.ru/

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