Threats to DNS Servers
Because Windows 2000 and Windows Server 2003 depend on the DNS name service, DNS servers are targets for attacks. Attackers can pose the following threats to the DNS service:
Overwriting of existing DNS resource records and hijacking sessions
Acquisition of DNS zone data by performing unauthorized zone transfers
Exposure of the internal IP addressing scheme to the public network
Denial-of-service attacks that disable all DNS services
Preventing access to the forest root domain’s DNS resource records
Modification of DNS Records
By supporting dynamic DNS updates, a Windows 2000 or Windows Server 2003 DNS server is susceptible to modification of DNS resource records if the security of the DNS server is not configured correctly. ...
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