{"draft":"","doc_id":"RFC1535","title":" A Security Problem and Proposed Correction With Widely Deployed DNS Software ","authors":["E. Gavron"],"format":["ASCII","HTML"],"page_count":"5","pub_status":"INFORMATIONAL","status":"INFORMATIONAL","source":"Legacy","abstract":" This document discusses a flaw in some of the currently distributed name resolver clients.  The flaw exposes a security weakness related to the search heuristic invoked by these same resolvers when users provide a partial domain name, and which is easy to exploit.  This document points out the flaw, a case in point, and a solution. This memo provides information for the Internet community.  It does not specify an Internet standard.  ","pub_date":"September 1993","keywords":["Domain","Name","System"],"obsoletes":[],"obsoleted_by":[],"updates":[],"updated_by":[],"see_also":[],"doi":"10.17487\/RFC1535","errata_url":"https:\/\/www.rfc-editor.org\/errata\/rfc1535"}