Re: [PEN-TEST] OT: Lotus Notes name service (was: penetratingtrojan)

[Simon Waters <Simon () wretched demon co uk>]

Michael Rowe wrote:
> On 00/12/05 01:53 +0000, Simon Waters wrote:
> > Anyone know whether Lotus Notes usage of an seperate name service was a
> > clever design decision, or just a result of historical accident?
>
> What do you mean by "seperate name service"? Notes uses the name
> resolution of whatever protocol you are using.

I just meant that it typically does replication with servers it has a
connection document, which contains an IP address (In my limited
experience). I may have seen atypical servers, but most didn't fall back
to the DNS, or didn't need to as the connection information was
complete.

Thanks for the clarification.

If I'd understood Notes completely I'd never have replicated when my
laptop date was mistakenly ten years behind the server date 8-)