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The dns registry tag covers Microsoft's guidance on mitigating DNS cache poisoning and spoofing attacks by configuring a specific registry value on Windows DNS servers. The key setting is MaximumUdpPacketSize, which administrators should set to 1221 bytes (decimal) to force large DNS responses over TCP instead of UDP. This mitigation applies to Windows Server 2022, version 23H2, Windows Server 2025, and Windows Server 2025 Server Core installation, as detailed in Microsoft Security Update Guide advisory ADV200013. Discussions focus on implementing this registry change for immediate protection against DNS resolver vulnerabilities.
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    Windows DNS Cache Poisoning Mitigation: Set MaximumUdpPacketSize to 1221 (ADV200013)

    Microsoft has updated guidance in its Security Update Guide advisory ADV200013 — the advisory that covers DNS resolver spoofing and cache‑poisoning attacks — and is explicitly telling administrators that in addition to older server builds the mitigation applies to newer releases such as Windows...
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