not revealing version number at all

[Mark Thompson]

Under options:

options {version "REFUSED"; };

Should do it!
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"Christopher L. Barnard" <cbar44 at tsg.cbot.com> wrote in message news:<9j47bl$a0f at pub3.rc.vix.com>...
> I know that one can set the option "version" to make the version number of
> your server that is returned by dig something ludicrous.  I recently came
> across a server that does not give a version number at all -- the status is
> "REFUSED".  I don't see in the doc a way to not respond to a version query at
> all.  I have two questions for the collective:  do people think this is a good
> idea or not, and secondly how is this done (since I do not find it in the
> doc).  Thanks.
> 
> Christopher
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