NIDAL SIDDIQUE ORITRO
Nidal Siddique Oritro

Software Engineer / Manager

Software Engineer turned into Engineering Manager, helping teams to build better software and solve complex problems. I am passionate about building high-performing teams and creating a culture of continuous improvement.

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I started writing code as a profession early 2013 and i never stopped. My 13+ years of industry experience is helping me bring structure and value to my team. My 2025 goal is to build digital automation that helps team work more effortlessly.

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Mikrotik - Disable Remote Request on your DNS

August 18, 2025
homelab
Oritro Ahmed

So the other day, i was looking at my adguard home logs, and something caught my eye.

DNS Requests

A bunch of DNS request i have no idea where its coming from. Which puzzled me for a while.

Looking through the log, i found that they were coming from my mikrotik router. Which was strange because i had disabled remote request on my dns server.

Somehow, during a latest backup restore, the backup file was modified locally ( by me ) and i accidentally enabled Remote Request on DNS on my router.

Someone took advantage of that and was running a DNS amplification attack using my router.

So promptly disabled it.

The whole point of this post it to keep a record of my stupidity and hope it helps you avoid such a problem.

#mikrotik #dns

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