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Patches Coming Today for DNS Vulnerability
Jul 9, 2008, 12 :45 UTC (7 Talkback[s]) (7580 reads)

(Other stories by Joe Barr)

"Whether you're running Linux, Windows, Cisco, Sun, or other DNS servers, you are at risk from a newly discovered vulnerability. So says Dan Kaminsky, head of penetration testing research at IO Active, who accidently discovered the DNS 'design flaw' earlier this year.

"You can check whether the DNS servers you use are vulnerable by clicking the Check My DNS button in the upper right corner of Kaminsky's Web site..."

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  Talkback(s) Name  and Date
Kaminsky's "discovery" (insofar ther ...   Information which could be found on the WWW   
Rainer Weikusat
Jul 9, 2008, 13:20:02
 
I  wrote on this issue yesterday too  (w ...   Just use DNSSEC   
Sean Kerner
Jul 9, 2008, 13:46:24
 
DJBDNS already uses randomized ports the ...   Just use DJBDNS   
Kevin Korb
Jul 9, 2008, 17:30:16
 
So that's it? DNS cache poisoning? D ...   DNS Cache Poisoning?   
Segedunum
Jul 9, 2008, 18:17:13
 
Also not affected: DJBDNS's IPv6 and ...   Re: Just use DJBDNS   
Just Some Guy
Jul 9, 2008, 21:57:56
 
> Also not affected: DJBDNS's IPv6 a ...   Re: Re: Just use DJBDNS   
Lennie
Jul 10, 2008, 09:20:03
 
> DJBDNS already uses randomized ports t ...   Re: Just use DJBDNS   
Rainer Weikusat
Jul 10, 2008, 11:42:30
 
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