[ Thanks to mph
for this link. ]
“DNS cache poisoning has been around since 1993. The concept
behind cache poisoning is to simply inject false information into a
DNS server, where it will be cached. Then, when an unsuspecting
user connects to, say, their bank’s website, they are actually
connecting to the IP address of an attacker. With phishing attacks
on the rise, the DNS cache poisoning technique has many more uses
in today’s Internet. In this article we will examine how cache
poisoning works, and also how to make sure your DNS servers aren’t
vulnerable…”
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