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DNS Attack on NetSol
Hundreds of thousands of web sites were slowed for hours today when Network Solutions’ DNS servers were hit by a distributed denial of service (DDoS) attack. “There is a spike in DNS query volumes that is causing latency for the delay in web sites resolving,†Networks Solutions said on its blog. “This is a result [...]
Kaminsky (finally) reveals gaping hole in internet
After a four weeks of speculation & warnings, Dan Kaminsky’s domain-name system vulnerability has finally gone public. As other security researchers have publicly speculated, the DNS vulnerability stems from shortcomings in the way servers try to ensure IP address information. What Kaminsky discovered is that this safeguard can be easily circumvented because there are only [...]