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Researcher offers insight into DNS flaw

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On Tuesday, security researcher Dan Kaminsky of IO Active calmly explained in a conference call with security reporters how he first stumbled upon a pervasive flaw deep within the Domain Name System (DNS), a series of servers used to translate common Internet names to IP addresses. Kaminsky said he wasn't even looking for a security vulnerability. What he found, however, could explain how criminal hackers have been able to redirect DNS queries recently.

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Seems there's a deep flaw in the Domain Name System... read on to find out more about it.

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Reply#1 - Wed Jul 9, 2008 8:07 AM EDT
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