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DNS Inventor Tackles Flaw

Posted by ScuttleMonkey on from the always-evolving dept.

nk497 writes "Dr Paul Mockapetris is looking to fix the flaws in the Domain Name System he helped invent. 'It was never meant to be the only security mechanism for naming data on the internet, but was intended for additional security measures to be added to it later.' The flaws, first uncovered by security researcher Dan Kaminsky over the summer, lets attackers redirect genuine URLs to malicious ones — a problem Mockapetris believes could be solved using digital signatures."

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  1. I tried to RTFA... by dkf · · Score: 5, Funny

    ... but it seems that a DNS attack redirected it to a fluff piece without any useful content.

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  2. Re:Law is only way by howdoesth · · Score: 5, Funny

    You always have the option to boycott that ISP, but if you live somewhere like I do, you only have one broadband option.

    I see you're using the sense of "always" that means "occasionally" or even "very rarely."

  3. Re:Law is only way by tripdizzle · · Score: 4, Funny

    Not really, you do not need the internet to survive, its a luxury.

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