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The Backstory of the Kaminsky Bug

Posted by kdawson on from the no-good-deed-goes-unpunished dept.

Ant recommends a Wired piece on the background story of the Kaminsky DNS bug and its (temporary) resolution, decreasing the odds of a successful breach from 1 in 2^16 to 1 in 2^32. We've discussed this uber-hole a number of times. Wired follows the story arc from before Kaminsky's discovery of the bug to his public presentation of it in Las Vegas.

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  1. Slashdotted by Vertana · · Score: 4, Interesting

    The site linked in the article is indeed slashdotted, but the bug in question has been overhyped in the media and, although it must be fixed to prevent future problems, it currently does not present a big obstacle for the current Internet...

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    "The best way to accelerate a Macintosh is at 9.8m/sec^2" -Marcus Dolengo
    1. Re:Slashdotted by socsoc · · Score: 4, Interesting

      No kidding it has been overhyped.

      From TFA The vulnerability gave him the power to transfer millions out of bank accounts worldwide.
      How so?! I don't have millions, but I do run djbdns...