Another DNS Flaw Found, Patched

darthcamaro writes "Remember the big DNS flaw that Dan Kaminsky 'discovered' last year? Well, it looks like another flaw in DNS has just been patched. This time it's an item that affects DNSSEC, which was supposed to be the savior for the Kaminsky flaw. The good news, though, is that this time, the issue is relatively minor and DNS has already been patched. 'The flaw is specific to certain usages of DNSSEC,' Joao Damas, senior programming manager of the ISC told InternetNews. 'It is strongly advised that all BIND DNSSEC deployments update in case they are using the particular pattern affected (DSA keys in some cases) and to prevent coming across the problem in the future unexpectedly.'"

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This is why I love macs

[Anonymous Coward]

i use mac with my brother sometimes... its very cool... my brother is 30 years old hes pretty smart... he has 45 iq its the same as heis shoe size.. pretu good considaring 100 is full.... mac is cool but visat is beter... i am takeru on msn... bcz when i play halo for the second time i knew what was going too happen befor eit happend... so im takeru... its pretty cooll... is anyone else here mac... thatwould be prety cooll... sonic is cool... i dont like tails though bcz hes sonics girlfrend... i want2 be sonics girlfrend.... sonic is so fast and handsome its increddibnle... sometimes... mac... together... my mom and dad are brother and sister... its prety cool i gess... i herd its prety normal in america.... they love eachother like a father and daugher... theyr so cute together... together... sometimes... mac... my brother is in wheel chair... but hes cool because hes smart... yea... the boy in the basements said he isnt smart and he say bad thing about my dad... but its no mater... he is chained up... in basement... together... vista... yea... maybe... mac is pretty cool bcz they are like copmuters... and the y hav leaf powers btu in mac their in the sfrari... and im there too because im takeru... together... sometimes... i hear screaming from basement... dosnt mater... the boy there is happey.... yea...

Re:This is why I love macs

[Anonymous Coward]

It's funny that I had only recently been thinking and praying about these queerest of computers. It certainly is true that Apple computers are very popular amongst the homosexual communities, the fact that these computers are so popular indicates the depths to which our great nation has sunk to.

The Apple corporation logo is naturally an apple with a bite taken out of it. Is it not a coincidence that Eve tempted Adam with an Apple? The apple is a symbol of defiance against God, and was an obvious choice for a company whose primary objectives include the liberalisation of all media, and which activly finances the political party that hates God.

When I first saw an apple computer (called a Mac, after the popular fast food product) with it's "fruity" design, I had assumed that it was some kind of obsolete product aimed at latte sipping east-coast homosexual designers. This initial observation turned out to be only half true:

The apple computers are not as obsolete as their gaudy designs suggest - the Apple computer company, based in that Sodomite Central, Cupertino CA, have invested a great deal of money in keeping up with more mainstream American PC brands like Dell or IBM, however rather than compete on computing power, practicality or ease of use the Apple company prefer to emphasize "eye-candy". If you are the sort of person who loves nothing more than gazing for hours at an aquarium full of brightly colored fish, then the feeling of using an Apple desktop will be most familiar.

Note the oddly-shaped apple-mouse. Unike modern computer mice, the Apple product has only one button. This is because historically Apple computer failed to license the patent for including buttons on mice. Since most apple computers are used as children's toys, their homosexual owners have barely noticed this deficiency, they are too busy thinking about sodomy worry about their computer's obvious deficiencies.

Windows appear to swim around, distorting and melding into the "dock", with almost psychedellic fluidity. Parts of the desktop become inexplicably transparant, and then return to normal or else swirl into oblivion. Control over windows is achived not through familiar buttons (like Window's "X"), but candy colored blobs, which are designed to remind the user of "Extasy" tablets. I suspect that the Apple design team must have been doing more drugs than the average touring funk-band.

The Apple OSX platform is missing a large number of common and esential productivity tools commonly used on the Windows platform. For example the endearing BonziBuddy can only be found on Windows, and therefore will only run on a Mac that has been upgraded to Boot-Camp and Windows. I suspect that this is exactly what most Mac-owners will feel forced to do.

Naturally, the big question is, does the "alternative lifestyle" approach to computer design really pay-off for the people who count: The Users?

I think the answer is no. Having used computers all my life, I consider myself an expert in the day to day tasks of computing. The Microsoft Windows operating system makes installing, uninstalling, defragmenting, and removal of viruses and spyware trivially easy. It's a shame that the Apple company (who unbelievably are much praised for their interface design) had not thought to make these everyday tasks simpler.

As I have pointed out on a number of occasions both Linux and AppleMac fail to unclude a disk-defragmentor, a personal firewall, a standard method for installing or removing software or even a system repair utility. Microsoft introduced all of this in their epoch-making "Windows Me" edition. Linux users have had to get used to the lack of these essential productivity tools, however Linux is universally acknowledged as a cheap immitation of Windows. Mac on the other-hand is marketed as a full-price premium product.

Apple computers come preloaded with iTunes which only works with Apple's oddly-coloured iPod. The Apple Mac cannot run the more popular "Windows Media Player", and is therefore incompatib

Re:i just got off the toilet

[Anonymous Coward]

I don't know what the big deal is with Barack Obama. I mean everyone is praising the man and he gets man of the year for what? The man has not even started his Presidential term yet and we are all kissing his ass like he accomplished Middle East Peace and solved world wide poverty in 3 days. If anything I think Mr Obama winning should be attributed to the energy and drive of the American people. The voters are the ones who should get praised for electing the first African American President in the history of the nation.

Too often these days we seem to attribute grandeur and greatness to our elected officials even though we should be looking inwards towards ourselves. Without the will of the people, do you honestly believe any of the policies towards social equality or change would have happened throughout the history of the nation? Poiliticans move when the people light a fire under their asses and at no other time. Mr. President Elect Obama is no different and not that he will be taking his new role we need to keep the pressure on for him to carry out the positives he has stated he would accomplish. What we should not be doing is putting portraits of him up all over the place, and talking about the man like he is the second coming. Obama is not the King of the United States, he is our representative and he thus represents something greater than himself. We need to stop focusing on the person and focus more on what he will do and how he will represent the 300 million people in this country.

Democratic supporters have been very notorious in doing this (Although Religious Republicans of the last 8 years are equally guilty) since their political ideals seem to shift more towards a centralist Government in Washington. A lot of these guys who voted for Obama seem to want to go towards a point where the Federal Government has complete control over the average citizen. Since when did we surrender the power of self determination and submit ourselves to a bunch of rich guys in Washington? You cannot blame the Federal Government, we elected these guys in and you will get what you vote for. I think it is high time we forego these cheap bailouts of OUR tax dollars and these quick fix rebate checks. This is only free money to those who don't pay taxes and will further hurt us down the line.

Hey, Libertarians!

[Anonymous Coward]

Guess what, you insufferable nincompoops? Our government is itself the product of a market system. Cities like New York, London, and San Francisco are successful precisely *because* of their enormous governments--they compete for capital, talent, and prestige against cities with small, ineffectual governments that are unable to effectively lure and corral said capital, talent, and prestige. And as goes the city, so go city-states and nations: Somalia, being a libertarian paradise, is a rather unpleasant place to live for non-ideologues. Somalians, those who can, vote with their feet and leave.

Now go suckle Ayn Rand's rotten tits some more and leave the rest of us alone, you stupid fucking Paultards.

Frist Psot

[Anonymous Coward]

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Re:Only if you're using BIND and DNSSEC

[hairyfeet]

Slightly OT, but since it is a DNS question and I have NO freaking clue where else to ask this, here goes. Does anyone know of a good easy to set up and use DNS server for Win2K Pro? I have been using Treewalk, which is nice, easy to maintain and low resource, but with it not having been updated since '05 and all these DNS hacks coming out I think it might be time to switch. Any ideas on what would make a good, preferably low resource replacement?