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Paul Vixie On DNS Changer: We're Dealing With Malware the Wrong Way
AlistairCharlton writes with this snippet: "Victims of the DNS Changer malware think they have better things to do than check their internet security, and as a digital society we're dealing with malware in completely the wrong way. These are the thoughts of Paul Vixie who worked with the FBI in intercepting servers used by a gang of Estonian hackers who made millions of dollars from redirecting internet users away from the websites they requested, directing them to advertisements instead." The linked article also offers an interesting description of how the FBI's quiet takeover of a botnet came to be.
As has become all too common the /. summary is linked to a negative-added-value article at the totally worthless IBT.
Paul's actual post is at CircleID: http://www.circleid.com/posts/20120327_dns_changer/ and is over 3 months old. Not news. As is normal for Paul it is well written and smart but if you've been following DNSChanger, you've read this already.
Exactly. We know we never have to worry about a private corporation using personal data for profit, right? And no company would ever play ball with the feds in return for a juicy government contract. And its a good things they have a good reputation. I mean, someday companies might even have to start hiring PR people and the like to try to hide the evil things they do behind a good reputation.
Who said anything about a private corporation. Do you know what ISC IS?
They are a non-profit organization whose sole purpose is to support the infrastructure of the Internet. They build open-source software (like BIND and implementations of DHCP). Sorry, but you really should research before you spout off.