Most DNS servers 'wide open' to attack

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Most DNS servers 'wide open' to attack

10-25-2005, 08:10 AM,

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Most DNS servers 'wide open' to attack

Quote:Four in five authoritative domain name system (DNS) servers across the world are vulnerable to types of hacking attacks that might be used by hackers to misdirect surfers to potentially fraudulent domains. A survey by net performance firm the Measurement Factory commissioned by net infrastructure outfit Infoblox of 1.3m internet name servers found that 84 per cent might be vulnerable to pharming attacks. Others exhibit separate security and deployment-related vulnerabilities.

full article: http://www.theregister.co.uk/2005/10/24/...ty_survey/

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