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    DNS Exploit Means Quick Patches Are Critical
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    But due to the massive scale involved in this patch, there is a significant risk that the patch could cause an unacceptable level of downtime. "Now that the exploit code has been released, many companies that simply cannot patch inside a small timeframe are redirecting their attention to workarounds and secondary risk-reduction methodologies, such as deployment of entirely new DNS servers for Internet DNS queries or temporary outsourcing of DNS to ISC" Storms said. Full Article at NewsFactor Network
    Now that the exploit code has been released, many companies that simply cannot patch inside a small timeframe are redirecting their attention to workarounds and secondary risk-reduction methodologies, such as deployment of entirely new DNS servers for Internet DNS queries or temporary outsourcing of DNS to ISC
    SOURCE: NewsFactor Network 16 months ago
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DNS Exploit Means Quick Patches Are Critical
  1. Everything that uses DNS needs to be patched; desktop PCs, servers, routers, switches, firewalls and mainframes, and every vendor [like] Cisco, Sun, Microsoft and Apple ... Basically, this patch impacts the entire network from soup to nuts.
    SOURCE: NewsFactor Network 16 months ago
  2. If an attacker is successful in predicting the source port and transaction ID, and also inserts the additional information into the spoofed answer packet with the DNS servers pointing to the IP of his evil DNS server, he can control the traffic directed for bob.com domain
    SOURCE: NewsFactor Network 16 months ago
  3. An attacker can spoof such an answer packet as long as he can pretend to be the DNS server and also guess the source port and transaction ID (the destination port is usually 53) ... The attacker also needs to make sure his spoofed answer packet reaches the client before the actual answer packet from the...
    SOURCE: NewsFactor Network 16 months ago

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