Vulnerability Note VU#800113 : Multiple DNS implementations vulnerable to cache poisoning

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By Thierry.Lefort
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Published: Jul 10 2008 / 15:32

Vulnerability Note VU#800113 : Multiple DNS implementations vulnerable to cache poisoning

Deficiencies in the DNS protocol and common DNS implementations facilitate DNS cache poisoning attacks.

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paul_houle replied ago:

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Important security bulletin from the department of homeland security! Time to Duck and Cover!

Seriously, DNS has had ~serious~ flaws for a long time, such as the way recursive queries work. It's amazing that it's taken until 2008 for people to realize how bad it is. Dan Bernstein's been beating the drum on this issue for a decade and hardly anybody has listened.