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Re: FW: Root Domain Server Hacked.
- From: bmanning
- Date: Fri Jul 02 22:33:40 1999
> rmeyer@mhsc.COM (Roeland M.J. Meyer) writes:
> >That's not what Paul said.
> >> Randy Bush writes:
> >> this is false and specious garbage
>
> Both statements are true. You can hijack domain names and insert
> bogus data in caches without hacking any root servers. It is much
> easier to just e-mail a domain modify template to NSI, and insert
> some bogus IP addresses for certain names. Similar to what happened
> to AOL last year (actually it appears to be a glue issue on some NS
> records).
>
> I think some people are getting too wrapped up in some really exotic
> attacks on DNS, when the simple ones still work.
Who was it that said, "never attribute to malice..."
While the clever pranks/attacks are interesting and
potentially very disruptive, simple mistakes and
social manipulation can/do cause lots of highly
visable impact. Somewhat akin to tossing a lighted
match into a powder keg. I hope these "fireworks"
prove to be a dud and that our respective holidays
are safe, quiet, and productive.
--bill
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