> Paul Vixie is an expert on DNS. I have not particularly checked > this story, but I have seen it several times already in very reputable > venues. I am not sure what seems far-fetched, but the DNS > Changer scam is real and was mentioned several times in the > outcry over SOPA.
As someone who ran a DNS services company for over a decade and continues to follow DNS very closely, I can second that Paul is considered a hero/expert in the DNS community and was called in to set up DNS resolvers so that when the scammer's name servers were taken down it would continue to transparently work for all those infected. They have been wanting to take those offline but there are still hundreds of thousands of people who's computers are still set by the malware to use those resolvers. They will be coming offline soon, however, so there has been a big push to get those infected systems fixed to minimize the support load on ISPs when tens of thousands of customers suddenly call to report their Internet isn't working anymore. -Justin ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:350225 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
