Is it just me or is it a little bit late for this 'hole' to be closed? I
mean, it's been around since the DNS system was more-or-less automated
just because people are lazy and don't want to spend a few seconds typing
in a passphrase or phoning someone for confirmation.
I bet, if the recent 'domain hijackings' hadn't been for such high profile
domains, that we'd still be seeing this trend continue. What was the last
one so far -- Nike?
Oh thing that I am curious about is what is going to happen to the guy
that is trying to sue Nike for money because the traffic meant to go to
nike was instead routed to his (little) server that cost him $$ to put out
the bandwidth for.
(http://www.wired.com/news/politics/0,1283,37286,00.html)
-ben
On Thu, 29 Jun 2000, !Dr. Joe Baptista wrote:
> Yup - NSI is finally closing the email security hole - finally.
>
> regards
> Joe Baptista
>
> http://www.dot.god/
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>
> On Thu, 29 Jun 2000, William H. Geiger III wrote:
>
> > In <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, on 06/28/00
> > at 06:53 PM, "Network Solutions"
> > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said:
> >
> > >Dear Customer,
> >
> > >IMPORTANT ACCOUNT ENHANCEMENTS SCHEDULED: SECURITY UPGRADES MAY REQUIRE
> > >ADDITIONAL STEP BEFORE CHANGES ARE MADE
> > >**************************************************
> > >Security for our customers has always been a top priority
> > >at Network Solutions. Now we are taking that even further
> > >as we merge with VeriSign, one of the industry leaders in
> > >Internet security. We all recognize information security is vital on the
> > >Internet, and we want to assure you that we
> > >constantly monitor security and maintain systems that help
> > >protect you and your information. This message is about
> > >changes in our guardian security system.
> >
> >
> > I just received this today. Has anyone else heard about Network Solutions
> > & Verisign merging?
> >
> > tks,
> >
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