The article is useless. Patch where? Who should be patching?
From: Ken Schaefer [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, July 25, 2008 8:36 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Hackers get hold of critical Internet flaw It's not entirely FUD I doubt we will see "the end of the internet", but it is the type of attack that can be widespread/automated. If the bad guys decide to embark on a widespread DNS cache poisoning attack, then lots of end users will have issues. SOHO NAT/router type devices, ISP DNS servers etc can all be easily poisoned. Even corporate DNS servers can be poisoned (you get a user to visit a malicious website - your DNS server looks up the nameserver for the malicious website - now the malicious website has your DNS server's IP address, and poisons its cache). The metasploit framework already has two attacks available, so it's only a short matter of time before widespread attacks start. That's not to say it's the end of the world - there are plenty of patches available - so start patching! Cheers Ken From: Steve Moffat [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of NTSysAdmin Sent: Friday, 25 July 2008 9:17 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Hackers get hold of critical Internet flaw It's just FUD people. An article that warns about an imminent hack attack. Come on. Where are the details. It's the end of the interwebs as we know them I suppose.... S From: Sam Cayze [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, July 25, 2008 1:10 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Hackers get hold of critical Internet flaw Umm... Crap. http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=080724230931.2rdnlz0a&show_article=1 ________________________________ This e-mail message (including any attachments) is for the sole use of the intended recipient(s) and may contain confidential and privileged information. If the reader of this message is not the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any dissemination, distribution or copying of this message (including any attachments) is strictly prohibited. If you have received this message in error, please contact the sender by reply e-mail message and destroy all copies of the original message (including attachments). ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm> ~
