[FoRK] Poisoned DNS on the increase

[Lucas Gonze]

Doesn't DNS poisoning require the poisoner to have enough control over
the victim machine to modify the network settings, aka root?  At that
point the attacker can do whatever they want, and the DNS part of
things is just an insult to add to the injury.

On Feb 17, 2008 9:33 PM, Udhay Shankar N <udhay at pobox.com> wrote:
> I smell a business opportunity here - for SSL / certificate vendors,
> among others...
>
> Udhay
>
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> http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20080215-more-rogue-dns-servers-serving-up-poisonous-content.html
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> More rogue DNS servers serving up poisonous content
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> By Joel Hruska | Published: February 15, 2008 - 05:05AM CT
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> According to a new report by Georgia Tech (in partnership with Google),
> the number of rogue DNS servers is steadily rising. Poisoned DNS servers
> have always represented a potentially potent line of attack, as we noted
> back in December, but this new study gives a concrete estimate on
> exactly how many poisoned servers are out in cyberspace. This study
> appears to be a follow-up on that earlier coverage, and gives more exact
> data than was previously available.
>
> <snip>
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