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IETF: Should we ignore the Kaminsky bug?

The Internet engineering community is grappling with what to do about a serious flaw in the DNS discovered this summer, and the ongoing debate brings to mind a famous quotation from Voltaire: "The perfect is the enemy of the good."

| News | Security | 11/20/08 at 12:48 pm |


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Apple update finally fixes important DNS bug

Apple has released a security update for its Mac OS X operating system, fixing a critical Internet security flaw that the company had failed to properly patch in late July.

| News | Operating systems | Security | 09/15/08 at 7:39 pm |


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China Netcom falls prey to DNS cache poisoning

One of China's largest ISPs (Internet service providers) has fallen victim to a dangerous vulnerability in the Internet's addressing system, according to security vendor Websense.

| News | Security | 08/21/08 at 9:22 am |


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New exploit poisons patched DNS servers, claims researcher

Patches meant to fix a flaw in the Internet's Domain Name System (DNS) don't completely protect the Web's traffic cop from attack, a Russian research claimed Friday.

| News | Security | 08/11/08 at 12:44 pm |


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