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DrDoS DNS Reflection Attacks Analysis
2013-03-21 09:20:52| dairynetwork Downloads
The DNS Distributed Reflection Denial of Service (DrDoS) technique relies on the exploitation of the Domain Name System (DNS) Internet protocol. Malicious actors, or hackers, will spoof, or pretend to be, the IP address of their primary target and then send application requests to a list of victim DNS servers.
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Google fully implements security feature on DNS lookups
2013-03-20 13:10:18| InfoWorld: Top News
Google has fully implemented a security feature that ensures a person looking up a website isn't inadvertently directed to a fake one. The Internet company has run its own free public Domain Name System (DNS) lookup service, called Public DNS, since 2009. DNS lookups are required to translate a domain name, such as www.idg.com, into an IP address that can be called into a browser.
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5 years after major DNS flaw is discovered, few U.S. companies have deployed long-term fix
2013-01-29 14:22:53| InfoWorld: Top News
Five years after the disclosure of a serious vulnerability in the Domain Name System dubbed the Kaminsky bug, only a handful of U.S. ISPs, financial institutions or e-commerce companies have deployed DNS Security Extensions (DNSSEC) to alleviate this threat.
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