http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/ How-To Geek Forums Topic: DNS under attack en Fri, 21 Nov 2008 06:54:10 +0000 http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/topic/dns-under-attack#post-34421 Sat, 12 Jul 2008 03:07:52 +0000 The Geek 34421@http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/ <p>It's a little-known fact that DNS servers across the globe, especially the root servers, are under attack 24x7x365.</p> <p>There's a large number of hackers that would like to take down all of the root servers, which would take down the entire internet if they could manage it. Thankfully it's not that simple, as the root servers are massively scaled and can handle the problem.</p> <p>Last month Comcast had their DNS entries altered somehow, big problem for a day. </p> http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/topic/dns-under-attack#post-34402 Fri, 11 Jul 2008 21:37:29 +0000 whs 34402@http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/ <p>This sounds like a serious problem. Maybe someone who is more knowledgeable in this field can explain the ramifications for average users like us. I would hate to be linked to phony websites without knowing.</p> <p><a href='http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/800113'>http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/800113</a><br /> <a href='http://www.isc.org/index.pl?/sw/bind/bind-security.php'>http://www.isc.org/index.pl?/sw/bind/bind-security.php</a><br /> <a href='http://tools.cisco.com/security/center/viewAlert.x?alertId=16183'>http://tools.cisco.com/security/center/viewAlert.x?alertId=16183</a> </p>