[dns-operations] CERT VU#800113 Multiple DNS implementations vulnerable to cache poisoning

Florian Weimer fweimer at bfk.de
Thu Jul 10 20:24:00 UTC 2008


* Sean Donelan:

> Yep, that's why I chuckled when I saw ISC claiming DNSSEC was "the
> definitive solution."

Currently, it's the only way to secure DNS data on the wire between
two organizations who haven't set up special relationship.

>From what I see, more and more people view DNSSEC as a tool to secure
the existing DNS against on-the-wire attacks.  It's no longer
something you design from scratch, to provide services rather
different from what DNS achieves now.

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