[dns-operations] Massive DNS poisoning attacks in Brazil

[Michele Neylon :: Blacknight]

On 7 Nov 2011, at 15:01, Stephane Bortzmeyer wrote:

> http://www.securelist.com/en/blog/208193214/Massive_DNS_poisoning_attacks_in_Brazil
> 
> A long article about "DNS poisoning" without even a dig output, bad.
> 
> One sentence at the end seems to indicate it has nothing to do with
> DNS poisoning but that the cracker was able to hijack the router (in
> which cas all your bets are off).

So would RPKI etc., have helped in that instance?

Regards

Michele


> 
> And a stupid advice to use Google Public DNS at the end... (As if a
> cracked router could not intercept its replies and change them.)
> 
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