[dns-operations] ShellShock exploit through the DNS

Tony Finch dot at dotat.at
Tue Oct 14 15:58:52 UTC 2014


The best article I have seen on the topic is by David A Wheeler (linked
below). Section 2 on design approaches that would have avoided the bug is
particularly good, and is not specific to unix shells. (Though it would be
a great exaggeration to say it has much to do with DNS operations.)

http://www.dwheeler.com/essays/shellshock.html

Tony.
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