Re: [dns-wg] "DNS Vulnerabilities" paper hits the mainstream

["Sander Steffann" <s.steffann@localhost]

Hi,

On Apr 30, 2006, at 19:25, Jim Reid wrote:
> On Apr 30, 2006, at 19:25, Sander Steffann wrote:
> [...]
>
> > People might get scared :)  It is good that attention is given to  the 
> > risks of badly secured DNS servers, but scaring the public like  this...
> Indeed. Though personally speaking, I don't accept Sirer's  methodolody 
> let alone his concluions about "vulnerabilities" or badly  secured name 
> servers. Which doesn't for a moment mean the DNS has no  vulnerablities or 
> badly secured servers. These do of course exist.  Just not in the way Emil 
> Gun Sirer has suggested.
I completely agree. I already mentioned it to some people at RIPE-52, but I 
forgot to mention it here. It's also on slashdot:
 [Perils of DNS at RIPE-52]
 http://it.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=06/04/26/1247240

- Sander