Securing DNS should trump budget-cutting, experts say
The discovery of a major DNS flaw in mid-2008 landed the technology in many headlines, but with econ
How DNS cache poisoning works
There has been a long history of attacks on the Domain Name System ranging from brute-force denial-of-service attacks to targeted attacks requiring specialized software. In July 2008 a new DNS cache-poisoning attack was unveiled that is considered especially dangerous because it does not require substantial bandwidth or processor resources nor does it require sophisticated techniques. Here's how DNS cache poisoning works, and what can be done to prevent attacks.
U.S. gov't proposes digital signing of DNS root zone file
The U.S. government is soliciting input on a way to make the Internet's addressing system less susceptible to tampering by hackers.
At the front lines of protecting the Internet
VeriSign is in many ways synonymous with managing the Web, thanks to its handling of key DNS root servers and of name resolution for .com, .net, and other domains. In recent years, it's had both strong ups and strong downs. In this interview, VeriSign CTO Ken Silva discusses the company's current and past challenges.
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