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Re: [ga] DNS default helps hackers


Friday, June 21, 2002, 3:21:49 PM, Patrick Corliss wrote:

> As many as half the companies in the UK, including top ISPs, do not prevent
> hackers from copying DNS server databases that may hold valuable information.
> Though the lapse will not allow a hacker to take control of a DNS server, it
> could help them to breach security.  [more]

> http://www.vnunet.com/News/1132666

This is nothing but ISS trying to get itself into the media more, much
like how they blew the receive vulnerability regarding Apache WAY out
of proportion simply trying to get media outlets to quite their
releases and name their company.

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