Tim Newsham
01/08/07, 18:51
> "it's not like this hasn't been reported, and fixed, many times by many
> others" - so if it's fixed so many times, how come it was still vulnerable,
> and ISC had to issue their patches?
Because its just a 16-bit field. DNS is broken. Cache poisoning will
happen. Those are the facts on the ground. The only argument left
is the degree of brokenness.
> -Amit
Tim Newsham
http://www.thenewsh.com/~newsham/
> others" - so if it's fixed so many times, how come it was still vulnerable,
> and ISC had to issue their patches?
Because its just a 16-bit field. DNS is broken. Cache poisoning will
happen. Those are the facts on the ground. The only argument left
is the degree of brokenness.
> -Amit
Tim Newsham
http://www.thenewsh.com/~newsham/