7th Mar 2003 [SBWID-6046]
COMMAND
DNS and global Internet security
SYSTEMS AFFECTED
Internet / Bind
PROBLEM
Mike Schiffman, CISSP [http://www.packetfactory.net/schiffman.html]
wrote a whitepaper on the current practice of DNS patching over the
Internet :
http://www.packetfactory.net/DNS/
"DNS servers across the Internet running BIND are not up to date with
security patches and software updates. As a result, a significant
fraction of the Internet's DNS servers is vulnerable to compromise,
subversion, denial of service, and general misuse. Considering that DNS
is the lynchpin of the corporate enterprise, the impact of these
vulnerabilities is significant and a successful attack could bring down
any online business."
SOLUTION
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