Re: how to protect name servers against cache corruption

[Ben Black <black () zen cypher net>]

> > Noone in the security field has any right to expect any implementation of
> > DNS to be secure until DNSSEC is widely implemented.

this statement bothers me.  certainly without DNSSEC there can be no 
*assurances* of security, but there is a gaping chasm between the current 
system and DNSSEC that could be closed significantly with proper design.

simply stating that until DNSSEC arrives these attacks are going to be 
allowed is a copout.


ben


> > I'm sorry if something I said misled you to believe otherwise.
>
> So BIND 8.1.1 is NOT "immune" to the poisoned resource-record attack? I
> ask because you specifically stated that it was. Sorry to nag, I'd just
> like to see this clarified to the operations community.
>
> Again, thanks for your time and patience!
>
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> Thomas Ptacek at EnterAct, L.L.C., Chicago, IL [tqbf () enteract com]
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