Dns Summer Of Fear 2008: How I Learned To Stop Worrying And Love 16 Bit Nonces

Paul Vixie, Internet Systems Consortium, Redwood City

Stevenson Hall 1300
11:00 AM - 11:50 AM

In February 2008 I got a phone call from a guy who said he'd found a way to insert any data he wanted anywhere in the DNS. I spent the next six months trying to coordinate a global patch event. Now this fantastic story of heroism and buffoonery can finally be told.