A Closer Look At Threats To The Domain Name System

Cricket Liu, Infoblox, Santa Clara

Stevenson Hall 1300
12:00 PM - 12:50 PM

Surely you've been following the story regarding the new DNS security threat and its implications for the security of all Internet and network-based applications. You may have already patched your servers, but you should be aware that more patches are imminent. So what is this all about, really? The short answer is cache poisoning. While cache poisoning is not new, Dan Kaminsky discovered a new way to exploit this vulnerability. What was thought to be too complex or time consuming for hackers to exploit turns out to be simple. Virtually all network based applications -email, Web apps, eCommerce -EVERYTHING is at risk.