The security hack essentially uses data transferred by domain name service (DNS) servers to hide additional information in the network communications. DNS servers act as the white pages of the internet, invisibly transforming easy-to-remember...
When installed next to IE 6, the first beta of IE 7 will add an incorrectly configured key to the Windows Registry the first time it is run, he wrote. The trouble doesn't affect a large number of users because IE 7 has not yet been publicly released.
Microsoft has become the victim of pranksters who have replaced DNS information held on several sub-domains, which look like they are held by Microsoft - though they are not - with a string of potty-mouthed insults aimed at the software giant.
Microsoft's updates will include a patch for a vulnerability in the Windows domain name system, or DNS. Shortly after it released the fixes, several new Office zero-day bugs and the Windows DNS bug hit.
The security of domain name system (DNS) continues to be an issue for network administrators, despite the availability of more secure DNS servers such as BIND 9, according to a survey by network appliance company, Infoblox.
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