Red Alert! DNS Flaw Revealed

Security researchers warn users to patch immediately, as technical details to exploit a widespread DNS vulnerability were disclosed online.

By Thomas Claburn
InformationWeek
July 23, 2008 03:00 PM

"Patch. Today. Now. Yes, stay late."

That's the word from security researcher Dan Kaminsky, who recently presided over an unprecedented effort to coordinate a fix for a DNS vulnerability across more than 80 software and hardware vendors.

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