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DNS cache poisoning
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DNS cache poisoning
Injecting false information into the caches of the DNS system so that future requests are diverted to another site. In July 1997, Eugene Kashpureff inserted fraudulent information into the DNS, causing users going to the Network Solutions Web site to be rerouted to his Alternic site. See DNSSec, DNS hijacking and pharming.


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” In fact, he thinks that this issue is bigger than the DNS cache poisoning flaw that security researcher Dan Kaminsky revealed last year.
The bug allows for cache poisoning attacks, where a hacker redirects traffic from a legitimate Web site to a fake one without the user knowing.
The latest Vantio software release provides multi-layer intelligent defenses that defeat DNS cache poisoning and other attacks, including the recently publicized Kaminsky vulnerability.
 
 
 
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