[dns-wg] "DNS Vulnerabilities" paper hits the mainstream

Hi,

On Apr 30, 2006, at 19:25, Jim Reid wrote:
> On Apr 30, 2006, at 19:25, Sander Steffann wrote:
> [...]
>
>> People might get scared :)  It is good that attention is given to  the 
>> risks of badly secured DNS servers, but scaring the public like  this...
>
> Indeed. Though personally speaking, I don't accept Sirer's  methodolody 
> let alone his concluions about "vulnerabilities" or badly  secured name 
> servers. Which doesn't for a moment mean the DNS has no  vulnerablities or 
> badly secured servers. These do of course exist.  Just not in the way Emil 
> Gun Sirer has suggested.

I completely agree. I already mentioned it to some people at RIPE-52, but I 
forgot to mention it here. It's also on slashdot:

  [Perils of DNS at RIPE-52]
  http://it.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=06/04/26/1247240

- Sander