"There are already credible reports of increased DNS cache-poisoning attacks "in the wild," which indicate that attackers are attempting to exploit this vulnerability. Emerging technical details have caused Gartner to revise its original view of the potential enterprise impact of this vulnerability and the urgency of the enterprise response to it."



August 8, 2008
 
   
 
Newly developed attacks on Domain Name System (DNS) servers represent one of the most significant threats to Internet security in the last decade. Because DNS is used by nearly all networked applications – including email, Web browsing, ecommerce, Internet telephony and more – the new attacks threaten the basis of modern communications and commerce. No DNS system is completely immune, and there are no comprehensive quick fixes. Network security experts and responsible vendors have rallied to address the flaws, and initial, short-term fixes have been released. However, the longer-term solutions to securing DNS are still being debated, and there have already been successful attacks on patched DNS systems. Experts agree that networked organizations need to prepare for an extended “arms race” of new DNS attacks followed by incremental fixes until a comprehensive solution is developed. Infoblox provides tools that let you quickly test assess your infrastructure, discover design weaknesses, and implement a “DNS Firewall” that provides a layer of dynamic protection between attackers and your exisiting systems.
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