rmeyer@mhsc.COM (Roeland M.J. Meyer) writes:
That's not what Paul said.
Randy Bush writes: this is false and specious garbage
Both statements are true. You can hijack domain names and insert bogus data in caches without hacking any root servers. It is much easier to just e-mail a domain modify template to NSI, and insert some bogus IP addresses for certain names. Similar to what happened to AOL last year (actually it appears to be a glue issue on some NS records).
I think some people are getting too wrapped up in some really exotic attacks on DNS, when the simple ones still work.
Who was it that said, "never attribute to malice..." While the clever pranks/attacks are interesting and potentially very disruptive, simple mistakes and social manipulation can/do cause lots of highly visable impact. Somewhat akin to tossing a lighted match into a powder keg. I hope these "fireworks" prove to be a dud and that our respective holidays are safe, quiet, and productive. --bill