Web security DNS patch not so secure: Is DNSSEC the answer?

By: Daniel Chubb | Posted: August 9, 2008 | 1 Comment
Filed under: Computers

This year most of the world found out about a major flaw in the Domain Name System (DNS), and while there has been a web security DNS patch released, it may not be that secure.

It looks like this patch for the web security hole has leaks of its own, and a Russian physicist, Evgeniy Polyakov, proved this.

While the network administrators around the world are racing to fix this problem with a patch on their systems, it looks like its still vulnerable and will still be exploited by criminals.

Evgeniy Polyakov has already fooled the DNS in under 10 hours, even after its been patched. This would allow him to redirect Internet traffic to another domain, you may think your on the real banking website, when you may not be.

The current problem is in the fact that DNS was invented in 1983 for services that were not meant to be secure enough for electronic banking.

Many web security expects see something called DNSSEC as the answer, you can read more about this here. View other computer news here.

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