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July 10th, 2008, 12:54 AM
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 Internet flaw could let hackers take over the Web
Attackers could use the vulnerability to route Internet users wherever they wanted no matter what website address is typed into a web browser.
Security researcher Dan Kaminsky of IOActive stumbled upon the Domain Name System (DNS) vulnerability about six months ago and reached out to industry giants including Microsoft, Sun and Cisco to collaborate on a solution.
Yahoo news story
more details and online tool
Check to see if you have the vulnerability using the tool.
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