Kaminsky Bug Options Include "Do Nothing," Says IETF 134
netbuzz writes "Meeting in Minneapolis this week, the Internet engineering community is debating whether to aggressively fashion and apply fixes for the so-called Kaminsky bug in the DNS discovered this summer, or to simply let its threat stand as motivation for all to move with greater speed toward DNSSEC, which is considered the best long-term security solution. Problem with the latter approach is that DNSSEC has been in the works for a decade already, no one is confident it will be universally embraced, and the Kaminsky flaw is causing real problems today.
DNS (Score:5, Funny)
DNS to slashdot has been hacked .... (Score:3, Funny)
and I am reading the wrong site. The aliens can return the real slashdot now. Surely IETF would never choose to "Do Nothing" :-)
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Re:How many legs does the Kaminsky bug have? (Score:5, Funny)
It's a space station. You don't need a vacuum cleaner. Just open a window.
Re:How many legs does the Kaminsky bug have? (Score:2, Funny)
If it's eight, then it's probably that missing space station spider!
I'll stand here shaking in the corner emitting arachnophobic screams...
I'm sorry, I can't hear you scream...
Re:sounds familiar (Score:3, Funny)
*whoosh*...
You really should have your humor circuits checked you know ?
YHBT
Re:How many legs does the Kaminsky bug have? (Score:4, Funny)
It's a space station. You don't need a vacuum cleaner. Just open a window.
No way! That would make a vacuum dirtier!
Re:Minneapolis? (Score:4, Funny)
I don't know much about this sort of thing, but I bet it's relatively cheap to book in cold-weather cities in the winter.
As a side benefit, it annoys Californians. Win all around.
Re:DNS (Score:5, Funny)
To know recursion, you must first know recursion.
Re:DNS (Score:3, Funny)
Consider my mind officially blown.
Re:DNS (Score:5, Funny)
You keep that up, I might just blow my stack.
Re:sounds familiar (Score:4, Funny)
Trust me, there's very little need for Trojans at a typical IETF meeting.
Re:DNS (Score:1, Funny)
I've looked up www.dildomall.com and it's 216.8.179.24, you insensitive clod!