Security News > 2015 > December > Attack Against DNS Root Servers (Schneier on Security)
2015-12-15 06:19
Has anyone been following the attack against the DNS root servers two weeks ago? Details. I can't precisely explain why, but this feels like someone testing an attack capability. For defense: it's long past time to implement source address validation in the DNS system....
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https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2015/12/attack_against_.html
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