When I first saw this story it read like fiction, or a movie synopsis, because of the way that the exact details are not being revealed yet, albeit quite understandably. The flaw exploits the internet's address mechanism, known as the Domain Name System (DNS). This maps the names we associate with websites to the true numerical addresses of their internet servers, in the same way that a mobile phone's ... Read full entry
A major flaw in the way the internet works
Posted by John Lampard on Thursday, 10 July, 2008 to the technology subset
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