DNS Cache Poisoning - don't get hacked

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Mr Kaminsky discovered a way for malicious hackers to hijack DNS and re-direct people to fake pages even if they typed in the correct address for a website.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/7546557.stm

 

 

Test your website: http://recursive.iana.org/

Test your computer: http://www.doxpara.com/

(if your pc is vulnerable, an easy fix is to use opendns' servers: http://opendns.com )

 

Disable recursion for your server: http://www.webhostgear.com/321.html

If your host hasn't disabled recursion yet, you may want to suggest they do.