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Re: DNS Cache poisoning and pdnsd



Hello,

On Wed, 09 Jul 2008, Kapil Hari Paranjape wrote:
> The Debian advisory does not mention the status of "pdnsd" w.r.t the
> DNS cache poisoning problem. A quick check seems to suggest that
> "pdnsd" also randomises the source port while sending out a query.

According to the following URL Dan Kaminsky's cat's whiskers may already
be out of the bag[*] and source port randomisation may not be enough.

http://addxorrol.blogspot.com/2008/07/on-dans-request-for-no-speculation.html

Regards,

Kapil.

[*] Sorry for the sub-metaphor --- I liked it so I added it.
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