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Critical BIND DoS – Daily Security Byte EP.121

July 31, 2015 By Corey Nachreiner

The most popular DNS server on the market, BIND, suffers from a new denial of service (DoS) vulnerability that’s trivial to exploit. Watch today’s episode to learn what to do.

(Episode Runtime: 1:21)

Direct YouTube Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZxsRs9Ll2-g

EPISODE REFERENCES:

  • BIND suffers from easy to exploit DoS flaw – SC Magazine
  • Another good description of the BIND flaw – Ars Technica
  • ISC BIND’s advisory on the issue – ISC.org
  • Robert Graham’s write-up on BIND DoS – Errata Security

— Corey Nachreiner, CISSP (@SecAdept)

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