Severity: High 9 August, 2011 Summary: This vulnerability affects: The DNS service that ships with the Server versions of Windows How an attacker exploits it: By sending specially crafted DNS queries Impact: In the worst case, an attacker gains complete control of your DNS server What to do: Deploy the appropriate Windows update immediately, or let Windows Automatic … [Read more...]
Microsoft Black Tuesday: IE9 and DNS Server Flaws Pose Critical Risk
Are you ready for a long week of patching? Microsoft's August Patch Day is live, with thirteen security bulletins that fix 22 security vulnerabilities in their popular software packages. The flaws affect many Microsoft products, including: Windows and its many components (like DNS server) Internet Explorer Visio the .NET Framework and Visual Studio. Microsoft only rates … [Read more...]
WatchGuard's DNS Proxy Supports DNSSEC
On Wednesday May 5, the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) (and other partners) plan to complete the first phase of DNSSEC introduction, by rolling DNSSEC out to all thirteen of the Internet's root DNS servers. DNSSEC makes some significant changes to the way typical DNS traffic "looks" to networking devices. As a result, some experts worry that … [Read more...]
