Analysis of information sources in references of the Wikipedia article "Dan Kaminsky" in English language version.
"We worked with vendors on a coordinated patch," said Kaminsky, noting this is the first time such a coordinated multi-vendor synchronized patch release has ever been carried out. Microsoft, Sun, ISC's DNS Bind, and Cisco have readied DNS patches, said Kamisnky. "The patch was selected to be as non-disruptive as possible." ... Lack of an applied patch in the ISP infrastructure would mean "they could go after your ISP or Google and re-direct them pretty much wherever they wanted." Both current and older versions of DNS may be vulnerable, Kaminsky says, and patches may not be available for older DNS software. He says Yahoo was vulnerable because it uses an older version of BIND but had committed to upgrading to BIND 9.0.
The cybersecurity world woke up Saturday to news of the sudden passing of Dan Kaminsky, a celebrated hacker who is widely credited with pioneering research work on DNS security.
"We worked with vendors on a coordinated patch," said Kaminsky, noting this is the first time such a coordinated multi-vendor synchronized patch release has ever been carried out. Microsoft, Sun, ISC's DNS Bind, and Cisco have readied DNS patches, said Kamisnky. "The patch was selected to be as non-disruptive as possible." ... Lack of an applied patch in the ISP infrastructure would mean "they could go after your ISP or Google and re-direct them pretty much wherever they wanted." Both current and older versions of DNS may be vulnerable, Kaminsky says, and patches may not be available for older DNS software. He says Yahoo was vulnerable because it uses an older version of BIND but had committed to upgrading to BIND 9.0.
