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Re: BIND bugs of the month (spoofing secure Web sites?)


From: listuser () SEIFRIED ORG (Kurt Seifried)
Date: Sun, 14 Nov 1999 15:40:16 -0700


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While DNS spoofs may be practical, impersonating an SSL-enabled Web
server requires considerably more than lying about IP addresses.

No, not really. The weak link is the end user, and they are generally
a VERY weak link. I wrote an article dealing with this:

<blatant corporate self-plug>
http://www.securityportal.com/closet/closet19990930.html
</blatant corporate self-plug>

-Peter

- -Kurt Seifried

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