RE: DNS flaw for home users...

["Murda Mcloud" <murdamcloud () bigpond com>]

Bit of searching netted me this on Kaminsky's site:

http://www.doxpara.com/ 
Click on the DNS checker. 
Also here:
https://www.dns-oarc.net/

the second one gives pretty graphs.




> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Murda Mcloud [mailto:murdamcloud () bigpond com]
> > Sent: Thursday, July 24, 2008 11:16 AM
> > To: 'security-basics () securityfocus com'
> > Subject: DNS flaw for home users...
> >
> > With all the brouhaha surrounding the DNS flaw that Dan Kaminsky has
> > hinted at and others have 'accidentally' disclosed or stumbled upon, what
> > kind of advice would you be giving to home users?
> >
> > Obviously the whole push is towards patching and trying to do that before
> > the evil ones work out how to create an exploit(maybe they already have
> > <shrug>).
> > But, that means home users are left to wonder whether their ISP has
> > patched.
> > What should they do? Ask their ISP? Try and run an exploit against their
> > ISP's DNS?(joke...I'm joking..sheesh, lighten up).
> >
> > I've tried explaining it to some people here and used a simplified
> > version of the deli ticket thing but people's eyes still glaze over.
> > So...is it even worth me worrying? Is this a rhetorical post...?
> > Yes, I know that the hole has been there for a long time and no-one
> > (really)worried about it before etc etc.