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Alert: Major Internet Security Flaw
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All of us in the SharePoint community need to get the word out on this one: http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/technology/2008/08/internet-securi.html

"Acclaimed Internet security researcher Dan Kaminsky detailed a flaw in the current architecture of the Internet today, firing the starting gun for a race between hackers who can now take advantage of the vulnerability and the big companies who have yet to patch their systems..."

Get in touch with your IT folks to make sure your servers have been updated.  This vulnerability enables hackers to bypass any SSL due to a vulnerability at the DNS level.  You cant patch your machine since this is coming from the DNS.  Check out the link to read the full article.

 

Posted 08-06-2008 7:03 PM by mkruger
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