DNS Flaw: Cat's out of the bag! Test your DNS RIGHT NOW!

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They got my work one safe now & my home (Charter) has been for a while.
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Well if everybody used "web 2.0" we would not be having this problem!
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I just checked the DNS of my AT&T Cell Data service, it said it seamed safe
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Better DNS Checker. The other one was giving some ambiguous results. Ideally all test results should be "GREAT": http://entropy.dns-oarc.net/test/
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All great at work.
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FlyingPenguin wrote:Better DNS Checker. The other one was giving some ambiguous results. Ideally all test results should be "GREAT": http://entropy.dns-oarc.net/test/
well,, mine were not "ideal".

of the 3 dns resolver/s tested, each said:
" ... appears to have POOR source port randomness and GREAT transaction ID randomness."
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I checked it when you posted this thread and it was vulnerable, now Road Runner's DNS servers are patched just fine.
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Better DNS tester: http://entropy.dns-oarc.net/test/

Interesting video of a visualization presenting doxpara DNS patch propagating across the Net.

https://www.clarifiednetworks.com/KaminskyDNS

Red — Unpatched
Yellow — Patched, but the NAT is screwing things up
Green — OK

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Charter's good.
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cool video
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