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Alarm Sounded on Hijacking of DNS System Through DNS Cache Poisoning – Massive Fix Effort
Several industry giants and Internet security firms have been quietly collaborating to roll out an Internet-wide system of patches to block a hole in the Internet’s DNS system, which allows for DNS cache poisoning. DNS, which stands for Domain Name System, translates domain names to the actual number-based address on the Internet at which the computer for that domain resides, allowing computers to find each other, such as to visit a website.