DNS trouble knocks NSA off Internet

Rep · 17th May 2008, 14:34

'Our techs are working on it,' says an agency spokeswoman

http://www.computerworld.com/action/...icleId=9085940

"Say there was some Apache or Windows vulnerability and hackers controlled that server, they would now own the DNS server for nsa.gov," he said. "That really surprised me. I wouldn't think that these guys would do something like that."

Anyone care to shed a tear?

p-b · 17th May 2008, 14:40

Uhhh...

joker999 · 17th May 2008, 15:18

Ahhh...

drake · 17th May 2008, 18:13

"In fact, the NSA has made some basic security mistakes with its DNS servers, according to McPherson. The NSA should have hosted its two authoritative DNS servers on different machines, so that if a technical glitch knocked one of the servers offline, the other would still be reachable. Compounding the problem is the fact that the DNS servers are hosted on a machine that is also being used as a Web server for the NSA's National Computer Security Center."

rofl

MoP · 17th May 2008, 19:41

Ahahah NSA = total n00bs

chiQ · 17th May 2008, 21:19

Christ, that's pretty basic stuff they've screwed up, right there :/

Biff · 17th May 2008, 23:56

I have a mate that did some work for the NSA he <post content removed per section 5 subsection 2a NSA. End of line.>

17th May 2008, 21:19	#6
chiQ Frag-muff	Christ, that's pretty basic stuff they've screwed up, right there :/ __________________ Gaming/phone/computing platforms are not indicative of groinal/physical/cognitive impressiveness.

17th May 2008, 14:34	#1
Rep	DNS trouble knocks NSA off Internet 'Our techs are working on it,' says an agency spokeswoman http://www.computerworld.com/action/...icleId=9085940 "Say there was some Apache or Windows vulnerability and hackers controlled that server, they would now own the DNS server for nsa.gov," he said. "That really surprised me. I wouldn't think that these guys would do something like that." Anyone care to shed a tear?

17th May 2008, 18:13	#4
drake	"In fact, the NSA has made some basic security mistakes with its DNS servers, according to McPherson. The NSA should have hosted its two authoritative DNS servers on different machines, so that if a technical glitch knocked one of the servers offline, the other would still be reachable. Compounding the problem is the fact that the DNS servers are hosted on a machine that is also being used as a Web server for the NSA's National Computer Security Center." rofl

17th May 2008, 19:41	#5
MoP	Ahahah NSA = total n00bs __________________ And if a double-decker lol, rofls into us, To lol by your side Is such a heavenly way to lol

17th May 2008, 23:56	#7
Biff	I have a mate that did some work for the NSA he <post content removed per section 5 subsection 2a NSA. End of line.>