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Nominum: Keeping DNS safe and sound

CEO Tom Tovar talks about the continual growth of attacks to the Internet

      

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What’s in an IP address? Well, quite a lot these days. Earlier this summer, it was revealed that the DNS may be vulnerable to attacks — as discovered Dan Kaminsky, a Seattle-based researcher at the security firm IOActive. In this Audiocast, Editor in Chief Sean Buckley talks to Tom Tovar, Chief Executive Officer of DNS provider Nominum, about the ever-changing role and duty of the Domain Name System (DNS).

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Tovar answers the following questions in this Audiocast:

• To start, can you talk about the role of DNS in today’s networks? What applications does it touch?

• How do service providers manage DNS and how does Nominum support DNS?

• Can you explain more about the recent DNS flaw found by Dan Kaminsky, and how the Kaminsky attack impacts service providers?

• What are the implications of "pharming," and why is it so dangerous as compared to earlier exploits?

• How has Nominum worked with its customers regarding the vulnerability?

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