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Dissing DNS

Windows Server's DNS has a vulnerability so severe that Microsoft rushed out a security bulletin that includes workarounds. A hacker could use the hole to run code as a local administrator, essentially taking total control of the system.

While this isn't great news, hats off to Microsoft for confronting the issue so aggressively!

Posted by Doug Barney on April 16, 2007


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