full-disclosure - Re: Working to get more people to check if their infected with DNS Changer

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Date: Wed, 04 Apr 2012 14:41:25 -0400
From: Valdis.Kletnieks@...edu
To: Gage Bystrom <themadichib0d@...il.com>
Cc: demonsdebason@...il.com,
	"full-disclosure@...ts.grok.org.uk" <full-disclosure@...ts.grok.org.uk>
Subject: Re: Working to get more people to check if their
	infected with DNS Changer

On Wed, 04 Apr 2012 10:09:12 -0700, Gage Bystrom said:

> You forget that the culprits have already been caught, no one is there in
> order to issue an update to circumvent the check site.

In *this* case.  Just keep in mind the *general* case where the miscreants are
still on the loose and can still target you for mischief. In that case,
demonsdebason is right - checking a DNS mapping without DNSSEC or similar isn't
guaranteed to reveal an infection, because the attacker can still lie to you...

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