full-disclosure - Re: I'm not the only one who can't resolve phishtank.com, but some can..

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Message-ID: <20070325201035.GB2777@sentinelchicken.org>
Date: Sun, 25 Mar 2007 16:10:35 -0400
From: Tim <tim-security@...tinelchicken.org>
To: Michael Ward <mike-ward@....edu>
Cc: full-disclosure@...ts.grok.org.uk
Subject: Re: I'm not the only one who can't resolve
	phishtank.com, but some can..

> I'm on a Mac, so I'm pretty sure I don't have any DNS poisoning or  
> evil malware.  My hosts is intact:

Um, you might want to read the article.  If your upstream DNS cache is
poisoned, it doesn't matter what OS you're running.  Now, if you're
running your own secure cache that goes directly to the roots, then
you're right, you'd be immune to this specific attack.

tim

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