____/ Ramon F Herrera on Saturday 31 May 2008 18:00 : \____
> On May 31, 3:50 am, Chris Mattern <sys...@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> ["Followup-To:" header set to comp.unix.solaris.]
>> On 2008-05-31, Ramon F Herrera <ra...@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>
>>
>>
>> >http://uptime.netcraft.com/up/graph?site=www.comcast.com
>> >http://uptime.netcraft.com/up/graph?site=www.comcast.net
>>
>> > "Two teenagers who say they hijacked Comcast's Web portal on Thursday
>> > also say they expect to be arrested for their actions."
>> > [...]
>>
>> >http://news.cnet.com/8301-10784_3-9956165-7.html
>>
>> > -RFH
>>
>> They didn't hack the site, they hacked Comcast's domain registration
>> with Network Solutions, enabling them to substitute their DNS
>> servers for Comcast's own by changing Network Solutions' DNS server
>> info. I'm not sure of exactly how they accomplished this, except
>> that Comcast's domain was anywhere near expiring, so they didn't do
>> it by just picking up the domain after Comcast let it lapse. While
>> I agree that Solaris and Linux are considerably more resistant to
>> being hacked than Windows, this one has to be chalked up to Network
>> Solution's awful change management and security, and not any weakness
>> in Windows.
>>
>> --
>> Christopher Mattern
>
>
> Wired magazine published an exclusive interview with one of the
> hackers. He claims that they took advantage of a security hole at
> Network Solutions, one that still exists but he refused to disclose.
> Network Solutions denies it.
>
> -RFH
Heise says it's SSL.
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