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Being in jail, if I read the article correctly. The "malicious" DNS servers are currently operated by the good guys.

• aqme28 15y ago
  Well that's a good point, but if a new hacker comes along with a DNS hack, that site can easily become more harmful than beneficial.
  • pmjordan 15y ago
    Yet another reason to try to solve this one out properly as quickly as possible. But I do find it worrying that e.g. http://dns-ok.de/ http://dns-ok.de/ is a non-SSL site. Furthermore, it shows the German federal government's emblem and the T-Mobile and Avira logos, presumably to convey trustworthiness. Those logos are trivially faked, so I'm not sure it's a good idea training users to associate them with trust.
    • sp332 15y ago
      Showing the logos would be illegal without authorization. The companies and the government are much more likely to get involved over fraud that directly involves them. So it raises the stakes significantly for any forger.
      • pmjordan 15y ago
        Considering the main use of hacked DNS is going to be stealing login info by redirecting to fraudulent versions of websites, I don't think these criminals will have a problem forging logos.