[CS-FSLUG] OT: Security Watch: Beware of ungracious hosts (hosts files, that is).

[Fred A. Miller]

"A few weeks ago, I wrote about a new trend among identity thieves called 
pharming, where whole domains are hijacked, and users unwillingly find 
themselves on familiar-looking yet fraudulent Web sites. Pharming exploits a 
weakness in how the current Internet is structured, namely the Domain Name 
System (DNS), which translates easy-to-remember URLs into the IP addresses 
that networks use to route data packets across the Internet. Since that 
column, I've been thinking about other ways to accomplish a similar feat. For 
example, rather than poison or change the data on a remote DNS server, why 
not use a common file on your computer to redirect your desktop computer 
somewhere else instead?"

http://reviews.cnet.com/4520-3513_7-6159759-1.html?tag=nl.e501

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