OpenDNS Founder and CTO David Ulevitch has been invited to speak about the future of DNS security at RSA 2009 in San Francisco. This is big news for a few reasons - first because more than 2,800 very well-qualified people submitted to speak for only 240 slots, and second because DNS security is arguably one of handful of network security priorities for 2009.
We talked a bit a few months ago about the fact that so many networks remain vulnerable to the DNS hole Dan Kaminsky discovered. Some estimates are as high as 25%, which is amazing given the potential damage the vulnerability represents. Reasons given for the failure to take action are simple — people just don’t know how to patch, or that something as simple as setting up OpenDNS will secure their network.
That’s precisely why David’s talk is so important, and likely why RSA wants him to be there. If you’re planning to be at RSA, David’s talk is one not to be missed. Check it out on Friday, April 24 at 9 a.m. More details here.
Ray
You may want to fix the SSL hole (MD5 on your site’s certificate) before the conference.
posted on January 23rd, 2009 at 1:02 pm
Kevin Severud
Perhaps someone should tell Network Solutions to attend this talk:
http://blog.networksolutions.com/2009/potential-latency-on-network-solutions-dns/
posted on January 23rd, 2009 at 10:14 pm
Duane
Cool.
When will the Stat capability be back online?
posted on February 7th, 2009 at 9:25 am
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[…] Dienst für die Beantwortung von DNS-Anfragen, interessiert sich schon seit längerem für die Sicherheit des Domain Name Systems und bietet seit längerem unter anderem einen Phishingfilter an der fragwürdige Seiten blockiert. […]
posted on February 8th, 2009 at 11:03 am
David Ulevitch
@Ray — Fixed.
posted on March 30th, 2009 at 2:00 pm