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Windows weakness can lead to network traffic hijacks

 
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PostPosted: Mon Mar 26, 2007 2:11 pm    Post subject: Windows weakness can lead to network traffic hijacks Reply with quote
Microsoft
is warning of an attack that could be used to divert someone's web traffic
through a malicious proxy server. A malicious WPAD.dat file could be placed in
the Domain Name System (DNS) or the Windows Internet Naming Service (WINS),
Microsoft said. The client application, looks in DNS or WINS to resolve the name ...read more
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