Believe it or not, password safety is a big issue.  It has gotten to the point where, for certain websites, you can easily gain access to any password online.  If you use Yahoo Mail, Hotmail, have a blog, myspace, or any online account that requires a password, you may want to make sure YOUR password is strong and safe.

Today, using your last name followed by your favorite year just doesn’t always cut it.  So how does one stay safe?

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If you haven’t read it yet, go ahead and view my previous post about this Dangerous DNS Problem:

http://www.funkytower.com/2008/08/06/dangerous-dns-problem/

DNS is what has revolutionized and, in many ways, helped create the spectacular online environment we have today, know as the World Wide Web.  We use DNS for virtually everything, from e-mail, to myspace, to online banking, to having internet access itself.  DNS is what converts an ip address (a bunch of numbers that identify a system) to a name like www.funkytower.com, or pop.domain.com, etc.  The flaw which has been found is very scary, as it can potentially change the course of our entire life.  This flaw could allow malicious persons  to duplicate any domain name.

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If you’re a web designer, web host, deal with or are remotely interested in Domain Name Servers, then this should be of grave importance to you.

Recently, a huge threat to DNS, the system that translates IP Addresses to unique names (and vice verce), creating URLs such as funkytower.com, has been discovered.  This threat would allow malicious users to impersonate almost any website on the Internet. 

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