breakingpoint

Watch network engineers save the world, one server at a time

Alaska Miller ยท 08/07/08 02:20PM

Last week we learned from Dan Kaminsky that DNS servers โ€” computers that translate domain names into the numerical IP addresses machines use to locate each other on the Internet โ€” had a security issue, all around the world, that made them vulnerable to hackers. In fact HD Moore, the man who wrote an exploit for the bug got hacked himsef. Here's a time-lapse video showing the progression of network engineers working overtime to apply software patches to servers.