The DNS fix was a human feat · Proposed air date:
Dr. Dave explains the DNS system as the Internet's address book, then describes Dan Kaminsky quietly coordinating major vendors to release protection for a fundamental weakness on the same day. What impresses him most is not only the technical discovery but the human achievement of keeping the problem controlled long enough to cooperate—followed by the irony that one important patch breaks many ZoneAlarm connections.
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