Critical Internet DNS flaw found by German Researchers

In a technical report, published by German researchers they demonstrate how with just a single DNS packet they can exhaust the DNS Server CPU and stall all widely-used DNS implementations and public DNS providers, such as Google Public DNS and Cloudflare. The impact of KeyTrap attacks is far-reaching. Exploiting KeyTrap, attackers can effectively disable Internet access in any system utilizing a DNSSEC-validating DNS resolver.

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