Commonly used strategy for website protection might not work
Tuesday, April 12, 2016 - 18:00
in Mathematics & Economics
Cloud-based security providers commonly use DNS redirection to protect customers' websites. The success of this strategy depends on shielding the website's original IP address. Computer scientists have now revealed that the IP address can be retrieved in more than 70 percent of the cases. This means that the DNS redirection security mechanism can easily be bypassed.