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brianiscool

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Comcast would loose cash on redirection that is why they patched this DNS issue so quickly
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said by brianiscool See Profile :

Comcast would loose cash on redirection that is why they patched this DNS issue so quickly
And how would they lose cash?

1 - If their DNS servers were cache poisoned by this exploit it could cost their users some money if their identities were stolen when going to their online banking accounts and were misdirected to a phishing page. It wouldn't cost Comcast anything.

2 - Comcast doesn't run a redirection service to their own search page with ads when a user mistypes a domain name. So no money lost there.

So maybe you could enlighten us on how they would have lost money by not patching this flaw.
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said by brianiscool See Profile :

stop poisoning our minds
Care to respond to TK Junk Mail? I would like to know how they are "losing cash" as you put it.
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said by brianiscool See Profile :

Comcast would loose cash on redirection that is why they patched this DNS issue so quickly
And how would they lose cash?

1 - If their DNS servers were cache poisoned by this exploit it could cost their users some money if their identities were stolen when going to their online banking accounts and were misdirected to a phishing page. It wouldn't cost Comcast anything.

2 - Comcast doesn't run a redirection service to their own search page with ads when a user mistypes a domain name. So no money lost there.

So maybe you could enlighten us on how they would have lost money by not patching this flaw.
they will get sued
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