Details about the massive Domain Name System flaw revealed less than two weeks ago were made public on the Internet Monday. Halvar Flake, a reverse engineering expert, posted a hypothetical theory about the vulnerability on his blog. A few hours later, a researcher at Matasano Security who knew the specifics about the bug posted a response to Flake’s blog, confirming his hypothesis. Shortly afterwards, the Matasano post was removed, and company executive Thomas Ptacek apologized, admitting that the company had “dropped the ball.”
