I read that there are two types of redirect attacks on DNS servers
1) Man-in-Middle
2) DNS poisoning
what is the difference between these two types ?
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This question appears to be off-topic because it is about network security and is not programming-related. – Eugene Mayevski 'Callback Jan 07 '14 at 11:03
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1I didn't mention programming !! – Mahmoud Hanafy Jan 07 '14 at 14:31
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Indeed, and thus your question is inappropriate here. – Eugene Mayevski 'Callback Jan 07 '14 at 15:10
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Man in the middle is to get informations exchanged by two users.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Man-in-the-middle_attack
[...] making them believe that they are talking directly to each other over a private connection, when in fact the entire conversation is controlled by the attacker [...]
DNS poisoning is done to alter the data.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DNS_spoofing
[...] it is considered poisoned, and it supplies the false data to clients [...]
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I guess the man in the middle may attack a dns request, which causes the redirect attack which the user faces, right? – Re Captcha Jan 07 '14 at 08:13
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1@user2806799 It may be this way, or just using hardware injection point without DNS implication, I guess. (see : DNS poisinong is 'specific' to DNS) – cubitouch Jan 07 '14 at 08:32