Tilde Lowengrimm on Nostr: It's scary that this researcher was able to co-opt old hardcoded WHOIS and point out ...
It's scary that this researcher was able to co-opt old hardcoded WHOIS and point out how much damage that enables. More terrifying, I think, is the reminder the incredible power that legitimate registries and their actual WHOIS services have had this whole time. arstechnica.com/security/2024/09/rogue-whois-server-gives-researcher-superpowers-no-one-should-ever-have/
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