Tutorial On DNS Cache Poisoning (Redirect abc.com By Entering xyz.com In Address Bar)

Hello guys! Today I'm gonna post about a hacking technique named "DNS Spoofing or DNS Cache Poisoning". DNS cache poisoning is a computer hacking attack, whereby data is introduced into a Domain Name System (DNS) name server's cache database, causing the name server to return an incorrect IP address, diverting traffic to another computer (often the attacker's). This trick is commonly used by hackers for redirecting original site to fake site (like opening Facebook, Gmail, Orkut would open fake facebook, gmail, orkut). Let's understand it by taking an example:

Go to C:\Windows\ System32\ Drivers\ etc\ Hosts
Open it with notepad.
Write 67.195.160.76 www.google.com below 127.0.0.1 localhost like that:
127.0.0.1 localhost
67.195.160.76 www.google.com

Where 67.195.160.76 is IP address of yahoo, you can change it whatever you want. If you are thinking about knowing IP address of any site, then go to command prompt> Type ping site name, for e.g. ping www.facebook.com.

Note: Even you can use it for phishing purpose.

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Abhinav

March 6, 2012 at 11:42 PM delete

But we can do it only on that pc from which we have physical relationship....................................

But how we can do it if we don't have control over somebody else pc............