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Definitions of dns poisoning:

• The substitution of a false Internet provider address at the domain name service level (eg where web addresses are converted into numeric Internet provider addresses).
  www.parliament.vic.gov.au/sarc/E-Democracy/Final_Report/Glossary.htm
• DNS cache poisoning is a technique that tricks a DNS server into believing it has received authentic information when, in reality, it has not. Once the DNS server has been poisoned, the information is generally cached for a while, spreading the effect of the attack to the users of the server.
  en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DNS_poisoning

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