Time and Relative Data in Security were the key issues in the DNS issue. Attackers who can configure a router in your path can redirect everything, without you knowing, not just traffic that relies on name resolution. It would be nice to see some academics query whatever data (hint) they can find on recent DNS activity to produce some practical research, rather than trying to decipher five year old worm data or yet another port scan. If you always believe your vendor (i.e., you’re naive), answer no — and start testing.”]
Source: https://taosecurity.blogspot.com/2008/07/dns-and-cyber-tardis-problem.html