There has been a long history of attacks on the DNS ranging from brute-force denial-of-service attacks to targeted attacks requiring specialized software. In July 2008 a new DNS cache-poisoning attack ...

Few recent Internet threats have made such a big impact as security researcher Dan Kaminsky's discovery, in 2008, of fundamental flaws in the Domain Name System (DNS) protocol that can be used by ...

Simple steps can make the difference between losing your online accounts or maintaining what is now a precious commodity: Your privacy. Read now Here's how it works: First, DNS is the internet's ...

In this episode of eSpeaks, Jennifer Margles, Director of Product Management at BMC Software, discusses the transition from traditional job scheduling to the era of the autonomous enterprise. eSpeaks’ ...

Is it weird to say that DNS is my favorite protocol? Because DNS is my favorite protocol. There's something about the simplicity of UDP packets combined with the power of a service that the entire ...

The short answer is being paranoid about tackling a known vulnerability. It's 2001, and Daniel J. Bernstein (DJB), author of the then popular djbdns security-aware DNS implementation, is applying ...

In today's connected workplace, webpage errors are a major headache for IT administrators. A good place to begin your troubleshooting is with the DNS cache. For the uninitiated, DNS refers to Domain ...

This week, I’m once again delaying the next installment in the business continuity event management series to discuss what I believe is one of the most valuable free solutions for identifying DNS risk ...

Simply put, Domain Name System (DNS) is the phone book of the internet. It’s the system that converts website domain names (hostnames) into numerical values (IP address) so they can be found and ...