On the Anatomy of a DNS Attack – Types, Technical Capabilities, and Mitigation

The Domain Name System (DNS), with its quirks, kinks, and compulsion to create unnecessarily long acronyms is a world of its own (design). At this point, any DNS treatise, article, paper, or cheat sheet, makes Encyclopedia Britannica’s letter “A” volume look like a “quit smoking” leaflet. There’s a perfectly sound reason behind DNS’s complexity – everything […]

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