How Chromium reduced Root DNS traffic
Guest Post: Chromium is driving a reduction in DNS root server traffic. Let’s put some numbers to it.
Tag: DNS
Reduce requests to critical DNS zones with LocalRoot
Guest Post: When an authoritative DNS name server is temporarily unavailable, the ISP cache helps ride out the DNS bumps. Why not pre-cache important information with LocalRoot?
Whac-A-Mole: Six years of DNS spoofing
Guest post: Where does DNS spoofing occur? How often? Is it increasing? Researchers examined six years of data to find out.
New tool to sniff out DNS usage
Guest post: A new tool that uses DNS cache snooping on public DNS resolvers to measure the prevalence of rare applications and domains on the Internet.
Three of the best: Geoff Huston
Geoff Huston had some great posts published in 2020. Check out his insights into the DNS and all things Internet.
The challenges of operating a root name server
Guest Post: There are 13 root servers around the world and they’re crucial to running the DNS. So what does it take to run one?
First M-Root anycast instance deployed under new MoU
The first of a series of new M-Root anycast instances has been deployed as part of an agreement between APNIC, WIDE and JPRS.
DSC and DNSTAP allow you to monitor all the DNS
Guest Post: DNSTAP’s ability to capture raw data enables users to have a greater insight into encrypted DNS.
Improving the privacy of DNS and DoH with oblivion
Are newly proposed DNS privacy measures bringing us closer to application-level autonomy from existing infrastructure?
Measuring the impact of DNS Flag Day 2020
Just how bad is packet fragmentation loss in the DNS? See the results of DNS Flag Day 2020.