DDoS and the DNS
We don’t have to accept that the DNS has to be a victim of DDoS attacks.
Tag: DNS
DNS performance metrics: the logarithmic percentile histogram
Guest Post: Bert Hubert discusses two new tools that provide robust histograms of DNS performance to help monitor for slow performance.
IETF 100, Singapore: DNS over HTTP (DOH!)
There’s three easy ways to get a smile out of an IETF attendee.
Google fixes Public DNS Service
Google has fixed an IPv6 fragmentation handling problem in their Public DNS Service.
Verfploeter: Broad and load-aware anycast mapping
Guest Post: Verfploeter is a new, open-source anycast catchment mapping technique that provides almost four million vantage points.
DNS OARC 27: The fast and furious
Topics discussed at day two of DNS OARC 27 included the risks to the DNS associated with IPv6 and a project to reduce unnecessary traffic on the roots.
Thoughts on DNS-OARC 27
Some of the highlights from DNS-OARC 27 held in San Jose from 29 September to 3 October 2017.
Event Wrap: HKNOG 5.0
APNIC participated at HKNOG 5.0 in Hong Kong on 15 September 2017.
Not rolling the KSK
Why has the DNS Root Zone KSK roll been postponed? Geoff Huston digs into the data to explain.
DNS root server resilience: a smarter way
APNIC is supporting ISC to incorporate code changes to BIND, its open source DNS software, to help reduce the load on DNS root servers.