DNS
DNS Cache Snooping
This research paper presents a technical overview of the technique known as DNS cache snooping. Firstly, a brief introduction to DNS is made followed by a discussion on common misconceptions ...
Written by: Luis Grangeia and added on March 12, 2011An Introduction To Distributed Intrusion Detection Systems
A distributed IDS (dIDS) consists of multiple Intrusion Detection Systems (IDS) over a large network, all of which communicate with each other, or with a central server that facilitates advanced ...
Written by: Nathan Einwechter and added on June 15, 2011An Introduction to Intrusion Detection Systems
In a nutshell, intrusion detection systems do exactly as the name suggests: they detect possible intrusions. More specifically, IDS tools aim to detect computer attacks and/or computer misuse, and to ...
Written by: Paul Innella, Oba McMillan, Tetrad Digital Integrity, LLC and added on May 9, 2011Domain Name System (DNS) Security
The Domain Name System (DNS) is vital to the Internet, providing a mechanism for resolving host names into Internet Protocol (IP) addresses. Insecure underlying protocols and lack of authentication and ...
Written by: Diane Davidowicz and added on April 6, 2011Sidewinder 5.1 Split DNS Architecture
This paper provides an operating system overview of Sidewinder, a short overview of a Generic Split DNS Architecture, and explains Sidewinder's Secure Split DNS Architecture. It also outlines two (2) ...
Written by: Charlene Keltz and added on Feb. 16, 2011The Evolving Threats to the Availability and Security of the Domain Name Service (DNS)
The objective of this paper provide a concise overview of the role of the Domain Name Server (DNS) system among the essential components that comprise the Internet and the World ...
Written by: John Holmblad and added on March 24, 2011Installation of a Red Hat 9.0 server with DNS
This paper seeks to provide an edited account of the work done by the author to create a minimal-install, primary DNS server based on a Linux platform. The document includes ...
Written by: Mark E. Chandler and added on May 18, 2011Security Issues with DNS
This document first reviews some basics about how DNS works, then goes into explaining the different ways a hacker can attack the DNS protocol implementation to use it to his ...
Written by: Florent Carli and added on April 14, 2011DNS, DNSSEC and the Future
The domain name system (DNS) is the means by which hosts find out the IP addresses of other machines from their universal resource locator. The key to DNS is its ...
Written by: David Hinshelwood and added on March 12, 2011How Secure are the Root DNS Servers?
This paper is intended as an overview for a general audience. References and links are provided for those who want more technical insight. The purpose is to provide the current ...
Written by: Susan Baranowski and added on June 11, 2011