Threat actors are using Domain Name System (DNS) tunneling to track when their targets open phishing emails and click on malicious links, and to scan networks for potential vulnerabilities. DNS ...

Personally, one of the main reasons I like to run my own DNS server at home is to protect my privacy. DNS isn't encrypted by default, unless you've got DNSSEC setup to encrypt your DNS queries. A DNS ...

The Cloudflare hiccup involved a sequencing change that confused some systems, and Cloudflare quickly walked it back, but the ...

There are several ways to troubleshoot the DNS on your network or device. First, try pinging a domain with its IP address.

In doing a check of our DNS servers recently, I was surprised to find that they would resolve requests that weren’t coming from our network. We have been experiencing some bandwidth congestion issues ...

Cisco has seen double the trouble with a domain name system (DNS) issue affecting some of its switches, alongside a new ...

Cloudflare is an old hand at speeding up corporate internet services with its content delivery network (CDN). The company is also a pro at blocking Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attacks. Now, ...

When you surf the Internet, you refer to computers and websites by their domain name, such as "google.com." The Internet, however, uses IP addresses to route traffic. Every time you type a domain name ...

I'm envisioning a WiFi network that is NOT connected to the Internet. (A wireless network for sharing data/info.) But this WiFi access point has a Linux server connected to it, too.<BR><BR>When people ...

DNS (Domain Name System) settings in Windows help your computer translate website names into IP addresses. However, many of us tend to use a third-party DNS, such as Google Public DNS, as it is often ...

I've got my Ubuntu 10.10 server and I'm trying to set up DNS so that it will track the computers that connect to my local network. [treading close to flame bait] I had done this once under Gentoo, but ...

Topher, an avid Mac user for the past 15 years, has been a contributing author to MacFixIt since the spring of 2008. One of his passions is troubleshooting Mac problems and making the best use of Macs ...