All your dns records point to us: Understanding the security threats of dangling dns records

D Liu, S Hao, H Wang - Proceedings of the 2016 ACM SIGSAC …, 2016 - dl.acm.org
In a dangling DNS record (Dare), the resources pointed to by the DNS record are invalid, but
the record itself has not yet been purged from DNS. In this paper, we shed light on a largely …

B-DNS: A secure and efficient DNS based on the blockchain technology

Z Li, S Gao, Z Peng, S Guo, Y Yang… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2021 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The Domain Name System (DNS) plays a crucial role in the Internet. However, it is
vulnerable to many attacks such as the cache poisoning attack and DDoS attack. Though …

Blockchain backed dnssec

S Gourley, H Tewari - International Conference on Business Information …, 2018 - Springer
Abstract The traditional Domain Name System (DNS) does not include any security details,
making it vulnerable to a variety of attacks which were discovered in 1990. The Domain …

The forgotten side of dns: Orphan and abandoned records

R Sommese, M Jonker… - 2020 IEEE European …, 2020 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
DNS zone administration is a complex task involving manual work and several entities and
can therefore result in misconfigurations. Orphan records are one of these …

Domain name system security and privacy: A contemporary survey

A Khormali, J Park, H Alasmary, A Anwar, M Saad… - Computer Networks, 2021 - Elsevier
Abstract The Domain Name System (DNS) is one of the most important components of
today's Internet, and is the standard naming convention between human-readable domain …

A brief review of blockchain-based dns systems

S Al-Mashhadi, S Manickam - International Journal of …, 2020 - inderscienceonline.com
One of the crucial parts of the internet is the domain name system, which works as a
phonebook of the internet. The protocol is designed to be fast, reliable, and not shielded with …

DNS as an attack vector–and how businesses can keep it secure

C Marrison - Network Security, 2014 - Elsevier
The Domain Name System (DNS) is a foundational Internet technology that is used in every
non-trivial IP-based transaction and which, if it's not working properly, can bring the web to a …

Holes in the Geofence: Privacy Vulnerabilities in" Smart" DNS Services

RA Fainchtein, AJ Aviv, M Sherr, S Ribaudo… - arXiv preprint arXiv …, 2020 - arxiv.org
Smart DNS (SDNS) services advertise access to" geofenced" content (typically, video
streaming sites such as Netflix or Hulu) that is normally inaccessible unless the client is …

[PDF][PDF] Investing in security versus facing the consequences

F Howarth - White Paper by Bloor Research, 2010 - f5.com
Executive summary The internet and associated electronic communications mechanisms
have revolutionised the way that we handle information, connect with each other and …

Characterizing vulnerability of DNS AXFR transfers with global-scale scanning

M Skwarek, M Korczynski… - 2019 IEEE Security …, 2019 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In this paper, we consider security issues related to zone transfers by investigating the
responses of DNS servers to AXFR requests. In particular, we investigate how attackers can …