During the last BruCON edition (0x03), we operated our own DNS resolver. Instead of using public servers or the ones proposed by our ISP, pushing our own DNS resolver to network visitors can be really interesting. Of course, addicted to logs, I activated the “queries_log” feature of bind to log
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Integrate Blacklisting in your Own DNS Server
When you are connected to a network (Internet or private), your TCP/IP stack must know which DNS server(s) use to resolve host names into IP addresses. For a while, publicly alternative DNS servers – like OpenDNS or Google DNS – implemented a blacklist protection mechanism. If a domain is suspected
ISSA Belgian Chapter Meeting: DNS & Security
Back from an ISSA Belgian Chapter event about DNS & Security. As says Kris Buytaert on his blog: “Everything is a Freaking DNS problem!“. Today’s speaker was Marc Lampo who has a great DNS experience (a long time ago, he gained several years of experience as hostmaster while working for
Google Goes to DNS Resolving
Once again, Google hit hard! They announced yesterday a new service via their blog: Google Public DNS. The new Google baby is a public DNS resolver open to everyone. Just reconfigure your TCP/IP stack to use the following DNS server and you’re done! 8.8.8.8 8.8.4.4 Google’s arguments are in direct