Nearly everything on the internet begins with a Domain Name System (DNS) request. When you click a link on a website or send an email, the first thing your device does is consult a DNS to find out ...

I administrate a small Windows 2000 network with one W2K servers (BDC will be installed pretty soon). THE PDC also acts as the DNS server. Beginning two days ago, the DNS server stopped being able to ...

8.8.8.8 offers more than just a simple alternative—there are potentially privacy benefits, too.

An zero-day vulnerability in the DNS server service in Windows is under attack, Microsoft warned in a security advisory. The "limited attacks" are exploiting a stack ...

Stopping them dead in their tracks.

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, ...

Accessing the internet on your Windows computer is a complex process, and the DNS Client Service is crucial to the process. This service facilitates DNS resolution for servers you repeatedly visit by ...

We have a Windows 2003 server that serves DNS requests to our clients. It caches web requests. We're seeing a strange issue crop up from time to time and right now it's easily reproducible - external ...

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The upside can be better performance and resiliency with a down side of dire business impact if the DNS service provider suffers a catastrophic outage. As enterprises consider outsourcing their IT ...