Find out DNS Server Version With DNS Server Fingeprinting Tool

By hiding out DNS server version number you can improve server security. fpdns is a program that remotely determines DNS server versions. It does this by sending a series of borderline DNS queries which are compared against a table of responses and server versions. (just...

Restricting zone transfers with IP addresses in BIND DNS Server

DNS server can be attacked using various techniques such as: [a] DNS spoofing [b] Cache poisoning [c] Registration hijacking One of the simplest ways to defend is limit zone transfers between nameservers by defining ACL. I see many admin allows BIND to...

[Debian Sarge] Installing A Bind9 Master/Slave DNS System | HowtoForge - Linu...

In this tutorial two Bind DNS servers will be installed, one as the master and the other as a slave server. For security reasons Bind9 will be chrooted in its own jail. Using two servers for a domain is a commonly used setup and in order to host your own domain you are...

complete Debian Linux Server Setup Guide

Debian Installation,FTP Server Setup,Webserver Setup,Samba Server Setup,Database Server Setup,time clock sync server, Mail Server Configuration,VNC Server setup,Proxy Server Setup,SSH Server Setup,tftp Server Setup,DHCP Server Setup,  IPtables Configuration,DNS Server...

U.S. voices openness to private Net control

"WASHINGTON--The United States may be willing to cede at least some of its historic control of the Internet domain name system after all, a U.S. Commerce Department official said Wednesday. Despite bold statements last year that seemed to indicate otherwise and ignited a...

Dot-Con: "Registrars accused of hoarding 74,000 domain names"

"EURid, the organization that administers the .eu top-level domain, has suspended 74,000 domain names after launching a lawsuit against 400 American registrars for "breach of contract." The domains in question were all registered for three U.K.-based limited companies:...

OpenDNS wants to watch the web for you

"OpenDNS is a new start up that wants users to redirect web traffic through its DNS nameservers, where an unusually large cache and an aggregated list of sites deemed guilty of phishing will make our web surfing faster and safer. It’s free and as simple as changing your DNS...

Topographical pictures of the internets

" Thanks for the concern, but there are more than 13 root servers in the world, and we are very well protected against the DOS attack. 6 of the 13 root servers are mirrored using Anycast technology to...

How To Run Your Own Name Servers With ISPConfig And GoDaddy

This tutorial shows how you can run your own name servers for domains that you register with GoDaddy. Of course, this works with every other registrar as well, although the procedure might differ a little bit.To do this, you need two servers with two different public IP...

New York Passing New Domain Name Law

"In a move that flies in the face of established international guidelines, the New York Senate is pushing through a bill that would forbid registering the name of a living person with the purpose of selling the domain to that person." Sad that my tax dollars are being wasted...

ICANN Vancouver 2005

ICANN's 24th International Public Meeting this week in Vancouver.