While users use domain names to visit most websites, the actual address of the server hosting the site uses an IP address. Domain Name System, or DNS, servers translate domain names and then direct ...

This week, I’m once again delaying the next installment in the business continuity event management series to discuss what I believe is one of the most valuable free solutions for identifying DNS risk ...

Released with Windows 2000 and later versions, Nslookup is a command-line tool that lets you test and troubleshoot Domain Name System (DNS) resolution. To start nslookup, open a command prompt and ...

Since Google decided to launch its own DNS service, we've dug into finding the fastest domain name server and knowing if yours failed. If you're on a GNOME-based Linux system, you can also try any DNS ...

My older kid was trying to apply for college at a university in Florida. Perversely, its website refused to appear. He tried Safari, Firefox, and Chrome on his Mac and Safari on his iPhone. Only his ...

DNSChanger, a piece of malware that re-routed vast swathes of Internet traffic through rogue DNS servers after users became infected, was shut down by the FBI late last year. But simply shutting down ...

The DNSSEC protocol will bring improved security to the internet but also larger packet sizes. Before you run into problems, you can check that your resolver is able to cope with these larger packets, ...

Basic: For increasing the speed of Domain Name Resolution so that the Internet browsing becomes a bit faster. The server IP addresses, in this case, are: 77.88.8.8 and 77.88.8.1 I was primarily ...