DNS Security

Defending the Domain Name System

Allan Liska, Geoffrey Stowe

• Publisher: Syngress
• Year: 2016
• Print ISBN:
  9780128033067
• eBook ISBN:
  9780128033395
• Topic: Computer Science
• Subtopic: Computer Networking
• Index: Computer Science

DNS Security: Defending the Domain Name System provides tactics on how to protect a Domain Name System (DNS) framework by exploring common DNS vulnerabilities, studying different attack vectors, and providing necessary information for securing DNS infrastructure. The book is a timely reference as DNS is an integral part of the Internet that is involved in almost every attack against a network. The book focuses entirely on the security aspects of DNS, covering common attacks against DNS servers and the protocol itself, as well as ways to use DNS to turn the tables on the attackers and stop an incident before it even starts. - Presents a multi-platform approach, covering Linux and Windows DNS security tips - Demonstrates how to implement DNS Security tools, including numerous screen shots and configuration examples - Provides a timely reference on DNS security, an integral part of the Internet - Includes information of interest to those working in DNS: Securing Microsoft DNS and BIND servers, understanding buffer overflows and cache poisoning, DDoS Attacks, pen-testing DNS infrastructure, DNS firewalls, Response Policy Zones, and DNS Outsourcing, amongst other topics

Table of contents

• Cover image
• Title page
• Table of Contents
• Copyright
• Dedication
• About the Authors
• Acknowledgments
• Chapter 1. Understanding DNS
• Chapter 2. Issues in DNS security
• Chapter 3. DNS configuration errors
• Chapter 4. External DNS exploits
• Chapter 5. DNS reconnaissance
• Chapter 6. DNS network security
• Chapter 7. BIND security
• Chapter 8. Windows DNS security
• Chapter 9. DNS outsourcing
• Chapter 10. DNSSEC
• Chapter 11. Anycast and other DNS protocols
• Index