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PowerDNS Blog209d33PowerDNS Authoritative Server 5.1.0-alpha1 Released
PowerDNS Authoritative Server 5.1.0-alpha1 Every year during winter, we at PowerDNS benefit from our developers being snowed in and having no choice but to work on our codebase. Now that the snowdrifts are about...
Miek Gieben209d17Uncloud
I m playing with Uncloud to see if it is something we can use at $WORK. Pretty impressed with it already, as I ve written something worse pgo , that was (obviously) not good enough. Uncloud does: implement a subset of...
DNS reddit209d34Most DNS queries not using DoH/DoT in NextDNS.
submitted by /u/CaptainxDexter [link] [comments]
DNS reddit209d26Domain Spoofing Explained — How It Works & How to Actually..
Hey all, I've been working in email security/PKI for 20+ years and wrote up a comprehensive guide on domain spoofing — what it is, how attackers pull it off, and the step-by-step process to go from zero DMARC to...
DNS reddit210d30I built an interactive site to explain everything that...
I built a site that explains it visually :D https://shellcraft.vercel.app/ submitted by /u/uphiago [link] [comments]
DNS reddit210d30How to generate a secure, unique string for purposes of...
I'm building a new application that leverages domain name ownership. I need to verify that the account owner has control of the domain name they claim to control. From what I've seen in the past, it seems the correct way...
DNS reddit210d33Zenitium DNS - a fork of Technitium DNS
Hi there, i wanted to share my Fork of Technitium DNS by Shreyas Zare for everyone who is interested. I wrote the Maintainer of Technitium and shared my Repository with him, so he can use the code for his project....
DNS reddit210d36Detecting DNS amplification attacks in real-time —...
DNS open resolvers are commonly abused for amplification attacks (DNS floods). If you run any DNS infrastructure, you want to know about attacks within seconds, not after ISP notification. Built ftagent-lite (open...
DNS reddit211d34Accidentally created an open resolver for a month,...
submitted by /u/Droid_22 [link] [comments]
DNS reddit211d36DomainPreflight – browser-based DNS/email pre-flight...
Built this after getting frustrated with tools that tell you your DNS records exist but don't tell you whether they'll actually work together. What it checks in one place: PTR/rDNS validation SPF record lookup count...
Tony Finch211d39poached eggs
A few weeks ago I was enjoying a couple of boiled eggs (in the shell, with plenty of salt and pepper, and buttery fingers of toast to dunk into the runny yolk) and pondering how fiddly it is to cut off one end of the...
DNS reddit211d30Local DNS
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DNS reddit212d29DNS Discovery and Redirection
I went down the rabbit hole of encrypted DNS a little while ago, mainly prompted by the recent preview of DNS over HTTPS (DoH) in Windows DNS Server, and that led me to the wonders of SVCB and HTTPS records in DNS which...
DNS reddit212d23Name.com / Framer.com, A/CNAME not propagating/resolving
Over a week ago I transferred my domain from a whitelabel tucows provider to name.com. Then I created A and CNAME records to point to my site host, framer.com. Since then, I've had issues with the domain not resolving....
DNS reddit212d36Why would these be on my opendns if not being accessed?
I was trying to figure out why these would be popping up under blocked if no one in my home was accessing these sites? It was only one day in the week so I don't think it's something that is possibly pinging from...
DomainIncite (Kevin Murphy)213d28ICANN boss: no plans to scrap Oman meeting
ICANN currently has no plans to cancel its 2026 Annual General Meeting, which is due to take place in Muscat, Oman, later this year, according to CEO Kurt Lindqvist. Speaking at the public forum at ICANN 85 in Mumbai...
PowerDNS Blog213d34PowerDNS DNSdist 2.1.0-beta2 Released
Today we released the second beta version of what will become PowerDNS DN Sdist 2.1.0. This new version brings a single fix since the first beta: the newly introduced Dynamic Block AllowedRCodeRatio could only be used...
DNS reddit213d31I almost clicked "15" instead of "13" in my DNSSEC options..
I'm assuming this is a bug, but the Icelandic hosting provider named 1984 Hosting Company advertises a free DNS service. When they introduced this service, they still encouraged people to pay for their hosting; of...
DNS reddit214d36Encrypted DNS and web filtering - Looking for guidance
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DNS reddit214d36Windows DHCP Server using GSS-TSIG to BIND for DDNS:...
We recently migrated from Windows DNS servers to BIND DNS servers. We want to enable secure updates for Dynamic DNS from our Windows DHCP server to BIND for all DHCP clients, using GSS-TSIG. We have it...
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