DNS Attacks and Security Concerns
Akanksha kumari To identify an entity ,TCP/IP uses the IP address. DNS is a distributed database used to map IP addresses to hostnames ie. it translates a user-friendly domain name, like WhatIs.com, into the computer-friendly IP address 206.19.49.154. and vice versa. A DNS attack is an exploit in which an attacker takes advantage of vulnerabilities in the domain name system (DNS). If DNS is configured insecurely, you might possibly obtain revealing information about the organization or a user. One of the most serious misconfigurations a system administrator can make is allowing untrusted Internet users to perform a DNS zone transfer. Although this technique has become akmost obsolete because 1. This vulnerability allows for signifucant information gathering on a target. 2.It is often the springboard to attacks that would not be present without it. 3. Believe it or not , you can find many DNS servers that still allow this feature . Here are fe...
