( See our slideshow on how DNS cache poisoning works, and what can be done to prevent attacks ) With cache poisoning an attacker attempts to insert a fake address record for an Internet domain ...

(See a slide show for how DNS cache poisoning works.) This kind of attack is often categorized as a “pharming” attack and it creates several problems.

It's worth remembering that each level of CNAME necessitates another DNS lookup—in this case, a remote machine that asked to resolve www.example.tld would be told "please look up example.tld. in ...

Smart DNS, on the other hand, prioritizes speed and works on devices that don’t natively support VPN apps, such as certain Smart TVs, gaming consoles, and streaming devices.

DNSQuerySniffer proves it doesn't have to be that way. It's a free Windows tool which absolutely anyone can use to watch DNS in action to see how it really works. And there are very real practical ...

This is how normal DNS works, too. However, DoH takes the DNS query and sends it to a DoH-compatible DNS server (resolver) via an encrypted HTTPS connection on port 443, rather than plaintext on ...