The root-slave approach allows DNS operators to avoid the risk of future root-server attacks and, if implemented on a wide scale by individuals using a localized DNS or other DNS operators, it ...

The name server sits in the middle of this process, holding all of the records for which websites are located where. The domain name—that being, the website name you enter—isn’t easy for a ...

To use a different DNS server, change the setting to Custom name servers, and enter the primary and secondary addresses. For instance, if you want to use OpenDNS Home, enter 208.67.222.222 and 208 ...

Kaspersky said that while the attack on the root servers could have been serious, the Internet has other, more serious, pressures already. “There are bigger problems.

Server racks in server room cloud data center. (Image credit: BigStock/Kwarkot) To much fanfare, Chinese officials last week greenlighted the country’s “first root server,” which acts like a phonebook ...

Comprising "dozens of servers", the new Managed Root Server cluster in Singapore is ICANN's first in Asia-Pacific, where its smaller sites are its busiest and currently receive twice as many ...