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 ...

This could allow a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code under the user id the dhcpd runs under, usually root. 2) When the dhcp-relay receives a BOOTP request it forwards the request to the DHCP ...

An SOA record reveals that the primary DNS server is named prisoner.iana.org.<BR><BR>This freaks network administrators out who are trying to troubleshoot some network problem;<BR>they start ...

A root name server, which is at the base of the internet, translates readable host names into IP addresses, letting the user get to the right portal link.

India could potentially get a cluster of servers that mirrors the thirteen root servers in the world after “major negotiations” with ICANN, the organisation that carries out key functions of ...