Check My DNS

Submitted by jelu on Thu, 10/06/2016 - 10:13

Check My DNS is a custom developed DNS nameserver that creates dynamic delegated subdomains to enable clients to query for never-seen-before resource records in order to support a general-purpose framework for testing DNS resolvers.

Read more about it or try it at one of the instances below:

Mitigating DNS Denial of Service Attacks

The DNS protocol is, unfortunately, an effective Denial-of-Service attack vector for a few reasons:
  • DNS generally uses the connectionless User Datagram Protocol (UDP) as its transport.
  • Many autonomous systems allow source-spoofed packets to enter their network.
  • There is no shortage of Open Resolvers on the Internet.
These three factors mean that attackers can create large amounts of unwanted response packets by reflecting DNS queries off open resolvers. In such an attack, a DNS query is generated with spoofed source IP addresses belonging to the victim. You can help reduce the effectiveness of these attacks by following the recommendations described below:

OARC's TLDmon Service

OARC's TLDmon uses Nagios to monitor operational characteristics of authoritative nameservers for the Root Zone and all Top Level Domains. TLDmon checks for authoritative answers, EDNS support, lame delegations, consistent NS RR sets, open resolvers, expired RRSIGs, matching serial numbers, and TCP support. As the Domain Name System continues its evolution, it becomes increasingly important that these critical nameservers are configured correctly.