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Top 10 ways to protect DNS
Attacks on DNS are a favorite of hackers, so TechRepublic offers this security reminder.
Here's "ten things you should know about securing DNS" - a network vulnerability point hackers love to attack - courtesy of TechRepublic.
- Use DNS forwarders
- Use caching-only DNS servers
- Use DNS advertisers
- Use DNS resolvers
- Protect DNS from cache pollution
- Enable DDNS for secure connections only
- Disable zone transfers
- Use firewalls to control DNS access
- Set access controls on DNS registry entries
- Set access controls on DNS file system entries.