GitHub, the online code-sharing and development platform, is introducing a new open source tool to make it easier to create that redundancy. OctoDNS is the system GitHub has been using for a few ...

Most people don’t think about DNS at all. I know I didn’t, at least not until I started running into those little internet headaches that never quite go away. You know the ones I'm talking about, ...

Windows has an inbuilt command line tool – nslookup. It can be used to diagnose the Domain Name System (DNS) infrastructure. It needs TCP/IP installed on your computer to work. The only drawback here ...

If you're looking at changing your DNS for privacy or speed considerations, this free and simple web-based benchmark is the ...

Computers can interpret only a series of numbers and thus, DNS (Domain Name System) was created to translate domains from the web browser into IP addresses. In this post, we will learn about a free ...

German authorities are advising victims of DNSChanger Trojan programs to fix their computers’ Domain Name System settings using a free tool developed by antivirus company Avira, because the servers ...

Joel Snyder, Ph.D., is a senior IT consultant with 30 years of practice. An internationally recognized expert in the areas of security, messaging and networks, Dr. Snyder is a popular speaker and ...

A security company specializing in the Domain Name System has released a Windows version of a tool that encrypts DNS requests, which could be spied on to reveal a user’s browsing activity. Last ...

OpenDNS has released a preview of a tool that will encrypt DNS (Domain Name System) requests between a person’s computer and the company’s lookup service, potentially blocking malicious interceptions.

Joel is an internationally recognized expert in the areas of security, networking and messaging. Follow him on X (formerly Twitter) @joelsnyder. Domain Name System services translate domain names into ...