Domain Name Server (DNS) hijacking, also named DNS redirection, is a type of DNS attack in which DNS queries are incorrectly resolved in order to unexpectedly redirect users to malicious sites. To perform the attack, perpetrators either install malware on user computers, take over routers, or ...
Once in control of the domain, the threat actor can intercept various DNS requests from various users and redirect them to a different malicious IP address. Whenever a website DNS has been compromised, users can unknowingly visit a fake webpage that mimics a legitimate one. This allows cyber...
To create a redirect record, simply add a new dns record using the 'REDIRECT://' record type. This is a special type of record that configure our web servers to forward your requests to another web site. In the data column put the full url you want to forward to, for example, http:...
The DNS can significantly impact your internet speed. When you access a website, your device communicates with a DNS server to translate the domain name into an IP address. If your DNS is slow or inefficient, it can introduce delays in this translation process, leading to slower website load...
Stub zones enable administrators to perform quicker DNS name lookups by providing a copy of the authoritative zone file from another server. This helps to improve speed as well as reliability when resolving domain names. Secondary zones provide redundancy for primary DNS servers by creating read-only...
We use a canonical name record (CNAME) to map one domain or subdomain name to another domain. A mail exchanger record (MxRecord) is a record of the mail server for a domain name. For example, if a domain name has a different mail server other than the server provided by the host, ...
When people visit your domain name, its DNS settings determine which servers it reaches. For example, if you use Namecheap's DNS settings, your visitors will reach the Namecheap servers hosting your website. If you change the DNS settings to another company's DNS servers, visitors will reach...
Access Denied when trying to remove extinct domain controller from AD Access Denied while updating GPO from Domain Controller & Access is denied error when create an GPO Access is Denied when renaming a computer Access share via UNC locks account Access to another domain without trust Access to ...
Creates an alias for a domain/subdomain, redirecting it to another domain/subdomain. MX records. Specifies mail servers responsible for accepting email on behalf of a domain. TXT records. Allows you to add additional information or verification records. DNS Zone Delegation. If...
Example: – when traffic comes for public.com it will redirect to DNS server 108.10.1.1. Moreover, if in case 108.10.1.1 is not responding, it will forward to global DNS 8.8.8.8 Example The DNS request of Group-1 is regularly proxy to DNS server 102.10.1.1 for domain name *public.com...