MUO on MSN

The only DNS benchmark that matters (and how to run it)

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

Old Tricks, New Domains: Why Bad Actors Love DNS

The domain name system (DNS) is a nearly 42-year-old technology that remains very relevant today. No matter what the adversary's plan is, it almost certainly will involve something in DNS. In a recent ...
Network World

DNS explained: How the Domain Name System works

The Domain Name System (DNS) is one of the foundations of the internet, working in the background to match the names of web sites that people type into a search box with the corresponding IP address, ...
XDA Developers on MSN

6 reasons hosting your own DNS server is the best network upgrade you can make

Personally, one of the main reasons I like to run my own DNS server at home is to protect my privacy. DNS isn't encrypted by default, unless you've got DNSSEC setup to encrypt your DNS queries. A DNS ...