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DNS configurations and its security analyzing via resource records of the top-level domains

  • Mengyuan Wang
  • , Zhaoxin Zhang
  • , Haiyan Xu*
  • *Corresponding author for this work
  • School of Computer Science and Technology, Harbin Institute of Technology

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Abstract

Top-level domains play an important role in domain name system. Close attention should be paid to security of top level domains. In this paper, we found many configuration anomalies of top-level domains by analyzing their resource records. We got resource records of top-level domains from root name servers and authoritative servers of top-level domains. By comparing these resource records, we observed the anomalies in top-level domains. For example, there are 8 servers shared by more than one hundred top-level domains; Some TTL fields or SERIAL fields of resource records obtained on each NS servers of the same top-level domain were inconsistent; some authoritative servers of top-level domains were unreachable. Those anomalies may affect the availability of top-level domains. We hope that these anomalies can draw top-level domain administrators' attention to security of top-level domains.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationProceedings of 2017 11th IEEE International Conference on Anti-Counterfeiting, Security, and Identification, ASID 2017
EditorsJianyang Zhou, Donghui Guo, Jiyang Dong
PublisherIEEE Computer Society
Pages21-25
Number of pages5
ISBN (Electronic)9781538605325
DOIs
StatePublished - 2 Jul 2017
Externally publishedYes
Event11th IEEE International Conference on Anti-Counterfeiting, Security, and Identification, ASID 2017 - Xiamen, China
Duration: 27 Oct 201729 Oct 2017

Publication series

NameProceedings of the International Conference on Anti-Counterfeiting, Security and Identification, ASID
Volume2017-October
ISSN (Print)2163-5048
ISSN (Electronic)2163-5056

Conference

Conference11th IEEE International Conference on Anti-Counterfeiting, Security, and Identification, ASID 2017
Country/TerritoryChina
CityXiamen
Period27/10/1729/10/17

Keywords

  • DNS configuration
  • Resource record
  • Top-level domain

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