DNS resolvers play a key role in converting Web links to IP addresses, acting as a link between your computer and the Internet's DNS infrastructure. A DNS resolver is a local server that stores a ...

Running a home network that’s both fast and private takes more than just blocking ads. For years, I relied on Pi-hole to keep unwanted traffic out of my devices’ DNS requests. It worked well, but ...

It's the backbone of any successful home lab ...

The DHS and CISA booth at the 2019 RSA conference in San Francisco. (Scoop News Group photo) The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency wants to limit ransomeware, phishing, botnet and ...

Google released its first public DNS resolver, aimed at making Web browsing faster and improving the users' Internet experience when they connect to various IP addresses. Like an Internet switchboard, ...

The National Security Agency (NSA) has issued an advisory recommending that enterprises employ only their designated DNS resolver for DNS traffic and avoid third-party resolvers, which could place ...

New Rust release brings major improvements to musl’s DNS resolver and tweaks the standard library to aid global allocators.

When the IBM PC was new, I served as the president of the San Francisco PC User Group for three years. That’s how I met PCMag’s editorial team, who brought me on board in 1986. In the years since that ...

The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency is preparing to deploy a Protective Domain Name System Resolver Service designed to help federal agencies better detect digital threats without ...

Open and misconfigured DNS (Domain Name System) resolvers are increasingly used to amplify distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks, according to a report released Wednesday by HostExploit, an ...