DNS
What is the Domain Name System (DNS)? | Definition from TechTarget
The domain name system (DNS) is a naming database in which internet domain names are located and translated into Internet Protocol (IP) addresses. The DNS maps the name people use to locate a website to the IP address that a computer uses to locate that website. For example, if someone types example.com into a web…
MasterCard DNS Error Went Unnoticed for Years – Krebs on Security
The payment card giant MasterCard just fixed a glaring error in its domain name server settings that could have allowed anyone to intercept or divert Internet traffic for the company by registering an unused domain name. The misconfiguration persisted for nearly five years until a security researcher spent $300 to register the domain and prevent…