{"id":2131,"date":"2015-11-24T18:26:19","date_gmt":"2015-11-24T18:26:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/live-infoblox-blog.pantheonsite.io\/?p=2131"},"modified":"2020-05-06T10:30:07","modified_gmt":"2020-05-06T17:30:07","slug":"how-is-a-dns-server-like-a-teenager","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.infoblox.com\/blog\/company\/how-is-a-dns-server-like-a-teenager\/","title":{"rendered":"How Is A DNS Server Like A Teenager?"},"content":{"rendered":"

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It\u2019s not a joke. Most teen-agers by nature are willing to chat with anyone, especially online. DNS servers are the gatekeepers that determine which other servers on the Internet your devices can talk to. What\u2019s the connection? If you want to keep everybody and everything safe, you\u2019d better have a really good idea of who\u2019s talking to whom.<\/p>\n

Hackers are poking into every kind of possible vulnerability on enterprise networks, especially DNS servers. They\u2019ve become one of the most popular points of entry for malware. Most IT teams implicitly trust that a\u00a0query to their DNS server will return a valid response from a safe and secure system, without consideration for the potential security pitfalls. But the typical DNS server does not validate nor secure any requests.<\/p>\n

Without proper protection, there\u2019s a chance your DNS server is communicating with compromised web servers, exposing your organization and devices to a broad range of risks such as drive-by downloads, watering hole attacks, or adware with a malicious payload. You wouldn\u2019t leave your teen-ager unsafe, so don\u2019t do the same with your server.<\/p>\n

Join John Thompson, Senior Director, Systems Engineering of ThreatSTOP, and Seema Kathuria, Senior Product Marketing Manager of Infoblox on Wednesday, Dec. 9 at 10 a.m. PST\/1 p.m. EST for a 30-minute live webinar entitled\u00a0How to Trust Your DNS Server<\/a>.<\/p>\n

You\u2019ll learn about:<\/p>\n