DNS & Privacy Blog

Agentic denial of service turns AI automation into risk

Agentic denial of service can drain AI budgets, overload shared infrastructure and trigger damaging automated responses without flooding servers.

DNSSEC root key rollover succeeds despite local setbacks

DNSSEC root key rollover measurements found no major global outage, although validation declined sharply across some networks and economies.

DNSSEC Availability Topped 99.99% in 15 of 16 Years

DNSSEC exceeded 99.99% availability in 15 of 16 measured years, while automation and modern cryptography have reduced longstanding risks.

Public Suffix List faces calls for a safer successor

The browser-bundled Public Suffix List is accused of inconsistent updates, restricted access and weak operator control over domain boundaries.

Stork 2.6 unifies DHCP leases and DNS transfer tracking

Stork 2.6 adds cross-server DHCP lease searches, BIND 9 zone-transfer monitoring, OpenID Connect login and Kea backend management.

DNS detection spots Help TDS scam domains a week early

DNS analysis identified thousands of Help TDS scam domains before use, exposing an operation that pushes victims toward remote-access software.

DNS-AID proposes DNS trust controls for AI agents

DNS-AID proposes using DNSSEC, domain ownership and protective DNS to verify AI agent endpoints and block connections to unapproved domains.

DNSSEC DS automation safeguards face ICANN review

DNSSEC DS automation could ease registry work, but ICANN is asking whether safeguards are enough to prevent domain outages.

DNS study finds many .do domains have no website

DNS checks of more than 41,000 .do domains found many lack working websites, pointing to speculation, brand protection and international use.