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NLnet Labs Dedicates Engineering Time to Improve Rust Compiler for Safer DNS Software
The open-source DNS software maker is paying an engineer to work on the Rust compiler one day a week, strengthening the foundations of DNSSEC and resolver tools.
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Cloudflare's Workers Battle Spectre: How Serverless Code is Shielded from CPU Side-Channel Attacks
Cloudflare explains how its Workers platform neutralizes earlier threats like Spectre, using Date restrictions, single-thread execution, and dynamic process isolation to keep serverless code safe from side-channel attack…
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NSD 4.14 cuts DNS server memory use with new RDATA storage and optional compile-time switches
The latest NSD releases reduce memory footprint by storing resource record data as opaque blobs, with extra savings from two build-time options, and deliver faster zone loading and writing.
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Rogue TLS Certificates for 1.1.1.1: Cloudflare Details Unauthorized Issuance by Fina CA
Cloudflare's public DNS resolver at 1.1.1.1 was hit by unauthorized TLS certificate issuance from Fina CA. The case shows why certificate transparency and validation matter for encrypted DNS.
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Cloudflare Radar rolls out Top-Level Domain insights for every domain ending
Cloudflare Radar now offers Top-Level Domain (TLD) insights, letting researchers, website owners and everyday users explore data across all domain endings from .com to newer generic and country-code TLDs.
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Why Top-Level Domain Operators Can No Longer Rely on Hope for DNSSEC
A survey of 16 top-level domain operators reveals gaps in DNSSEC support, observability, and recovery planning, prompting NLnet Labs to launch Cascade, a new open source signing tool designed for audit and resilience.
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Network Time Security becomes a formal internet standard for secure time
The IETF has published Network Time Security as an RFC, giving users and administrators a standard way to encrypt and authenticate time synchronization, a critical but often overlooked security layer.
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Wave of Cyberattacks After George Floyd's Death Highlights DNS and DDoS Defenses
Following the murder of George Floyd, websites faced a surge in digital attacks, prompting Cloudflare to spotlight DDoS and DNS security for at-risk groups.
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ChatGPT Rivals and Kwai's Quiet Climb Among 2025's Leading Internet Services
Cloudflare's Radar year in review shows ChatGPT competitors gaining users and short video platform Kwai rising quietly, based on DNS and traffic data.