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Implementing & Maintaining DNSSEC On Bind9 Nameservers

I won’t be going into detail what DNSSEC is, and what it does. This only covers the implementation (deployment) and maintenance that accompanies DNSSEC. Here’s the small index of topics I’ll cover. What is DNSSEC? Enabling DNSSEC in your environment … Continue reading

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How To Change A Server’s Main IP Address (including DNS records) In Plesk

This applies to a Windows Plesk server, running any kind of 8.x Plesk. First of, change your IP address through RDP in the Network Settings of Windows, then it’s time to update Plesk – like this. Update Host’s IP address … Continue reading

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Named/Bind: Could not listen on UDP socket : permission denied

When running Plesk on a Windows Server, you might encounter the following error: “Could not listen on UDP socket : permission denied” after a Windows Update. The short version is this: there’s another service listening on port 53 (DNS), which … Continue reading

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DNS Poisoning Attack, How Safe Am I?

If you haven’t heard about the latest “major dns leak” in the last couple of weeks, you’ve either lived beneath a big rock, or have no way to access to internet. News posts are created on daily basis, new warnings … Continue reading

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NsLookup Is More Powerful Than You Think

Linux has a powerful DNS tool available through dig, which can be used to query for a specific nameserver-record (A, AAAA, MX, … ) and ask your query to a specific nameserver. What most people don’t realize is, that you … Continue reading

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