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Having a DNS server available to the public can be a tool in the hand for attackers. If anyone is able to use your DNS, they can use it to send a huge amount of traffic to their victim. As a result, the victim would not be able to handle all the traffic and it would be unavailable to others who need to access it. So, we should be configure our DNS server properly and use the best security measurements we can.

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DNS was not originally designed with security in mind, and thus has a number of security issues. DNS responses are traditionally not cryptographically signed, leading to many attack possibilities.
The Domain Name System Security Extensions (DNSSEC) modifie DNS to add support for cryptographically signed responses. ...

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