{"id":42496,"date":"2016-01-04T05:00:00","date_gmt":"2016-01-04T05:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.cira.ca\/blog\/i-resolve-resolve-a-new-and-easy-checklist-your-dns-health-2016\/"},"modified":"2023-03-10T10:57:53","modified_gmt":"2023-03-10T15:57:53","slug":"i-resolve-resolve-a-new-and-easy-checklist-your-dns-health-2016","status":"publish","type":"cira_news","link":"https:\/\/stg-saas.cira.ca\/en\/resources\/news\/cybersecurity\/i-resolve-resolve-a-new-and-easy-checklist-your-dns-health-2016\/","title":{"rendered":"I Resolve to Resolve – A new and easy checklist for your DNS health in 2016"},"content":{"rendered":"

Without back-up, the DNS is also vulnerable to power and network outages. And if the name server doesn’t respond, everything goes\u00a0with it.<\/p>\n

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As it is our first week back after the 2016 New Year celebrations, we just couldn’t resist a *punny* blog on DNS resolution. More specifically, on how you can have a well configured authoritative DNS.<\/p>\n

It picks up on an article we published in IT World Canada called, “6 things that IT managers should add to their to-do lists for 2016<\/a>.” In the article, we cite that the Domain Name System (DNS) server is often a forgotten element of cybersecurity. It is set up once by IT administrators and then left alone or outsourced to the best efforts of a hosting company. When it’s working, responding to queries and directing users appropriately, everything is great. But the DNS server is as vulnerable to malicious users as anything else. Without back-up, the DNS is also vulnerable to power and network outages. And if the name server doesn’t respond, everything appears to come crashing down with it.<\/p>\n

This is underscored by a study we did that determined only 7% of all over 125,000 DNS servers queried were successful at responding 100% of the time. By our definition, which is perfection, that is a 93% failure rate!<\/p>\n

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Register here to download the DNS Administration Checklist<\/a><\/p>\n

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Therefore, we want to ask everyone to make a personal New Year’s “resolve-olution” to help maintain a stronger DNS for your organization that resolves 100% of queries. Now, we know most resolutions are hard to keep and are usually forgotten by mid-January, but the DNS is critical to your web presence. To make it easier, we have created a handy little checklist for DNS managers and IT administrators to keep a rock solid DNS. <\/p>\n

We took the list published in IT World Canada a step further and detailed 14 things to do in order to keep a strong DNS<\/a>. It is a simple pdf, designed to be printed and taped to your cubicle wall or server room to help make it easy and quick for you to complete – join the best DNS in the world list in 2016. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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