DNS Security Extensions (DNSSEC)

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Overview

Webinar Overview

The DNS (or the Domain Name System) is a distributed, hierarchical system for mapping domain names to IP addresses. As it plays a critical role in the functioning of the Internet infrastructure, the DNS is often the target of malicious activities.

This webinar will focus on the vulnerabilities of DNS, and how to use DNS Security Extensions (DNSSEC) to strengthen your DNS security, and protect against DNS threats, like cache poison attacks and DNS spoofing.

Outline

This course will cover the following topics:

  • DNS Vulnerabilities
  • What is DNSSEC?
  • How DNSSEC Works
  • RRs and RRsets
  • DNSKEY
  • RRSIG
  • NSEC Record
  • NSEC RDATA
  • Chain of Trust
  • Types of Keys & Generating Key Pairs
  • Setting up a Secure Zone