Microsoft is having a "Do'h!" moment, though not in the bumbling, Homer Simpson sense. Quite the opposite, actually. In a blog post, Microsoft announced its Windows Core Networking team is working on ...

If you've heard or seen the term DNS or DNS server on your computer, you may be wondering what it means, and how it affects your internet.

Although BIND is still the DNS champ, Windows 2000 DNS is becoming more popular. But what do you do when you need to have both on your network? An interop pro shares how to make it happen—step by step ...

Microsoft announced this week that the Windows operating system will have support for an encrypted Domain Name System (DNS) option that promises to add greater privacy protections for Internet ...

The Windows operating system will be getting support for an encrypted Domain Name System (DNS) option, Microsoft announced this week, adding greater privacy protections for Internet connections. In ...

Cyber-Monday, what a great day for Comcast’s DNS (Domain Name System) service to fail. This isn’t the first, or last, time that an ISP’s DNS has failed. Even when the commercial ISPs’ DNS are working ...

Microsoft issued an advisory last week for the Windows DNS flaw, which exists in the Remote Procedure Call (RPC) interface of the Windows Domain Name System (DNS) Server Service. The Rinbot worm, also ...

It depends. There are many different file sharing protocols, both local-only and routed. Many use DNS for name resolution, others can use mDNS (an announced protocol not dependent on a DNS server).

Remote code execution vulnerabilities that affect the core networking components of operating systems are rare these days, but when they happen, the IT industry is put on alert because they are among ...