IP addresses are what the routers that interconnect all the networks that make up the Internet understand.
All websites are hosted on servers that use IP addresses in decimal or hexadecimal format (i.e., 190.4.1.1 or FE80:CD00:0000:0CDE:1257:0000:211E:729C). To understand the benefit a DNS sinkhole can provide, it’s important to first understand the basics of how DNS works.ĭNS is the speed dial app of the Internet. Use a service or already existing DNS sinkhole framework Instructions for setting up a DNS sinkholeĬan set up with DNS server, app, or hosted service Leverages existing features of DNS to block malicious domains by blackholing traffic Servers are queried until the name is resolvedĭNS can’t distinguish between normal versus malicious traffic. Resolves IP addresses from names of websites.
