You might know there are 13 root DNS server. These serve as the backbone of the modern internet as any domain name at some point can be traced back to one of those. Obviously these servers are an interesting target for attackers.

This weeks paper describes a layered approach to protect the root servers (and any other applicable authoritative DNS server) against DDoS attacks.

https://www.weeklycspaper.com/archive/protecting-the-dns-root-servers-against-ddos-service-attacks/

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