Episode 381: Here Comes Cloud DNS

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To make DNS more secure, we must move it to the cloud! At least that’s what Mozilla and Google suggest. We breakdown DNS-over-HTTPS, why it requires a “cloud” component, and the advantages it has over traditional DNS.

Plus new active attacks against Apache Struts, and a Windows 10 zero-day exposed on Twitter.

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Links:

• Firefox Nightly Secure DNS Experimental Results
• DNS-over-HTTPS
• DNS over HTTPS
• A cartoon intro to DNS over HTTPS
• Discussion of draft-ietf-doh-dns-over-https in the IETF's DOH Working Group
• High performance DNS over HTTPS client & server
• Cloudflare Resolver for Firefox
• Active Attacks Detected Using Apache Struts Vulnerability CVE-2018-11776
• Windows 10 Zero-Day Vulnerability Exposed On Twitter
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