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Dynamic DNS and Port Forwarding: How To Customize Your Router for Remote Access

Dynamic DNS, or DDNS for short, is one of the most powerful features available in Wi-Fi routers. Though not router-exclusive, when coupled with port forwarding, DDNS is the base for hosting many ... read more

How to enable DNS over TLS in Windows 11

In DoH, the DNS traffic is nothing but another HTTS data stream over port 443. On the other hand, DNS over TLS specifies the port number 853 for the purpose of encrypting DNS traffic allowing it ... read more

What Are Domain Name System (DNS) Resolvers and How Do They Work?

Role of Resolvers A DNS resolver is a server that acts as a “first port of call” in the DNS process. When a network client contacts a resolver, that resolver contacts multiple authoritative ... read more

What is DNS and how does it work?

The Domain Name System (DNS) is one of the foundations of the internet, working in the background to match the names of web sites that people type into a search box with the corresponding IP ... read more

The best free and public DNS servers (April 2023)

With the best DNS servers at your disposal, such as OpenDNS, Google, Cloudflare, Quad9 and more, you are getting a much safer internet connection. There’s also the added benefit of a faster ... read more

This Week In Security: LogoFail, National DNS Poison, And DNA

To prevent the resolver treated those spoofed responses as legitimate, both the 16-bit DNS ID and 16-bit UDP source port must match the real request. Make those random, and you have 32-bits of ... read more

I compared the most expensive VPN against the cheapest – here's what I found

I've been in charge of Tom's Guide's VPN articles since 2020, and in that time I've helped test and review over 100 VPN providers for both Tom's Guide and TechRadar. I strongly believe that privacy, ... read more

Best free and public DNS server of 2024

If you’re new to DNS servers, the DNS or Domain Name System is a protocol that takes the domain names that you enter into a browser and translates them into the IP addresses needed to access ... read more

Old Technology, New Tricks: Why DNS Is Still A Major Security Target

Then, in 1983, network engineer Paul Mockapetris introduced the Domain Name System (DNS), which allowed the internet to grow into the massive global network it is today. It’s basically the ... read more

How the ToddyCat threat group sets up backup traffic tunnels into victim networks

The ToddyCat attackers were also observed setting up virtual private network (VPN) servers on compromised systems by using the open-source SoftEther VPN software in order to be able to remotely ... read more

VPN Blocked? Why This Happens and What to Do About It

Websites detect VPNs using IP blacklists, in-house fraud detection, port blocking, government blocks, and DNS leaks. Bypass VPN blocks by trying different IP addresses, informing sites of VPN use ... read more