Chris Beauregard

Chris Beauregard

Senior Professional Services Engineer at Neustar
Joined on October 28, 2013
Total Post Views: 12,209

About

Featured Blogs

DNS Tunneling: Is It a Security Threat?

DNS tunneling -- the ability to encode the data of other programs or protocols in DNS queries and responses -- has been a concern since the late 1990s. If you don't follow DNS closely, however, DNS tunneling likely isn't an issue you would be familiar with. Originally, DNS tunneling was designed simply to bypass the captive portals of Wi-Fi providers, but as with many things on the Web it can be used for nefarious purposes. For many organizations, tunneling isn't even a known suspect and therefore a significant security risk. more

Topic Interests

DNSDNS SecurityCybersecurityNetworksThreat Intelligence

Recent Comments

Popular Posts

DNS Tunneling: Is It a Security Threat?