Abstract:Domain Name System (DNS) plays in important role in the current IP-based Internet architecture. This is because it performs the domain name to IP resolution. However, the DNS protocol has several security vulnerabilities due to the lack of data integrity and origin authentication within it. This paper focuses on one particular security vulnerability, namely typo-squatting. Typo-squatting refers to the registration of a domain name that is extremely similar to that of an existing popular brand with the goal of … Show more
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