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HomeStudy on Domain Name System (DNS) abuse
Technical report. Appendix 1
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A safe and secure Domain Name System (DNS) is of paramount importance for the digital economy and society. Malicious activities on the DNS, generally referred to as “DNS abuse” are frequent and severe problems affecting online security and undermining users’ trust in the Internet. The proposed definition of DNS abuse is as follows: Domain Name System (DNS) abuse is any activity that makes use of domain names or the DNS protocol to carry out harmful or illegal activity. DNS abuse exploits the domain name registration process, the domain name resolution process, or other services associated with the domain name (e.g., shared web hosting service). Notably, we distinguish between: maliciously registered domain names: domain name registered with the malicious intent to carry out harmful or illegal activity compromised domain names: domain name registered by bona fide third-party for legitimate purposes, compromised by malicious actors to carry out harmful and illegal activity. DNS abuse disrupts, damages, or otherwise adversely impacts the DNS and the Internet infrastructure, their users or other persons.
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- Corporate author(s): Directorate-General for Communications Networks, Content and Technology (European Commission) , Fasano Paulovics Società tra Avvocati , Grenoble INP-UGA Institute of Engineering
- Personal author(s): Bayer, Jan ; Nosyk, Yevheniya ; Hureau, Olivier ; Fernandez, Simon ; Paulovics, Ivett ; Duda, Andrzej ; Korczynski, Maciej ; Maroofi, Sourena
- Themes: Information technology and telecommunications
- Subject: digital economy , information security , Internet address , legality , market abuse
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| ISSN | ISBN 978-92-76-46991-9 | DOI 10.2759/473317 | Catalogue number KK-06-22-046-EN-N |
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