DNS

Description

This indicates an attempt to use the DNS protocol.
Domain Name System (DNS) is a network protocol that translate domain names into IPs. It allows computer services to access a specific address without needing to memorize its IP. The DNS database can store many types of records. The most commonly stored ones are SOA, A, AAAA, MX, NS, PTR, and CNAME.

Affected Products

DNS

Impact

Network resources consumption

Technology

Browser-Based, Network-Protocol, Client-Server, Peer-to-Peer, Cloud-Based, Mobile-Device

Behavior

• Reasonable

Default Ports

• TCP/53
• TCP/5353
• UDP/53
• UDP/5353