The National Security Agency released a cybersecurity product, “Adopting Encrypted DNS in Enterprise Environments,” Thursday explaining the benefits and risks of adopting the encrypted domain name system (DNS) protocol, DNS over HTTPs (DoH), in enterprise environments. The release provides solutions for secure implementation based on enterprise network needs.
DNS translates domain names in URLs into IP addresses, making the internet easier to navigate. However, it has become a popular attack vector for malicious cyber actors. DNS shares its requests and responses in plaintext, which can be easily viewed by unauthorized third parties. Encrypted DNS is increasingly being used to prevent eavesdropping and manipulation of DNS traffic. As encrypted DNS becomes more popular, enterprise network owners and administrators should fully understand how to properly adopt it on their own systems. Even if not formally adopted by the enterprise, newer browsers and other software may try to use encrypted DNS anyway and bypass the enterprise’s traditional DNS-based defenses.
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Source: NSA/CSS