312-50V9 · Question #557
As a securing consultant, what are some of the things you would recommend to a company to ensure DNS security? Select the best answers.
The correct answer is B. Harden DNS servers C. Use split-horizon operation for DNS servers D. Restrict Zone transfers E. Have subnet diversity between DNS servers. DNS security requires hardening servers, controlling zone transfers, using split-horizon DNS, and ensuring subnet diversity to reduce attack surface and prevent information leakage.
Question
As a securing consultant, what are some of the things you would recommend to a company to ensure DNS security? Select the best answers.
Options
- AUse the same machines for DNS and other applications
- BHarden DNS servers
- CUse split-horizon operation for DNS servers
- DRestrict Zone transfers
- EHave subnet diversity between DNS servers
How the community answered
(17 responses)- A24% (4)
- B76% (13)
Why each option
DNS security requires hardening servers, controlling zone transfers, using split-horizon DNS, and ensuring subnet diversity to reduce attack surface and prevent information leakage.
Co-locating DNS with other applications violates least-privilege principles and increases risk, since compromise of any co-hosted service can directly impact DNS integrity.
Hardening DNS servers involves disabling unnecessary services, applying patches, and enforcing strict access controls to reduce the attack surface on the DNS infrastructure itself.
Split-horizon DNS presents different zone data to internal vs. external clients, preventing internal network topology and hostnames from being exposed to outside attackers.
Restricting zone transfers to only authorized secondary servers prevents attackers from performing a full zone enumeration and mapping the entire DNS namespace.
Subnet diversity between DNS servers ensures a single targeted network attack or outage cannot simultaneously disable both primary and secondary DNS services.
Concept tested: DNS server security hardening and configuration best practices
Source: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-server/networking/dns/dns-security
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