DNS on Support Tools

Advanced DNS Infrastructure and Security: Enterprise Implementation Guide

Mon, 30 Mar 2026 00:00:00 -0500

Advanced DNS infrastructure forms the foundation of enterprise network services, requiring sophisticated security measures, high availability, and optimal performance. This comprehensive guide explores enterprise DNS implementation, DNSSEC deployment, modern DNS security protocols, and production-ready architectures for mission-critical environments.

Advanced CoreDNS Forwarding and Split-Horizon DNS: Enterprise Network Architecture for Complex Multi-Domain Environments

Wed, 25 Mar 2026 00:00:00 -0500

Advanced DNS forwarding architectures enable organizations to implement sophisticated network topologies with precise control over domain resolution across different network segments. CoreDNS provides the flexibility needed to build complex split-horizon DNS systems that support enterprise requirements for network segmentation, security isolation, and performance optimization.

Kubernetes DNS Optimization

Mon, 14 Oct 2024 19:26:00 -0500

DNS plays a critical role in Kubernetes clusters by enabling service discovery and communication between Pods and services. However, poor DNS performance can lead to high latency, timeouts, and a degraded user experience. Optimizing DNS in Kubernetes is essential for maintaining high performance, especially in large-scale environments with dynamic workloads.

In this post, we will explore key strategies for optimizing DNS in Kubernetes clusters, focusing on improving both reliability and latency.

Monitor Bind DNS Server with Grafana and Prometheus (bind_exporter)

Thu, 19 Sep 2024 19:26:00 -0500

Monitoring your Bind DNS server is essential for maintaining optimal performance, availability, and security. With Prometheus and Grafana, you can collect and visualize real-time metrics from your Bind DNS server using bind_exporter, a tool designed to expose Bind metrics in a format Prometheus can scrape. In this guide, we’ll walk through how to set up monitoring for your Bind DNS server with Prometheus, Grafana, and bind_exporter.

DNS Basics

Mon, 11 Jul 2022 19:26:00 -0500

DNS is a topic that some people just don’t get. My goal is to make it as simple as possible for you to understand.

DNS zones fall into three categories:

Forwarders
Conditional Forwarders
Zone Transfers