CS-2013 DNS over HTTPS

Presented at Texas Cyber Summit 2019, Oct. 11, 2019, 4 p.m. (60 minutes)

Due to pervasive unpreparedness of users, applications, operating systems, and protocols, DNS has become an essential control point for “cyber” security. Most networks have a mix of legacy, modern, safe, and unsafe devices attached to them, and this condition won’t change as quickly as the Zerocorp initiative might suggest. However, DNS is also an important control point for authoritarian regimes, and so “bypass” innovation is continuous, rapid, and ambitious. Special attention will be paid to the new "DNS over HTTP" or "DoH" protocol now being strongly pushed by Mozilla, CloudFlare, and others. In addition, a brief mention will be made of Resolverless DNS.


Presenters:

  • Paul Vixie - Farsight Security   as Dr. Paul Vixie
    Dr. Paul Vixie is an internet pioneer. Currently, he is the Chairman, CEO and cofounder of award-winning Farsight Security, Inc. Dr. Vixie was inducted into the internet Hall of Fame in 2014 for work related to DNS and anti-spam technologies. He is the author of open source internet software including BIND 8, and of many internet standards documents concerning DNS and DNSSEC. In addition, he founded the first anti-spam company (MAPS, 1996), the first non-profit internet infrastructure company (ISC, 1994), and the first neutral and commercial internet exchange (PAIX, 1991). In 2018, he cofounded SIE Europe UG, a European data sharing collective to fight cybercrime. Dr. Vixie earned his Ph.D. from Keio University for work related to DNS and DNSSEC in 2010. Dr. Vixie is frequently invited to deliver keynotes at technology and business events around the world. He has presented at such events as Copenhagen Cybercrime Conference, FIRST, Palo Alto Networks IGNITE, RSA, Black Hat, DNS-OARC, SANS, Swiss Cyber Storm, and VirusBulletin.

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