DNS blocking
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dns-blocking-321-9335892
title:
DNS blocking
text:
Domain Name System blocking, or DNS blocking / filtering, is a strategy for making it difficult for users to locate specific domains or websites on the Internet. It was first introduced in 1997 as a means to block spam email from known malicious IP addresses. DNS blocking can also be applied for outgoing requests as well. Instead of returning the valid IP address of a requested site. The latter case where the user is redirected to another destination would be considered DNS Spoofing, otherwise k
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wiki
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encyclopedia
description:
Restriction on accessing an online resource
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DNS_blocking
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date modified:
2024-03-03T21:18:21Z
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