What is DNS? DNS is Domain Name Server, when you go to google.com, computers don’t know what google.com is but it does know what an IP address is. So you have a file on you computer that says google.com equals 127.0.0.1. If you want to see the IP of google.com ping google.com on any system. How does DNS work? So when you go to a site like rebootcyber.xyz. First your pc check its DNS cache file then go to a local name server like your router or pi-hole....
Cybersecurity homelab for dectection & monitoring Building a cybersecurity homelab for detection & monitoring This homelab will help you apply concepets used in real-world large-scale/enterprise infrastructe What is a homelab A homelab is a place where you can safely do experiments without messing anything up Content installing VMware Workstation as hypervisor Configuring Pfsense firewall for network segmentation & security Configuring Security Onion as an all-in-one IDS, Security, and Log Management solution Configuring Kali Linux as an attack machine Configuring Windows Server 2019 as a DC Configuring Windows server Configuring Splunk Downloading & installing vmware workstation pro VMware workstation pro...
What is OpenDNS? OpenDNS is a DNS sinkhole. This allows you to stop people from going to certain sites that you don’t want them to go to. There is two version of OpenDNS called Umbrella this is the enterprise version and cost money. We will be using the consumer version called OpenDNS home. First you need to set up an account. You will need an email address, password, and public IP....
PiHole Pi-Hole is a Linux network-level advertisement and Internet tracker blocking application which acts as a DNS sinkhole and optionally a DHCP server, intended for use on a private network. This allows you to block unwanted stuff and websites on your private network.DNS Sinkhole is a mechanism aimed at protecting users by intercepting DNS request attempting to connect to known malicious or unwanted domains and returning a false, or rather controlled IP address....