As Brien recently discovered, a glitch in Azure can cause a virtual machine to fail when it's manually configured to use a specific DNS server. Here's how the problem went down and how he fixed it.

It’s not everyday that one needs to change the DNS server on Windows 10 but it can be one of the important things that you can do if you’re having trouble browsing websites, pulling up certain ...

Many an IT administrator has needed to modify network interface settings in the past, usually via the graphical user interface (GUI). Besides just setting the IP address, if a system is statically ...

Ben Khalesi covers the intersection of artificial intelligence and everyday tech at Android Police. With a background in AI and data science, he enjoys making technical topics approachable for those ...

My older kid was trying to apply for college at a university in Florida. Perversely, its website refused to appear. He tried Safari, Firefox, and Chrome on his Mac and Safari on his iPhone. Only his ...

The Domain Name Service, or DNS, is a global network that turns the domain names you type in your web browser into the internet protocol addresses that computers use to connect to one another. Your ...

Threats surfacing in DNS traffic include protocol anomalies, tunneling, and botnets, according to the latest Infoblox Security Assessment report. In the second quarter of 2016, Infoblox analyzed DNS ...

DNS, also known as Domain Name System, put simply is like a phonebook. It’s an internet system that helps your device find the location of a website by matching a domain such as Google.com into a ...

In a twist on distributed denial-of-service attacks, cybercriminals are using DNS servers--the phonebooks of the Internet--to amplify their assaults and disrupt online business. Earlier this year, ...