We present DNS Unchained, a new application-layer DoS attack against core DNS infrastructure that for the first time uses amplification. To achieve an attack amplification of 8.51, we carefully chain CNAME records and force resolvers to perform deep name resolutions—effectively overloading a target authoritative name server with valid requests. We identify 178 508 potential amplifiers, of which 74.3% can be abused in such an attack due to the way they cache records with low Time-to-Live values. In essence, this allows a single modern consumer uplink to downgrade availability of large DNS setups. To tackle this new threat, we conclude with an overview of countermeasures and suggestions for DNS servers to limit the impact of DNS chaining attacks.
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Bushart, J., & Rossow, C. (2018). DNS unchained: Amplified application-layer DoS attacks against DNS authoritatives. In Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics) (Vol. 11050 LNCS, pp. 139–160). Springer Verlag. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-00470-5_7
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