r/dns 6h ago

What’s the first thing you turn off when a website stops working: DNS filtering, VPN or ad blocker?

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You know that moment when a site suddenly won’t load properly and you have no idea what’s breaking it?

Could be the VPN, could be the ad blocker, could be some DNS filter running in the background.

I usually end up turning things off one by one until the site works again. Wondering if anyone has a better way to figure out what’s causing it, or if we’re all basically doing the same trial-and-error thing.


r/dns 22h ago

Need advise - missing enterprise root ca

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Appears during a migration process the enterprise root ca server and cert for corrupt only a ca server exists now the issue is certs have expired for several years now but until noticing issues with domain controllers and other stuff what should I do?

Help!!🫣😩


r/dns 12h ago

Why is my Pi-hole leaking ads on mobile that AG DNS catches?

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r/dns 15h ago

What 99,300 Domains Reveal About Email Authentication and DNS Resilience

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- Primary email providers and gateways handle message delivery, but domain owners are ultimately responsible for configuring and maintaining DMARC policies to prevent domain forgery.

- A Palisade study of 99,300 domains revealed that two in five domains lack a DMARC policy, and over a third of domains with DMARC remain in passive monitoring mode rather than enforcing protection.

- Over 20% of DMARC-publishing domains omit aggregate reporting addresses, leaving administrators without the visibility required to fix authentication failures and transition to strict enforcement.


r/dns 2h ago

Phishing is an attempt to trick a person into performing an action that benefits the attacker.

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Types of Phishing:

🔹 Email Phishing

The attacker sends an email to a large number of people. These emails are usually generic and not specifically targeted at one person.

🔹 Spear Phishing

The attacker specifically targets a particular person or organization.

🔹 Whaling

A type of Spear Phishing where the target is a high-profile person, such as a CEO or executive.

🔹 Smishing

Phishing carried out through text messages or SMS.

🔹 Vishing

Phishing carried out through phone calls or voice communication.

🔹 Clone Phishing

The attacker takes a legitimate message that already exists and creates a fake copy of it, usually with malicious links or attachments.

🔹 Pharming

The victim is redirected to a fake or malicious website, even when they try to access a legitimate one.

🔹 Angler Phishing

A type of phishing that targets users through social media platforms, often by impersonating customer support accounts or trusted organizations.


r/dns 23h ago

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r/dns 19h ago

I built a controller that writes Kubernetes NetworkPolicy from hostnames — no CNI replacement needed

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r/dns 3h ago

Crossbar manages our Route 53 DNS, but told us to add subdomain NS records at Network Solutions — what’s the correct approach?

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I’m helping a small organization separate its public website from its existing Crossbar site, and I want to make sure I’m understanding the DNS side correctly before changing anything.

Using a made-up domain:

examplehockeyclub.org

The domain is registered at Network Solutions, but the authoritative nameservers are AWS Route 53 nameservers:

ns-xxx.awsdns-xx.net
ns-xxx.awsdns-xx.org
ns-xxx.awsdns-xx.com
ns-xxx.awsdns-xx.co.uk

Crossbar confirmed that those nameservers point to them and that they manage the DNS zone.

Current setup is roughly:

examplehockeyclub.org
    → Crossbar website

members.examplehockeyclub.org
    → separate member billing system

We are building a new public-facing site on Wix and want the end result to be:

examplehockeyclub.org
    → Wix

www.examplehockeyclub.org
    → Wix

portal.examplehockeyclub.org
    → existing Crossbar site

members.examplehockeyclub.org
    → existing billing system, unchanged

Crossbar has already configured portal.examplehockeyclub.org on their side and told us to add these records:

portal    NS    ns1.crossbar.org
portal    NS    ns2.crossbar.org
portal    NS    ns3.crossbar.org
portal    NS    ns4.crossbar.org

They told us to add those at Network Solutions.

The problem is that when I log into Network Solutions, I cannot edit individual DNS records because the domain is using the AWS Route 53 nameservers managed by Crossbar. Network Solutions only gives me the option to change the authoritative nameservers for the entire domain.

Crossbar also told me that they manage the zone and can add TXT, CNAME, MX, and other DNS records when needed, but that they normally “don’t input any subdomain records” and expect the customer to add those.

This is the part I’m confused about.

Since Crossbar’s Route 53 nameservers are currently authoritative for examplehockeyclub.org, wouldn’t these:

portal NS ns1.crossbar.org
portal NS ns2.crossbar.org
portal NS ns3.crossbar.org
portal NS ns4.crossbar.org

need to be added to the existing parent examplehockeyclub.org Route 53 hosted zone?

And if Crossbar controls that hosted zone, wouldn’t they currently be the only party that can actually add those delegation records?

I definitely do not want to change the domain-level nameservers in Network Solutions just to accomplish this, since that could affect the existing website, email, billing subdomain, and other DNS records.

My main questions are:

  • Am I correct that the portal NS delegation records need to be added to the current authoritative parent zone in Route 53?
  • Since Crossbar controls that zone, should Crossbar be the one adding those four records?
  • Longer term, once the root domain moves to Wix, would you leave authoritative DNS with Crossbar and have them point the root/www records to Wix, or would it be better to move the main DNS zone somewhere we control and delegate only portal.examplehockeyclub.org to Crossbar?

Main priority is avoiding downtime or accidentally breaking email, billing, or the existing site during the transition.

I inherited this setup and don’t have access to the AWS account, so I just want to make sure I’m not misunderstanding how the subdomain delegation should work.