Behavior of DNS' top talkers, a .com/.net view
Abstract
This paper provides the first systematic study of DNS data taken from one of the 13 servers for the .com/.net registry. DNS' generic Top Level Domains (gTLDs) such .com and .net serve resolvers from throughout the Internet and respond to billions of DNS queries every day. This study uses gTLD data to characterize the DNS resolver population and profile DNS query types. The results show a small and relatively stable set of resolvers (i.e. the top-talkers) constitute 90% of the overall traffic. The results provide a basis for understanding for this critical Internet service, insights on typical resolver behaviors and the use of IPv6 in DNS, and provides a foundation for further study of DNS behavior. © 2012 Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg.
Publication Title
Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)
Recommended Citation
Osterweil, E., McPherson, D., DiBenedetto, S., Papadopoulos, C., & Massey, D. (2012). Behavior of DNS' top talkers, a .com/.net view. Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics), 7192 LNCS, 211-220. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-28537-0_21
