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DNS Database (DNSDB®)

DNSDB® is a Passive DNS (pDNS) historical database that provides a unique, fact-based, multifaceted view of the configuration of the global Internet. infrastructure

Passive DNS

"Passive DNS" or "passive DNS replication" is a technique invented by Florian Weimer in 2004 to opportunistically reconstruct a partial view of the data available in the global Domain Name System into a central database where it can be indexed and queried.

Security Information Exchange (SIE)

SIE data enables security professionals to accurately identify, map, and protect their networks from cybercrime activity by providing global visibility on a turnkey basis.

FastRPZ

Discover Hidden Clues with Farsight DNSDB®

Using Farsight Passive DNS for Incident Response

Tax Scammers: Gone Phishing This Tax Season

Navigating the Internet’s Phone Book: An Introduction to Passive DNS

Coming Out of the Dark: Understanding Denial of Service (DoS) Attacks

White papers

"Bang_Question:" A Tutorial Proof-of-Concept Cyber Investigative Framework

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The Strategic Value of Passive DNS to Cyber Defenses and Risk Management

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Working with the SIE Batch API: A Command Line Client in Ruby, Perl, Python and C

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Reducing Third Party Risk Using Passive DNS Data

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The Impact of Passive DNS Collection on End-user Privacy

Jonathan M. Spring, Carly L. Huth

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Passive DNS for Threat Intelligence

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Building a Demo Gui Front End For DNSDB in Scala with Swing for the Mac and for Windows PCs

Joe St Sauver, Ph.D.

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Checking DNSDB By ASN (ASN --> Prefixes --> Domain Names) Another Demonstration on Scala Project

Joe St Sauver, Ph.D.

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Academic use cases

Disposable Domains (2014)

Yizheng Chen, Manos Antonakakis, Wenke Lee

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Finding the Linchpins of the Dark Web

Zhou Li (IU), Sumayah Alrwais(IU), Yinglian Xie (MSFT), Fang Yu (MSFT), XiaoFeng Weng (IU)

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A Survey on Malicious Domains Detection through DNS Data Analysis

Yury Zhauniarovich (HBKU), Issa Khalil (HBKU), Ting Yu (HBKU), Marc Dacier (Eurecom)

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