DNS Cybersquatting: The Case for Edge DNS Zone Protect

Cybersquatting, also known as domain squatting, is a type of scam that mimics a brand's domain to confuse potential victims and gain their trust. According to Revision Legal, “Cybersquatting is prohibited in the U.S. by federal law under the Anticybersquatting Consumer Protection Act ACPA.” These...

Edge DNS Secondary Implementation: Order of Operations for NS Zone and Registrar Records

This article has been updated to include recent industry trends and information about primary implementations. Akamai Edge DNS service delivers edge-based, authoritative domain services for thousands of organizations. These organizations trust Edge DNS to deliver reliable and performant responses...

Edge DNS Secondary Implementation: Order of Operations for NS Zone and Registrar Records

Akamai Edge DNS service delivers edge-based, authoritative domain services for thousands of organizations...

Finding the Best Servers to Answer Queries -- Edge DNS and Anycast

TL;DR IP Anycast is a network addressing and routing methodology that allows IP addresses to be announced from multiple points on the internet With the proper implementation, Anycast can reduce DNS RTTs and offer innate DDoS protection Akamai's authoritative name service, Edge DNS, combines globa...

Finding the Best Servers to Answer Queries — Edge DNS and Anycast

While Unicast defines a single destination endpoint for a given IP, Anycast is an addressing technique in which the same IP is advertised from multiple servers simultaneously...

Distinguishing Among DNS Services Part 3: Investment and Innovation

This is Part 3 of a 3-part blog series highlighting some of the distinguishing aspects of Akamai's authoritative DNS services, Edge DNS and Global Traffic Management. Part 1 focused on Akamai's DNS platform and what sets it apart. Part 2...

Distinguishing Among DNS Services Part 2: The Economics

This is Part 2 of a three-part blog series highlighting some of the distinguishing aspects of Akamai's Domain Name System DNS services, Edge DNS and Global Traffic Management...

Using Akamai Edge DNS with PCI DSS Environments

Overview The PCI DSS scoping guidance indicates that common shared services that provide services to the CDE, such as DNS, can be in scope and must be assessed for PCI DSS compliance. This post discusses the application of this scoping guidance to the external authoritative DNS servers and provid...

Distinguishing Among DNS Services Part 1: The Platform

This is Part 1 of a 3-part blog series highlighting some of the distinguishing aspects of Akamai's DNS services, Edge DNS and Global Traffic Management...

Akamai Drives New Standards and Enhances Authoritative DNS and Load Balancing Services

For more than 20 years, Akamai's customers have trusted our global edge platform to deliver their content, secure their web applications, and accelerate end-user experiences. As the basis for our mapping functions, Akamai DNS has always been essential to the reliability and performance of our...

Introducing Akamai Edge DNS

At Akamai, we live by the motto "Intelligent Security Starts at the Edge," which is why we're excited to announce that we are changing the name of our authoritative DNS service from Fast DNS to Edge DNS. If you are an existing Fast DNS customer, rest assured that for now, this is purely a name...

Edge DNS: Zone Apex Mapping & DNSSEC

Along with its DDoS resilience and impressive global footprint, Akamai Edge DNS offers zone administrators additional technical flexibility and implementation options to improve performance and simplify DNS operations. One example is zone apex mapping ZAM, a feature that enables top level hostnam...

Edge DNS Secondary Implementation: Order or Operations for NS Zone & Registrar Records

Akamai's Edge DNS service provides cloud-based, authoritative domain services to thousands of organizations. Edge DNS is the most widely deployed cloud DNS service pushed to the edge of the Internet. Every organization must protect their domain name. Akamai originally built Fast DNS now Edge DNS ...