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Hands-On Cybersecurity with Blockchain

By : Rajneesh Gupta
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Hands-On Cybersecurity with Blockchain

By: Rajneesh Gupta

Overview of this book

Blockchain technology is being welcomed as one of the most revolutionary and impactful innovations of today. Blockchain technology was first identified in the world’s most popular digital currency, Bitcoin, but has now changed the outlook of several organizations and empowered them to use it even for storage and transfer of value. This book will start by introducing you to the common cyberthreat landscape and common attacks such as malware, phishing, insider threats, and DDoS. The next set of chapters will help you to understand the workings of Blockchain technology, Ethereum and Hyperledger architecture and how they fit into the cybersecurity ecosystem. These chapters will also help you to write your first distributed application on Ethereum Blockchain and the Hyperledger Fabric framework. Later, you will learn about the security triad and its adaptation with Blockchain. The last set of chapters will take you through the core concepts of cybersecurity, such as DDoS protection, PKI-based identity, 2FA, and DNS security. You will learn how Blockchain plays a crucial role in transforming cybersecurity solutions. Toward the end of the book, you will also encounter some real-world deployment examples of Blockchain in security cases, and also understand the short-term challenges and future of cybersecurity with Blockchain.
Table of Contents (17 chapters)
Title Page
About Packt
Contributors
Preface
Index

Blockchain-based DNS solution


Blockchain technology has the capabilities to transform several industries and in this chapter, we are going to use it for managing a name server to overcome some of the most critical DNS challenges. DNSChain is one of the most active projects to transform the DNS framework and protect it from spoofing challenges.

DNSChain is a blockchain-based DNS software suite that replaces X.509 public key infrastructure (PKI) and delivers MITM proofs of authentication. It allows internet users to set a public DNSChain server for DNS queries and access that server with domains ending in .bit.

X.509 PKI replacement

X.509 is a standard framework that defines the format of PKI to identify users and entities over the internet. It helps internet users to know whether the connection to a specific website is secure or not. DNSChain has the capability to provide a scalable and decentralized replacement that doesn't depend on third parties.

MITM-proof DNS infrastructure

This uses a public...