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Hands-On Cybersecurity with Blockchain

By : Rajneesh Gupta
Book Image

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

Chapter 8: Blockchain-Based DNS Security Platform


  1. DNS tunneling is a misuse of DNS. Domain Name Server (DNS) has been called the internet's equivalent of a phone book. Rather than remembering an IP address with up to twelve digits, you just need to know the domain name associated with the IP address. DNS tunneling attempts to hijack the protocol to use it as a covert communications protocol or a means of data exfiltration. It is a broadly overlooked security threat.
  2. Yes, it can be done. Emercoin built a complete DNS solution over blockchain where ЕmеrСоіn іѕ а рlаtfоrm bаѕеd оn thе рорulаr vіrtuаl сurrеnсу Рееrсоіn. Ѕоmе DNЅ fеаturеѕ аrе аlѕо fоrkеd frоm Nаmесоіn. Тhе ѕуѕtеm uѕеѕ а ѕесоnd-gеnеrаtіоn Рrооf-of-Ѕtаkе (PoS) аlgоrіthm. Тhаt'ѕ whу іt саn funсtіоn wіthоut mіnіng. Тhіѕ mаkеѕ ЕmеrСоіn есо-frіеndlу аnd mоrе rеѕіѕtаnt tо 51% оf аttасkѕ. А tоtаl оf оnе bіllіоn ЕМСѕ wіll bе mіntеd.