Running a local DNS server is great - until your devices ignore it ...
Distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks that could be related have in the past few days slammed the DNS servers of at least three providers of domain name management and DNS hosting services.
One common issue I see with people new to web hosting is their confusion about how the Domain Name System (DNS) works, especially when it comes to updating a Name Server (NS) record for a domain ...
In at least one case a provider's authoritative DNS servers were used to amplify DDoS attacks using DNS reflection DDoS (distributed denial-of-service) attacks that could be related have in the past ...