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EP143: DNS Record Types You Should Know

ByteByteGo

This week’s system design refresher: 8 Most Important System Design Concepts You Should Know (Youtube Video) DNS Record Types You Should Know Polling Vs Webhooks API Vs SDK! Here are the 8 most commonly used DNS Record Types. PTR Record Provides reverse DNS lookup, mapping an IP address back to a domain name.

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AWS Route 53 BGP Hijack: What Kentik Saw

Kentik

In simple terms, Border Gateway Protocol (BGP) is the protocol that routes traffic on the Internet. During last week’s attack, the attacker was redirecting traffic that belonged to Amazon’s Route 53 DNS servers. Here we have the DNS clients sending their DNS queries to the hijacked blocks advertised by AS10297.

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Unlocking the Power of Embedded CDNs: A Comprehensive Guide to Deployment Scenarios and Optimal Use Cases

Kentik

The CDN and the ISP peers over an IXP, the volume drives port upgrades, and private connections are impossible. Removing traffic from the edge will save money on transit and IXP port fees and lower the risk of congestion. There are more efficient ways of operating DNS resolvers, so are there any workarounds available?

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Dynamic Configuration Patterns for Platform Engineering Teams

Wahl Network

Take the example of one service needing to lookup the execution address for an API gateway hosted by another service. DNS is another great example of this. Think of it like the USB-C port for your system. We need everyone to plug into the same adapter interface but can offer a wide variety of experiences through that USB-C port!

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How to Monitor Packet Loss and Latency in the Cloud

Kentik

Bad hardware (the switch or router port). Packet capture : By strategically locating one or more probes off of mirrored ports on the network, sessions can be monitored, but if the loss occurred in the cloud, we will have no idea where it occurred. To learn more, read “ How to Monitor Traffic Through Transit Gateways.”.

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