DNS quiz

DNS-themed quiz

DNS quiz

According to U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission documents, this domain name was sold for a record $872 million

1: According to U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission documents, this domain name was sold for a record $872 million

360.com

fb.com

hotels.com

cars.com

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2. On March 15, 1985, the world's first commercial domain name was registered. What was it named?

3: 2. On March 15, 1985, the world's first commercial domain name was registered. What was it named?

symbolics.com

xerox.com

sun.com

bbn.com

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3. What domain zone do you think doesn’t exist?

5: 3. What domain zone do you think doesn’t exist?

.eurovision

.anime

.pizza

.beer

4. On Oct 21, 2016, DNS provider Dyn, was attacked by a group of anonymous hackers and it caused one of the biggest Internet outrages in the recent years. The provider was attacked using Mirai malware named after TV anime series Mirai Nikki. Among other things, what devices were used in the attack?

baby monitors

Windows servers

iPhones

Xbox 360 consoles

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5. “Domain operator” is an entity that manages DNS zones. How do you think, who is the operator of zone .SMILE?

8: 5. “Domain operator” is an entity that manages DNS zones. How do you think, who is the operator of zone .SMILE?

Amazon Registry Services, Inc.

Science and Math Investigative Learning Experiences, Inc.

Single Mothers in A Learning Env. Group

Security Made in Lëtzebuerg Group

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6. DNS zone files support different types of records. How do you think what function serves AAAA record?

10: 6. DNS zone files support different types of records. How do you think what function serves AAAA record?

it's an alias for another domain name

it's used with some cryptographic systems to identify a key management agent

it's used for IPv6 addresses

it specifies authoritative information about a DNS zone

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7. What is the name of the act of entering false information into a DNS cache, so that DNS queries return an incorrect response and users are directed to the wrong websites?

12: 7. What is the name of the act of entering false information into a DNS cache, so that DNS queries return an incorrect response and users are directed to the wrong websites?

DNS spoofing

DNS TTL

round robin DNS

DNS propagation

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8. Domain name .nu is popular in Sweden, Norway, Denmark, the Netherland and Belgium as the word nu in Swedish, Danish and Dutch means "now”. But which territory did it initially represent?

14: 8. Domain name .nu is popular in Sweden, Norway, Denmark, the Netherland and Belgium as the word nu in Swedish, Danish and Dutch means "now”. But which territory did it initially represent?

North Uist islands

Niue

Nicaragua

New York

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9. Initially, the process of assigning addresses was manual. Computers and their associated hostnames and addresses were added to the THAT .txt file by contacting the SRI Network Information Center (NIC) via telephone during business hours. What was the name of THAT file?

16: 9. Initially, the process of assigning addresses was manual. Computers and their associated hostnames and addresses were added to the THAT .txt file by contacting the SRI Network Information Center (NIC) via telephone during business hours. What was the name of THAT file?

sites.txt

hosts.txt

computers.txt

addresses.txt

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10. What does DNS stand for?

18: 10. What does DNS stand for?

Domain Name System

Dynamic Name System

Domain Name Server

Data Naming Software

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