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Domain name system

nounid 2363·updated May 9, 2026
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A hierarchical database that is distributed across the Internet that allows names to be resolved into IP addresses (and vice versa) to locate services such as web and e-mail servers

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Classifications

Entity Type

Network95%llm-generatedllm:claude-haiku-4-5

Sensitivity

80%llm-generatedllm:claude-haiku-4-5

Information Class

85%llm-generatedllm:claude-haiku-4-5

Variants

acronym
DNSDNS exfiltration
plural
Domain name systems
possessive
Domain name system's
pluralpossessive
Domain name systems'

Framework definitions

SANS Glossary of Security Terms1 senseview framework →
§1
The domain name system (DNS) is the way that Internet domain names are located and translated into Internet Protocol addresses. A domain name is a meaningful and easy-to-remember "handle" for an Internet address.
ISACA Cybersecurity Glossary2 sensesview framework →
§1
A hierarchical database that is distributed across the Internet that allows names to be resolved into IP addresses (and vice versa) to locate services such as web and e-mail servers
§2 · sense_2_pending_review
Tunneling over DNS to gain network access. Lower-level attack vector for simple to complex data transmission, slow but difficult to detect.

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