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'''DNS Abuse''' is any malicious activity aimed at disrupting the DNS infrastructure or causing the DNS to operate in an unintended manner. Abusive activities include corrupting DNS zone data, gaining administrative control of a name server, and flooding the DNS with thousands of messages to degrade name-resolution services.<ref>[https://www.icann.org/en/icann-acronyms-and-terms/domain-name-system-abuse-en ICANN definition of DNS Abuse]</ref> | '''DNS Abuse''' is any malicious activity aimed at disrupting the DNS infrastructure or causing the DNS to operate in an unintended manner. It is different from [[:Category:Bad Practice|bad practices]]. Abusive activities include corrupting DNS zone data, gaining administrative control of a name server, and flooding the DNS with thousands of messages to degrade name-resolution services.<ref>[https://www.icann.org/en/icann-acronyms-and-terms/domain-name-system-abuse-en ICANN definition of DNS Abuse]</ref> | ||
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