In rDNS We Trust: Revisiting a Common Data-Source’s Reliability

Tobias Fiebig; Kevin Borgolte; Shuang Hao; Christopher Kruegel; Giovanni Vigna; Anja Feldmann

doi:10.1007/978-3-319-76481-8_10

In rDNS We Trust: Revisiting a Common Data-Source’s Reliability

Tobias Fiebig, Kevin Borgolte, Shuang Hao, Christopher Kruegel, Giovanni Vigna, Anja Feldmann

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Abstract

Reverse DNS (rDNS) is regularly used as a data source in Internet measurement research. However, existing work is polarized on its reliability, and new techniques to collect active IPv6 datasets have not yet been sufficiently evaluated. In this paper, we investigate active and passive data collection and practical use aspects of rDNS datasets.We observe that the share of non-authoritatively answerable IPv4 rDNS queries reduced since earlier studies and IPv6 rDNS has less non-authoritatively answerable queries than IPv4 rDNS. Furthermore, we compare passively collected datasets with actively collected ones, and we show that they enable observing the same effects in rDNS data. While highlighting opportunities for future research, we find no immediate challenges to the use of rDNS as active and passive data-source for Internet measurement research.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Proceedings of International Conference on Passive and Active Network Measurement
Editors	Robert Beverly, Georgios Smaragdakis, Anja Feldmann
Publisher	Springer
Pages	1-13
Number of pages	13
ISBN (Print)	978-3-319-76480-1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-76481-8_10
Publication status	Published - 2018
Event	International Conference on Passive and Active Network Measurement - Berlin, Germany Duration: 26 Mar 2018 → 27 Mar 2018

Publication series

Name	Lecture Notes in Computer Science
Publisher	Springer
Volume	10771
ISSN (Print)	0302-9743

Name	Computer Communication Networks and Telecommunications
Publisher	Springer
Volume	10771

Conference

Conference	International Conference on Passive and Active Network Measurement
Abbreviated title	PAM 2018
Country/Territory	Germany
City	Berlin
Period	26/03/18 → 27/03/18

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Fiebig, T., Borgolte, K., Hao, S., Kruegel, C., Vigna, G., & Feldmann, A. (2018). In rDNS We Trust: Revisiting a Common Data-Source’s Reliability. In R. Beverly, G. Smaragdakis, & A. Feldmann (Eds.), Proceedings of International Conference on Passive and Active Network Measurement (pp. 1-13). ( Lecture Notes in Computer Science; Vol. 10771), (Computer Communication Networks and Telecommunications; Vol. 10771). Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-76481-8_10

Fiebig, Tobias ; Borgolte, Kevin ; Hao, Shuang et al. / In rDNS We Trust : Revisiting a Common Data-Source’s Reliability. Proceedings of International Conference on Passive and Active Network Measurement. editor / Robert Beverly ; Georgios Smaragdakis ; Anja Feldmann. Springer, 2018. pp. 1-13 ( Lecture Notes in Computer Science). (Computer Communication Networks and Telecommunications).

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Fiebig, T, Borgolte, K, Hao, S, Kruegel, C, Vigna, G & Feldmann, A 2018, In rDNS We Trust: Revisiting a Common Data-Source’s Reliability. in R Beverly, G Smaragdakis & A Feldmann (eds), Proceedings of International Conference on Passive and Active Network Measurement. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol. 10771, Computer Communication Networks and Telecommunications, vol. 10771, Springer, pp. 1-13, International Conference on Passive and Active Network Measurement, Berlin, Germany, 26/03/18. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-76481-8_10

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