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The Domain Name System provides a critical service in the Internet
infrastructure since it maps the domain names that are used by endusers
onto IP addresses. Since endusers rely on names to identify the servers
infrastructure since it maps the domain names that are used by end users
onto IP addresses. Since end users rely on names to identify the servers
that they connect to, any incorrect information distributed by the DNS
would direct endusers' connections to invalid destinations. Unfortunately,
would direct end users' connections to invalid destinations. Unfortunately,
several attacks of this kind occurred in the past. A detailed analysis
of the security threats against the DNS appeared in :rfc:`3833`. We consider
three of these threats in this section and leave the others to :rfc:`3833`.

The first type of attack is `eavesdropping`. An attacker who can capture
packets sent to a DNS resolver or a DNS server can gain valuable information
about the DNS names that are used by a given enduser. If the attacker can
about the DNS names that are used by a given end user. If the attacker can
capture all the packets sent to a DNS resolver, he/she can collect a lot of
meta data about the domain names used by the enduser. Preventing this type
meta data about the domain names used by the end user. Preventing this type
of attack has not been an objective of the initial design of the DNS.
There are currently discussions with the IETF to carry DNS messages over
TLS sessions to protect against such attacks. However, these solutions
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