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Azure Managed DNS Providers?
In the wake of the http://dyn.com/blog/dyn-statement-on-10212016-ddos-attack/, which impacted Netflix, Twitter and other major platforms, I'm being asked about the DNS providers Microsoft uses for Azure (if this is even a relevant question).
Unsurprisingly, there isn't much easily available information about this (for example, does Microsoft use https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_managed_DNS_providers managed providers?)
Can anyone fill in the gaps?
Best Regards,
.d.
Hi Dwayne,
From my understanding - this is not something MS would depend on, it is internal and they have their own separate DNS service - this is from the best of my knowledge, I could be wrong here.
For a comsumer - unless you depend on their DNS service (https://azure.microsoft.com/en-in/services/dns/) it does not matter. The DNS attack would affect the provider it is targeted on. So if you host your DNS on GoDaddy and run a Website in Azure - MS is not responsible for DNS resolution in this scenario.
Hope this answers your query?
Regards,
Jasjit
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Hi Dwayne,
From my understanding - this is not something MS would depend on, it is internal and they have their own separate DNS service - this is from the best of my knowledge, I could be wrong here.
For a comsumer - unless you depend on their DNS service (https://azure.microsoft.com/en-in/services/dns/) it does not matter. The DNS attack would affect the provider it is targeted on. So if you host your DNS on GoDaddy and run a Website in Azure - MS is not responsible for DNS resolution in this scenario.
Hope this answers your query?
Regards,
Jasjit