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Keep Your Authoritative DNS Always Available

IT or networking professionals charged with keeping critical network services like the DNS available and secure usually protect and prepare for attacks by

• Hardening the OS
• Keeping patches up to date
• Installing firewalls and network security devices
• Over-provisioning the servers

Wouldn’t life be easier if your DNS were simply immune to malware and network attacks?

Always Available. Never CompromiseD.

We know, this sounds like a lot of marketing hype. But it's true.

Secure64 DNS Authority is name server software that is always available. Even during network attacks. Even during software restarts. And it can't be compromised by malware.

How is this possible? We first started by building a micro OS from the ground up that takes unique advantage of the underlying microprocessor's security features. This provides a computing platform that is immune to rootkits and malware and resistant to network attacks.  Then we added high-performance, highly available DNS software. The result is what we call genuinely secure DNS.


Secure64 DNS Authority provides built-in DoS protection that instantly engages to identify and block TCP or UDP attack traffic. And it continues to respond to 100% of legitimate queries while under attack. Of course, you receive alerts and attack characteristics from Authority through syslog and SNMP traps so you can take remedial action. But you know your DNS will continue to function for the duration of the attack.

High availability means more than just attack protection. DNS Authority also remains available even during restarts. And if you operate a large DNS infrastructure, these restarts can leave your server dark for many minutes. Minutes that you don't have if you are trying to achieve five nines of availability.

For even higher availability, performance and resiliency, Authority can easily be anycasted in any data center in the world, even if you don't operate the routing infrastructure. The administrator can easily insert and withdraw servers without requiring router changes or deploying dedicated router hardware.

Authority is a different kind of DNS software. But it is still compatible with your existing IT infrastructure. Authority directly reads existing BIND configuration files and is interoperable with name servers running BIND, NSD, or Microsoft Windows DNS software.

A Sound Business Decision for IT

Secure64 DNS Authority delivers benefits that improve the corporate bottom line.

Reduce Costs

• Eliminate OS hardening and emergency security patching
• Enable convenient scheduling of updates
• Allow for consolidation of DNS servers
• Eliminate the need for front-end security devices and anycast routers

Reduce Risks

• Prevent security breaches from malicious code and rootkits
• Eliminate risk of platform compromise
• Maintain availability during denial of service attacks

Improve Operations

• Increase DNS performance and capacity
• Stay online even while under attack
• Avoid downtime due to DNS server restarts
• Support dynamic updates
• Provide better service levels to customers

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