Company
Date Published
Author
David Belson, Carlos Rodrigues, Vicky Shrestha, Hannes Gerhart
Word count
2545
Language
English
Hacker News points
None

Summary

Cloudflare's 1.1.1.1 resolver has grown significantly since its launch in April Fool's Day 2018, handling an average of 1.9 trillion queries per day from around 250 locations worldwide. The new DNS page on Cloudflare Radar provides insights into Internet activity beyond simple web traffic trends, including aggregate traffic and usage trends seen across 1.1.1.1 resolver traffic. The page analyzes global, location, and autonomous system (ASN) traffic trends, as well as protocol usage, query and response characteristics, and DNSSEC usage. It also explores the adoption of transport protocols such as UDP, DoT, and DoH, and provides a breakdown of DNS record types, response codes, and cache hit ratios. The page highlights the importance of DNS security extensions like DNSSEC and the need for further adoption of encryption and DNSSEC to protect against tampering. Overall, the new DNS page aims to provide visibility into what's going on behind the scenes of DNS operations at a global, national, and network level.