| As most accounts in the DNS are privileged or system level accounts, account management and distribution is vital to the security of the DNS implementation and infrastructure. If an attacker compromises an account, the entire DNS infrastructure, not to mention the hosts on the network, is at risk. Authentication for user or administrative access to the system is required at all times.
Accounts are utilized for identifying individual application users or for identifying the application processes themselves. When DNS accounts are terminated, user accessibility may be affected.
In order to detect and respond to events that affect user accessibility and application processing, applications must audit account termination actions and, as required, notify the appropriate individuals so they can investigate the event to ensure its validity. Such a capability greatly reduces the risk that DNS accessibility will be negatively affected for extended periods of time and also provides auditing capability that can be used for forensic purposes. |
