The powerful DNS Sinkhole technology has been used by corporations to help defend networks for years. Recently, this technology has been made available for home networks and small offices thanks to Pi-Hole. In this presentation, I’ll share my sometimes comical journey implementing a DNS sinkhole and provide resources in case you would like to try for yourself.

Speaker: Jeremy Druin, Principal Security Architect, Owner of Ellipsis Information Security
OSCP, GISF, GSEC, GCIH-GOLD, GWAPT-GOLD, GPEN-GOLD, GMOB, GXPN-GOLD, Sec+

Jeremy works as the Principal Security Architect for UPS where he created the application security, bug bounty and penetration testing programs. Jeremy is also the owner of Ellipsis Information Security where he provides security testing services and teaches secure application development and penetration testing courses.

As a Director of Education for the Kentucky ISSA chapter, Jeremy presents on various information security topics along with operating the “webpwnized” YouTube video channel. Additionally, Jeremy develops the open-source OWASP Mutillidae II training environment.

Jeremy has a Bachelors in Computer Science from Indiana University, a Graduate Certificate in Cybersecurity and Masters in Computer Science from the University of Louisville and is a GIAC-certified Web Application, Mobile and Network Security Penetration Tester.