DNS spoofing

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DNS spoofing

Quality:

DNS spoofing - cyberattack in which corrupt DNS data is introduced into the DNS resolver's cache, causing the name server to return an incorrect result record, e.g. an IP address, diverting traffic to the attacker. Article “DNS spoofing” in English Wikipedia has 25.1 points for quality (as of July 1, 2025). The article contains 12 references and 8 sections. The article also contains templates indicating quality issues, therefore its score was reduced by 1.32 points.

This article has the best quality in Italian Wikipedia. However, this article is the most popular in English version.

In June 2025 the article “DNS spoofing” was edited by 3 authors in English Wikipedia and written by 6 authors in all languages.

Since the creation of article “DNS spoofing”, its content was written by 169 registered users of English Wikipedia and edited by 336 registered Wikipedia users in all languages.

The article is cited 102 times in English Wikipedia and cited 408 times in all languages.

The highest Authors Interest rank from 2001:

  • Local (English): #4312 in April 2005
  • Global: #7541 in April 2005

The highest popularity rank from 2008:

  • Local (English): #12224 in July 2008
  • Global: #21611 in July 2008

There are 15 language versions for this article in the WikiRank database (of the considered 55 Wikipedia language editions).

The quality and popularity assessment was based on Wikipédia dumps from July 1, 2025 (including revision history and pageviews for previous years).

The table below shows the language versions of the article with the highest quality.

Languages with the highest quality

#LanguageQuality gradeQuality score
1Italian (it)
DNS spoofing
31.734
2Turkish (tr)
DNS spoofing
26.9199
3Finnish (fi)
DNS spoofing
25.1634
4Japanese (ja)
DNSスプーフィング
25.1344
5English (en)
DNS spoofing
25.0549
6Arabic (ar)
انتحال أسماء النطاقات
14.9332
7German (de)
DNS spoofing
14.067
8Persian (fa)
کلاهبرداری در سامانه نام دامنه
13.5624
9Russian (ru)
DNS spoofing
13.421
10French (fr)
Empoisonnement du cache DNS
13.2483
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The following table shows the most popular language versions of the article.

Most popular in all the time

The most popular language versions of the article "DNS spoofing" in all the time
#LanguagePopularity awardRelative popularity
1English (en)
DNS spoofing
1 948 208
2French (fr)
Empoisonnement du cache DNS
178 138
3Japanese (ja)
DNSスプーフィング
125 106
4Italian (it)
DNS spoofing
41 133
5Russian (ru)
DNS spoofing
38 628
6Korean (ko)
DNS 스푸핑
30 913
7German (de)
DNS spoofing
27 808
8Turkish (tr)
DNS spoofing
18 042
9Dutch (nl)
DNS-vergiftiging
8 815
10Chinese (zh)
DNS欺骗
6 162
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The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest popularity in the last month.

Most popular in June 2025

The most popular language versions of the article "DNS spoofing" in June 2025
#LanguagePopularity awardRelative popularity
1English (en)
DNS spoofing
4 245
2Russian (ru)
DNS spoofing
288
3Japanese (ja)
DNSスプーフィング
287
4German (de)
DNS spoofing
233
5French (fr)
Empoisonnement du cache DNS
226
6Chinese (zh)
DNS欺骗
80
7Italian (it)
DNS spoofing
71
8Turkish (tr)
DNS spoofing
65
9Dutch (nl)
DNS-vergiftiging
38
10Korean (ko)
DNS 스푸핑
31
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The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest Authors’ Interest.

The highest AI

Language versions of the article "DNS spoofing" with the highest Authors Interest (number of authors). Only registered Wikipedia users were taken into account.
#LanguageAI awardRelative AI
1English (en)
DNS spoofing
169
2French (fr)
Empoisonnement du cache DNS
43
3Japanese (ja)
DNSスプーフィング
25
4Italian (it)
DNS spoofing
21
5German (de)
DNS spoofing
19
6Turkish (tr)
DNS spoofing
12
7Dutch (nl)
DNS-vergiftiging
9
8Persian (fa)
کلاهبرداری در سامانه نام دامنه
8
9Russian (ru)
DNS spoofing
8
10Ukrainian (uk)
DNS spoofing
6
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The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest Authors’ Interest in the last month.

The highest AI in June 2025

Language versions of the article "DNS spoofing" with the highest AI in June 2025
#LanguageAI awardRelative AI
1English (en)
DNS spoofing
3
2French (fr)
Empoisonnement du cache DNS
3
3Arabic (ar)
انتحال أسماء النطاقات
0
4German (de)
DNS spoofing
0
5Persian (fa)
کلاهبرداری در سامانه نام دامنه
0
6Finnish (fi)
DNS spoofing
0
7Italian (it)
DNS spoofing
0
8Japanese (ja)
DNSスプーフィング
0
9Korean (ko)
DNS 스푸핑
0
10Dutch (nl)
DNS-vergiftiging
0
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The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest number of citations.

The highest CI

Language versions of the article "DNS spoofing" with the highest Citation Index (CI)
#LanguageCI awardRelative CI
1Japanese (ja)
DNSスプーフィング
209
2English (en)
DNS spoofing
102
3Persian (fa)
کلاهبرداری در سامانه نام دامنه
32
4French (fr)
Empoisonnement du cache DNS
17
5Korean (ko)
DNS 스푸핑
7
6Turkish (tr)
DNS spoofing
7
7Chinese (zh)
DNS欺骗
7
8Ukrainian (uk)
DNS spoofing
6
9Italian (it)
DNS spoofing
5
10Dutch (nl)
DNS-vergiftiging
4
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Quality measures

Interwikis

#LanguageValue
arArabic
انتحال أسماء النطاقات
deGerman
DNS spoofing
enEnglish
DNS spoofing
faPersian
کلاهبرداری در سامانه نام دامنه
fiFinnish
DNS spoofing
frFrench
Empoisonnement du cache DNS
itItalian
DNS spoofing
jaJapanese
DNSスプーフィング
koKorean
DNS 스푸핑
nlDutch
DNS-vergiftiging
ptPortuguese
Envenenamento de DNS
ruRussian
DNS spoofing
trTurkish
DNS spoofing
ukUkrainian
DNS spoofing
zhChinese
DNS欺骗

Popularity rank trends

Best Rank English:
#12224
07.2008
Global:
#21611
07.2008

AI rank trends

Best Rank English:
#4312
04.2005
Global:
#7541
04.2005

Local AI rank history

Global AI rank history

Languages comparison

Important global interconnections (July 2024 – June 2025)

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Cumulative results of quality and popularity of the Wikipedia article

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