Professor of Computer Science Mark Crovella and his team, Paul Barford and Joel Sommers, have been awarded an NSF Network Technologies and Systems Medium award in support of their research project, “Large Scale Analysis of Configurations and Management Practices in the Domain Name System.” The project seeks to contribute a deeper understanding of what is usual, and what is unusual, with respect to the contents of the internet’s domain name system (DNS). New techniques and findings from this project will lead to a more robust, manageable, and better performing DNS, which has potential to positively impact society as a whole.