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This context matches the DNS questions of a DNS query so that patterns can be written against one or more domains in a given DNS query.

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This context is a direct pattern match against the format of a DNS query, so patterns must adhere to the DNS question structure. A recommended approach to create a DNS pattern is to capture the DNS request with Wireshark and copy the DNS Request field (make sure to remove the ending period in the request).

Context Capture

This example illustrates how to build a signature for a DNS query for the domain www.thebayareagamers.com.
The Wireshark representation of the above table. Everything highlighted yellow and blue is provided by this context. The blue section is where the hexadecimal string is pulled from for the above table.