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Chinese domain names coming soon to S'pore
News Registration for .sg domain names based on Chinese characters to be accepted from Nov. 23, according to Singapore's national registrar.
Tags: Web sites, Domain names, Regulations, domain name registration, SGNIC, Domain Name, Web sites, Singapore, Japan, intellectual property
Al Gore backs environmental top-level domain
News Al Gore and his philanthropic organization, the Alliance for Climate Protection, are supporting a group applying for the top-level domain .eco.
Tags: Domain names, Domain, ICANN, Al Gore, entrepreneur, partnership, Internet, Web Site, alliance, Web
US government finally lets ICANN go
News update In surprising move, U.S. government says it is ready to relinquish power of organization that oversees global Web traffic to "Internet users everywhere".
Tags: Web sites, Domain names, Politics, International governments, Domain Name, ICANN, Asia-Pacific, Singapore, accountability, U.S. Department of Commerce
Asian TLDs bide their time on DNSSEC
News update Thailand goes ahead to adopt security protocol for country-code top-level domain, but other countries in region continue testing and may not follow suit yet.
Tags: Web sites, Domain names, Network security, Security implementation/standards, Security Management, DNS, Registry, Thailand, Web Browser, CEO
Verizon awarded 'largest-ever' cybersquatting judgment
News A federal court awarded Verizon US$33 million in a case against an Internet domain registrar the company claims chose names to be easily confused with legitimate Verizon sites.
Tags: Web sites, Domain names, Verizon Communications Inc., ICANN, Cybersquatting, Northern California, Oakland, San Francisco, News.com, Internet
CEO of Internet oversight group to step down
News Paul Twomey will continue to helm ICANN until the board appoints a successor at the organization that is about to make some major changes.
Tags: Domain names, Web sites, ICANN, U.S. Department of Commerce, Paul Twomey, DNS, chairman, CEO, Internet, leadership
Europe calls on US to let go Icann
News Upcoming expiry of deal between the U.S. government and body that governs the Internet's core functions should lead to independence for Icann, says the European Commission.
Tags: Domain names, Web sites, ICANN, European Union, Europe, Internet User, U.S. Government, Internet, U.S., banking
Set up split-brain DNS with Active Directory integrated zones
Techguide Learn how to configure conditional forwarding in Windows Server 2003 when a split-brain DNS setup is called for.
Tags: Domain names, Web servers, Domain Name, DNS Server, Domain, Environment, Server, DNS, Microsoft Windows Server, Microsoft Windows
Spam increasing again after shutdown of hosting company
News Two weeks after hosting provider McColo was shut down, the volume of spam is increasing again as stranded botnets get connected to new domains.
Tags: Spam and phishing, Domain names, MessageLabs Ltd., Domain, Spamming, Spam, Bot, Hosting Company, Washington Post Co., Spammer
DNS resource records still open to malicious redirection
Techguide Attacks against DNS cache integrity are an easy way for criminals to redirect your unsuspecting users to malicious sites. Learn more about how DNS works and what exactly DNS cache poisoning is.
Tags: LANs and WANs, Network security, Domain names, NIST, Security, Domain Name, DNS Server, Entry, IP, IP Address
Crypto project to lock down Net security
News VeriSign and Icann have joined with two U.S. government agencies to encrypt one of the fundamental Internet protocols.
Tags: Domain names, Network security, Security implementation/standards, NIST, Security, Domain Name, VeriSign Inc., ICANN, U.S. Department of Commerce, Internet User
Apple plugs holes for domain spoofing, other attacks
News Security update for Mac OS X addresses 43 specific issues, including holes that could allow an attacker to take over the computer.
Tags: Network security, Security Management, Web sites, Apple Inc., Security, SSL, Web sites, Domain, Attack, Apple Mac OS X
Phishers focus on China e-commerce sites
News update Banks made up majority of spoofed brands globally but over in China, e-commerce sites were hot property for phishers, finds new Symantec report.
Tags: Spam and phishing, Domain names, Data security, E-business, Phishing, IP, Asia-Pacific, Phishing Web Site, Sharp Corp., Malaysia
Icann: Coders, ISPs vital to Net security
News Internet watchdog says DNSSEC encryption, which makes it harder for hackers to subvert Web traffic, will only work if developers and ISPs get behind it.
Tags: Domain names, Web 2.0, LANs and WANs, Security, Domain Name, ICANN, Internet Security, IP, DNS, Internet Service Provider
Windows Live Search to be rebranded Kumo?
News Microsoft has taken control of the domain name and is reportedly directing internal traffic to the test site.
Tags: Search, Branding, Domain names, Web sites, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Live Search, Microsoft Windows Live, Yahoo! Inc., TechCrunch, Microsoft Windows
