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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, browser company
Batch scripting of Windows host file changes
Techguide DNS is the manageable way to resolve computer names to IP addresses, yet Windows admins usually use host files. When you need to make a change to a bunch of host entries, where do you start?
Tags: LANs and WANs, Microsoft Windows, Entry, IP, Tool, static IP address, IP Address, Sed, Microsoft Windows Server 2008, name resolution
New Chrome beta reflects bigger Google challenge
News Google has moved several features to its more beta version of Chrome. Next up: moving beyond the early adopters.
Tags: Web browsers, Web Page, Web Browser, Apple Mac OS X, Video, Google Chrome, Apple Mac OS, Beta, DNS, JavaScript
Nominum's Skye puts DNS services in the cloud
News The Internet infrastructure company is offering hosted DNS services through its newly created Skye cloud division.
Tags: Cloud computing, E-business, Broadband, Cloud computing, Internet-infrastructure, DNS, Internet Service Provider, data center, Web
What Windows 7 means to Windows server administrators
Techguide Scott Lowe shares 10 items that Windows server administrators need to know in order to adequately support Windows 7 clients.
Tags: Servers, BranchCache, DirectAccess, VPN Reconnect, BranchCache BranchCache, AppLocker Like DirectAccess, Windows XP Mode, Windows Deployment Services, Client, Scott Lowe
Setting up a dynamic DNS service: dhcpd
Techguide In this followup to our previous report, we configure ISC's dhcpd service, which will serve the DHCP-based IP addresses to clients and update the DNS records accordingly.
Tags: Operating systems, Domain Name, DNS Server, IP, IP Address, MAC, Server, DNS, dynamic DNS, Operating systems
Setting up a dynamic DNS service
Techguide Vincent Danen shows you how to configure the BIND side of a dynamic DNS service.
Tags: Linux, Open source, Network administration/implementation, IP, DHCP, BIND, DHCP Server, Server, DNS, dynamic DNS
Beware fake Snow Leopard sites
News Security firm Trend Micro warns of Web sites that purport to offer free copies of forthcoming new Mac OS but instead deliver malware.
Tags: Mac OS, Viruses and worms, Antivirus software, Antivirus Software, Domain Name, Trend Micro Inc., Phishing Web Site, Apple Macintosh, antivirus company, DNS
High-risk Internet server exploit goes wild
News An active Bind 9 exploit that a hacker could use to crash Internet servers is in wide circulation, according to the Internet Systems Consortium.
Tags: Data security, Network security, Security Management, Security, Exploit, DNS Server, BIND, Server, DNS, DOS
EU begins IPv6 rollout
News First European Union agency has begun offering services over version 6 of the Internet Protocol to drive adoption.
Tags: IPv6, DNS, IPv4, public sector, European Commission, information security, internal network, security tool, IPv6, European Union
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
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
Using dnsmasq for DNS and DHCP services
Techguide Get an introduction to an open source solution called dnsmasq, which provides both DNS forwarding and DHCP services for a small network or home office.
Tags: Open source, Network administration/implementation, DHCP, BIND, static IP address, TFTP server, DHCP Server, MAC, Dnsmasq, Server
Security experts' sites hacked on eve of Black Hat conference
News Attackers post e-mail messages, passwords and other sensitive data stolen from security experts and others on hacked site of Dan Kaminsky.
Tags: Authentication and encryption, Network security, Security Management, Security, Conference, Server, e-mail, DNS, Internet, Black Hat
