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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, CEO
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
How botnets use 'bullet-proof' domains
News Researchers find clues as to how switching servers behind hard-coded domain names keeps criminals in business.
Tags: Security, Domain names, Spam and phishing, Viruses and worms, Malware, Domain Name, Domain, ICANN, Bot, Server
BlackBerry smartphones open to SMS attack
News Certificate notification issue means BlackBerry users could be tricked into visiting malicious Web sites, Research In Motion has warned.
Tags: Viruses and worms, Network security, BlackBerry, Research In Motion Ltd., Smart Phone, E-mail, dialog box, Web Site, software, domain name
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
Microsoft backtracks on free Office Live domains
News Software maker started charging new customers for domain renewals last year, but had told early customers domains would be registered for free "in perpetuity".
Tags: Business Strategies & Functions, Web services, Business, Data warehousing/business intelligence, Web servers, Microsoft Office OneNote 2003, Domain Name, Domain, Small Business, e-mail
Use RFC 2606 example domains for example e-mail
Techguide Example e-mail domains were created specifically for use in examples, so that people with real e-mail accounts that happen to coincide with your examples don't suffer the fallout of an unfortunate choice of example.
Tags: Security implementation/standards, Security Management, E-mail Address, Security, Domain Name, Domain, CompTIA, Chad Perrin, RFC, e-mail
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
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
Researchers exploit flaws in SSL, domain authentication system
News Dan Kaminsky and Moxie Marlinspike explain how flaws in the way domain names are verified on the Internet could allow attackers to impersonate a site and steal information from unsuspecting Web surfers.
Tags: Network security, Data security, Authentication and encryption, Web sites, Authentication, Security, SSL, Domain Name, Web Browser, Vulnerability
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
Puerto Rico sites redirected in DNS attack
News Visitors to Google.pr, Microsoft.com.pr, Yahoo.com.pr, and others saw defaced sites instead of the legitimate sites after an attack on the domain name system in Puerto Rico last weekend.
Tags: Network security, Hacking, SSL/TLS, Spam and phishing, Phishing, PayPal, SSL, Site, Domain Name, Attack
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
Kaspersky impressed by botnet slickness
News Cybersecurity expert Eugene Kaspersky says Conficker would have been nastier if the botnet had been motivated by more than just money.
Tags: Viruses and worms, Malware, Domain Name, Conference, Worm, Domain, AusCERT, Algorithm, ICANN, Ukraine
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
