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US government finally lets ICANN go

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".

Wednesday, September 30 2009 11:24 PM

Tags: Web sites, Domain names, Politics, International governments, Domain Name, ICANN, Asia-Pacific, Singapore, accountability, U.S. Department of Commerce


Helping firms occupy more 'Yellow Pages'

Helping firms occupy more 'Yellow Pages'

Insight newsmaker Gone are the days of matching one domain name to one corporate Web site, says CEO of DotAsia, the keeper of the region's top-level domain.

Tuesday, May 13 2008 01:26 PM

Tags: Domain names, Web sites, Google Inc., Asia, Domain, Japan, Internationalized Domain Name, search bar, China, Internet


Asian TLDs bide their time on DNSSEC

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.

Thursday, October 15 2009 07:15 PM

Tags: Web sites, Domain names, Network security, Security implementation/standards, Security Management, DNS, Registry, Thailand, Web Browser, CEO


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.

Tuesday, November 03 2009 08:07 PM

Tags: Web sites, Domain names, Regulations, domain name registration, SGNIC, Domain Name, Web sites, Singapore, Japan, intellectual property


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.

Thursday, December 25 2008 08:23 AM

Tags: Web sites, Domain names, Verizon Communications Inc., ICANN, Cybersquatting, Northern California, Oakland, San Francisco, News.com, Internet


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.

Tuesday, September 01 2009 09:11 AM

Tags: Security implementation/standards, Security Management, E-mail Address, Security, Domain Name, Domain, CompTIA, Chad Perrin, RFC, e-mail


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.

Monday, June 22 2009 01:02 PM

Tags: Domain names, Web servers, Domain Name, DNS Server, Domain, Environment, Server, DNS, Microsoft Windows Server, Microsoft Windows


Time for U.S. to stop saying ICANN

Blogs This week marks the first time Barack Obama stood in front of the United Nations General Assembly in New York. In his in...

Friday, September 25 2009 03:15 AM


How botnets use 'bullet-proof' domains

News Researchers find clues as to how switching servers behind hard-coded domain names keeps criminals in business.

Thursday, October 09 2008 10:40 AM

Tags: Security, Domain names, Spam and phishing, Viruses and worms, Malware, Domain Name, Domain, ICANN, Bot, Server


Dot Go could be 'the Internet for text messaging'

News New service from Scientific Media aims to make it very easy for companies to run text message marketing campaigns.

Thursday, September 24 2009 10:34 AM

Tags: Mobile platforms/communications, Starbucks Corp., Text Messaging, dot-com, marketing, Earth, Internet, Mobile platforms/communications, Internet domain


ICANN adopts new Web site naming rules

News The Internet organization loosens its rules to allow companies, cities, and others to use just about any suffix they want for a Web address.

Sunday, June 29 2008 09:05 PM

Tags: Domain names, Web sites, Security, Domain Name, Suffix, ICANN, London, British Broadcasting Corp., Paris, New York City


Three ways to prevent typo-squatting data leakage

Techguide Typo-squatting is more than a way for squatters to make a buck--it also could lead to data leakage. Find out what defense you can take.

Tuesday, September 30 2008 08:47 AM

Tags: Risk Management, Domain names, Web sites, Security Management, Microsoft Corp., Domain Name, Domain, Tool, Microsoft Internet Explorer 7, Advertisement


McAfee: Beware the .hk domain, among others

News Security company's new report ranks riskiest and safest domains on the Internet. Damage from risky sites runs from the "apocalyptic to the annoying".

Wednesday, June 04 2008 03:15 PM

Tags: Spam and phishing, Domain names, Security, Site, Adware, Domain, software, McAfee Inc., researcher, China


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.

Tuesday, December 02 2008 12:59 PM

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.

Monday, June 08 2009 10:49 AM

Tags: Domain names, Network security, Security implementation/standards, NIST, Security, Domain Name, VeriSign Inc., ICANN, U.S. Department of Commerce, Internet User


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