DNS and Domains

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Nigeria aims to expand use of .ng domain
Aug. 22, 2008
The Nigeria Internet Registration Association (NIRA), charged with increasing Internet penetration through the popularization of the .ng domain name, has set a target of growing Internet usage in the country to 2 ...

DNS patches cause problems, developers admit
Jul. 29, 2008
Patches released earlier this month to quash a critical bug in the Domain Name System (DNS) have slowed servers running BIND, the Internet's most popular DNS software, and crippled some systems versions of Windows ...

Board opens way for new top-level domains
Jun. 26, 2008
ICANN will press ahead with plans to introduce new top-level domains, including some so-called Internationalized Domain Names written in Chinese and Arabic scripts, its board decided unanimously Thursday.

Clock is ticking on .me domain names
May. 13, 2008
Trademark-holders have until May 20 to register their company and product names under the new .me domain, which is being marketed as a generic top-level domain by the country of Montenegro. Clock is ticking on .me ...

Watching the registrars
Jan. 11, 2008
Network Solutions has once again shown that it can't be trusted in its role as a domain name registrar.

Top-level domains rethought
Jul. 02, 2008
At ICANN's recent Paris meeting the board unanimously agreed to allow the creation of arbitrarily named top level domains by those with deep pockets. Gibbs thinks that this is not a good idea.

Experts: Apple servers still vulnerable to DNS threats
Aug. 04, 2008
A month after a critical flaw in the Internet's Domain Name System was first reported, security experts are warning that updates introduced by Apple last week may not go far enough to combat the threat.

Smaller ISPs at risk to DNS flaw
Aug. 02, 2008
Customers of small ISPs may be at risk of online fraud, following the industry's lax response to securing against the recently discovered Domain Name System (DNS) cache poisoning flaw.

Apple finally patches dangerous DNS flaw
Aug. 01, 2008
Apple has at last issued a patch for the DNS (Domain Name System) flaw considered one of the most dangerous vulnerabilities ever to affect the Internet.

Hackers start DNS attacks, researcher says
Jul. 30, 2008
Hackers are now actively exploiting a critical flaw in the Domain Name System, but they're not using any of the already known exploits, said a researcher who crafted the first attack code to go public.

FAQ: The DNS bug and you
Jul. 30, 2008
You know a bug is Big News when it makes National Public Radio's "All Things Considered," the network's afternoon drive-time show.

Security experts knock Apple for not patching DNS bug
Jul. 28, 2008
Apple has not yet patched a critical Domain Name System (DNS) bug in its Mac OS X operating system, analysts and security researchers noted today as some criticized the company for dragging its feet.

Attack code released for new DNS attack
Jul. 24, 2008
Hackers have released software that exploits a recently disclosed flaw in the Domain Name System (DNS) software used to route messages between computers on the Internet.

Details of major Internet flaw posted by accident
Jul. 22, 2008
A computer security company on Monday inadvertently published details of a major flaw in the Internet's Domain Name System (DNS) several weeks before they were due to be disclosed.

DNS flaw discoverer says more permanent fixes will be needed
Jul. 19, 2008
The security researcher who recently discovered a heretofore unknown flaw in the Internet's core Domain Name System (DNS) protocol warned IT managers on Thursday to expect more security fixes aimed at mitigating the ...

DNS researcher convinces skeptics that bug is serious
Jul. 11, 2008
Once-skeptical security researchers now agree that the critical bug in the Internet's Domain Name System (DNS) protocol is the real deal.

Internet bug fix spawns backlash from hackers
Jul. 10, 2008
Hackers are a skeptical bunch, but that doesn't bother Dan Kaminsky, who got a lot of flack from his colleagues in the security research community after claiming to have discovered a critical bug in the Internet's ...

DNS flaw-fix hype addressed
Jul. 10, 2008
Dan Kaminsky, director of penetration testing at IOActive, discovered a fundamental flaw in DNS, rallied 16 vendors to develop patches and kept mum about the technical details. Some critics say he should be revealing ...

Major DNS flaw could disrupt the Internet
Jul. 08, 2008
The discovery of a flaw in Domain Name System protocol that would allow an attacker to remotely disrupt or even take control of the Internet has been discovered by a researcher, leading to a CERT advisory and a multi- ...

ICANN blames June site hijack on registrar
Jul. 07, 2008
The international organization that oversees the Web's top-level domain naming system said that the hijacking last month of several of its domains was due to a security breach at the registrar that manages those URLs.

20 cents to stop domain tasters?
Jan. 30, 2008
A proposal by the overseer of the Internet's addressing system could make it a lot easier for people to reserve the domain name they want for their Web site.

After furor, Network Solutions stands by name policy
Jan. 10, 2008
Network Solutions is standing by its controversial policy of automatically registering some domain names that are the subject of searches on the company's Web site.

E-discovery options increase
Jul. 03, 2008
Four vendors - CommVault, Mimosa Systems, Data Domain and Fios - are adding to the hubbub around e-discovery with the addition of capabilities to their products.

Data Domain targets archiving
Jun. 23, 2008
Backup and recovery specialist Data Domain is moving into archiving, by adding file locking software to its de-duplicating storage systems. The software - called Retention Lock - is designed to deal with regulatory ...

Managing institutional memory
Jun. 13, 2008
Companies have things they need to remember such as domain renewals but how can they remember them over years or decades?