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2737d216451 4.4.0 dns query failed on exchange 2010 For all...
HELP PLEASE. im getting the 451 4.4.0 dns query failed for every domain. We can not send any outbound emails out. they are all sitting in the queue. The company got a ransom ware virus, and in the process of correcting...
2738d230How come ICANN doesn’t have control over country-code...
Why doesn't ICANN have control over country-code top-level domain name (ccTLD)? Who controls it, is it some organization in that particular country? Doesn’t this create a sort of confusion and disorder? submitted by...
2739d299New policy would ban President Trump from ICANN meetings...
Those who sexually harass fellow community members could be banned from ICANN meetings under a policy proposed this week. The proposal greatly expands upon an earlier version, published for comment in May, which would...
2739d202gTLD Recommendations & Theory
Because of recent flakiness in certain ccTLD authoritative nameservers, I need to create a reference document recommending that gTLDs such as com, net, org, and info be preferred to those with potentially flaky...
2739d196Amen DNS provider down ?
Hey there, Is anyone using the amen DNS registrar ? None of our domains hosted on Amen right now are answering. We cannot resolve any dns query on any hosted domains and the website seems down with a server not found...
2739d296Get ready for thousands of new two-letter domains
New gTLD registry operators have been given the right to start selling two-letter domains that match country codes. Potentially thousands of names could start being released next year, resulting in a windfall for...
2739d360RFC 8020: NXDOMAIN: There Really Is Nothing Underneath
Tout le monde apprend à l'école que les noms de domaine sont organisés en un arbre. (Et j'invite tout le monde à lire la section 3.1 du RFC 1034, pour dire moins de bêtises (parties-nom-domaine.html) sur les noms de...
2739d208Just discovered Now-DNS which is a free Dynamic DNS...
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2740d267“Shadow content policing” fears at ICANN 57
Fears that the domain name industry is becoming a stooge for shadow regulation of web content were raised, and greeted very skeptically, over the weekend at ICANN 57. Attendees yesterday heard concerns from...
2742d215What do DNS service providers do, exactly? (help a n00b)
Forgive my lack of knowledge, I'm completely new to this. I'm learning about various protocols and the general architecture of the Internet. I'm doing a project on the October 21 DDoS attack on Dyn Inc., which shut down...
2743d270What would you like to see in a “State of DNSSEC...
What information would you like to see in a State of DNSSEC Deployment 2016 report?  We ve begun work on such a report with the idea of capturing all the various DNSSEC statistics at a specific moment in time. Pulling...
2744d363DNSSEC and DANE Activities at ICANN 57 in Hyderabad,...
Friday marks the beginning of the ICANN 57 meeting in Hyderabad, India. As per usual there will be a range of activities related to DNSSEC or DANE. Two of the sessions will be streamed live and will be recorded for later...
2744d304Visualizing the Evolution
Evolutionary data is a collection of past events and circumstances. Understanding it can be extremely valuable, because it reveals history, brings insights to the present, and often times forecasts the future well. In...
2745d295Governments mull greater geo gTLD powers
Governments are toying with the idea of asking ICANN for greater powers over gTLDs that match their geographic features. The names of rivers, mountains, forests and towns could be protected under ideas bandied around at...
2745d312Should new gTLDs be first-come, first-served?
Who needs rounds? The idea of allocating new gTLDs on a first-come, first-served basis is getting some consideration at this week s ICANN 57 meeting. Such a move could have profound implications on the industry, creating...
2745d354NIST Publishes New Guide: “DNS-Based Email Security” about..
How can we make email more secure and trusted? How can we encrypt all email between mail servers? And how can we use DANE and DNSSEC to provide that added layer of security? Today the U.S. National Cybersecurity Center...
2746d254Issue with resolving MX records
Hello everyone This morning (danish time) we saw an issue with resolving MX records on all our Office 365 costumers. I do not think it was an issue with Office 365 but rather a DNS issue. We did not manage to figure out...
2746d299In September, Singapore and Senegal Signed Their .SN and...
Congratulations to the teams in both Singapore and Senegal for signing their country-code top-level domains (ccTLDs) with DNSSEC back in September. According to Rick Lamb s list of DNSSEC-signed TLDs, Singapore s...
2746d310Quand le digital défie l'état de droit
On ne peut plus se plaindre que l'irruption du numérique dans toutes les activités humaines se fasse sans réflexion politique ou juridique. Voici encore un nouvel ouvrage sur la question, écrit par un juriste qui connait...
2746d171DNS-Based Email Security -- DRAFT
NLnet Labs contributed to the NIST SP 1800-6 DNS-Based Email Security report. Scenarios and practical instructions to use DNSSEC and DANE to secure email exchange (authentication and encryption of email and mail...
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