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2335d237New LEGO City
I m building a new LEGO city, here are some initial photos of what I m building. The plan is to have a partly raised city where a train runs under it. There will be tunnel entrances. Where the trains comes out of the...
2337d279ICANN dissenter explains why she wanted .org sale approved
ICANN has finally published the dissenting statement made by one of its directors following the vote to deny Ethos Capital the right to acquire Public Interest Registry from the Internet Society. Avri Doria was one of...
2337d323CSC removes reference to “retiring” new gTLD domain after...
The corporate registrar and new gTLD management consultant CSC Global has ditched a new gTLD domain in favor of a .com, but edited its announcement after the poor optics became clear. In a brief blog post this week, the...
2340d258PowerDNS Recursor 4.3.1, 4.2.2 and 4.1.16 Released
Hello!, Today we are releasing PowerDNS Recursor 4.3.1, 4.2.2. and 4.1.16, containing security fixes for three CVEs: CVE-2020-10995 CVE-2020-12244 CVE-2020-10030 The issues are: CVE-2020-10995: An issue in the DNS...
2341d8Two BIND 9 Security Vulnerabilities Announced Today
ISC is releasing updated versions of BIND 9 to address two newly-discovered security vulnerabilities We have released new versions of BIND: 9.
2341d248Google launches .meet gTLD after Meet service goes free...
Google Registry is to launch its .meet gTLD next week with a sunrise period for trademark owners, but, perhaps controversially, it intends to keep the rest of the domains for itself. It is expected that the company plans...
2341d245Aussie ccTLD surges under coronavirus lockdown
Australia s .au ccTLD may have been in decline recently, but it saw a surge in new domain registrations during its coronavirus lockdown, according to registry stats. auDA said that 48,754 new .au domains were registered...
2342d250Représentation sous forme texte de ce qui passe sur le...
Dans beaucoup de protocoles réseau, ce qui passe « sur le câble » est dans un format binaire incompréhensible pour un humain. Il est souvent utile de pouvoir le représenter sous forme texte, par exemple lorsque des...
2342d9Reducing the Complexity of the DNS
Is increasing complexity inevitable? The worldwide DNS system is very stable and scalable, but the software underlying it is extremely complex.
2343d267Obfuscation; a user's guide for privacy and protest
Beaucoup d'efforts sont aujourd'hui dépensés pour protéger la vie privée sur l'Internet. En effet, le déploiement des réseaux informatiques a permis une extension considérable de la surveillance, privée comme étatique....
2344d212Supervision répartie sur plusieurs sites avec Icinga
De nos jours, quand on est un ou une ingénieur système responsable d'un service Internet un peu sérieux, on a une supervision automatique du service, pour être prévenu des pannes avant de se faire engueuler sur Twitter....
2345d9Stork 0.7 Released
ISC is delighted to announce the release of Stork 0.7. The long-term goal of the project is to provide a scalable monitoring and management solution for both BIND 9 and Kea DHCP.
2345d235Episode 61
In this episode, Matt and Cricket are joined by Kim Davies of ICANN and PTI (you ll have to tune in to find out what that stands for).  Kim edifies us on key ceremonies and the Herculean efforts required to keep a key...
2346d8Update to ISC's Security Policy
After observing the use of this practice by some other open source projects, we here at ISC have decided to amend our security policy to allow, at our discretion, limited pre-announcement of pending security...
2346d259Spring Break redux! ICANN picks Cancun for 2023 meeting
Having had its plans for a public meeting in Cancun, Mexico concurrent with Spring Break nixed by the nasty coronavirus this March, ICANN has decided to try again not once but twice. Not only is it planning to hold its...
2346d267ICANN’s .org decision was NOT unanimous, and it was made...
When ICANN announced its decision to deny Public Interest Registry s request to be acquired by Ethos Capital at the end of April, I felt a little foolish. I d confidently predicted just days earlier that the decision by...
2346d231Donuts kicks down .place fences after attempt at...
Donuts has made its temporarily restricted gTLD .place unrestricted once again, two years after announcing it would be taking a stab at some technological innovation. .place has been under lockdown for two years as...
2346d260.org sale officially dead
Public Interest Registry has formally announced that its proposed $1.13 billion acquisition by Ethos Capital is dead. The company told ICANN yesterday that it is withdrawing its request for a change of control under its...
2346d209Second release candidate for dnsdist 1.5.0
We are very happy to announce the second release candidate of dnsdist 1.5.0. 1.5.0 contains several new exciting features and a few breaking changes since 1.4.0 that were detailed in the announcement of alpha1. If you...
2348d227StopCovid : une « éthique de la responsabilité ? »
Dans le dernier numéro du magazine « La Recherche », Jean-Gabriel Ganascia, président du comité d'éthique du CNRS, parle des applications de suivi de contacts en estimant que « la surveillance de la pandémie demande une...
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