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3381d314Domain hijacking bug found in Go Daddy
Go Daddy has rushed out a fix to a security bug in its web site that could have allowed attackers to steal valuable domain names. Security engineer Dylan Saccomanni found several cross site request forgery holes January...
3382d394RFC 5011 with OpenDNSSEC, BIND, and Unbound
DNSSEC uses keys with which it signs DNS records, and there is a school of thought which suggests DNSSEC keys should be rolled (i.e. re-created) every once in a while. The recommended frequency for doing this is...
3383d345Stuxnet Meets Fukushima—How Realistic Is The New Blackhat...
According to Andrew Hay, senior security research lead at OpenDNS, the storyline for Michael Mann’s new film, titled Blackhat, about an international crime ring of evil hacker masterminds was easy to identify. In a post...
3383d344NCC buys Open Registry for up to $22.6m — a gTLD registry...
NCC Group has acquired registry back-end provider Open Registry in a deal that could be worth as much as £14.9 million ($22.6 million). The deal means that NCC, which runs the new gTLD .trust via subsidiary Artemis...
3383d284How to handle mutliple primary DNS zones - Internal vs...
Lets say hypothetically you have a primary domain 'example.com'. You have an external IP block 60.50.100.0/24 and internal IP block 10.150.0.0/24. How would you handle issuing different IPs depending on the source...
3383d289IPv6, DNSSEC, TLS, IETF Video Archives from ION Sri Lanka...
Did you miss the first ION Conference of 2015? A few days ago, on Sunday, 18 January, we held ION Sri Lanka, co-located with SANOG 25, and I’m pleased to say it was a FANTASTIC event with a great audience and wonderful,...
3383d304ICANN audit claims two more registrar scalps
Two tiny registrars WebZero and Black Ice Domains have had their registrar accreditations terminated for a failure to respond to a routine ICANN audit. Israel-based Black Ice had just a couple thousands gTLD domains...
3385d296DNS problems
Sorry, I didn't have much time when I posted this. If anyone has additional questions, go ahead. My Macbook Pro and another laptop works fine on the same internet, by the way. Details:...
3385d274How to secure your zone with DNSSEC in 15 minutes or less:..
Let's just say that a recent post inspired me. :) There are a few pre-requisites to this, and it won't cover less common setups (such as a setup that involves multiple masters accepting zone updates), but just the same,...
3385d307On C++2011, Quality of Implementation & Continuous...
Over the past years, I've done a few projects outside the main PowerDNS tree, and for all of them I've used C++2011. A wonderful mark of how big of an improvement C++2011 is, is how much pain you feel when you return to...
3386d383RFC 3633: IPv6 Prefix Options for Dynamic Host...
On peut en IPv6 déléguer un préfixe d'adresse IP d'un routeur à un autre routeur. Par exemple, le routeur du FAI peut, via DHCP, déléguer au routeur CPE le préfixe que celui-ci annoncera ensuite en RA (Router...
3386d290BIND patches as a byproduct of setting up new DNS servers
On Friday evening I reached a BIG milestone in my project to replace Cambridge University's DNS servers. I finished porting and rewriting the dynamic name server configuration and zone data update scripts, and I was - at...
3387d342A quarter of registrar’s names are “illicit pharmacies”
One in four of the domain names registered with the registrar NetLynx are linked to current, past or potential future rogue drug sites, according to online pharmacy monitor LegitScript. The Mumbai-based registrar was hit...
3387d334.top says Facebook shakedown was just a typo
Jiangsu Bangning Science Technology, the .top registry, is blaming a typo for a Facebook executive s claim that it wanted $30,000 or more for facebook.top. Information provided to the ICANN GNSO Council by Facebook...
3387d286Against DNSSEC — Quarrelsome
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3388d339New gTLD extortion? Registry asks Facebook for $35,000 to...
More Chinese weirdness, or just plain old trademark owner extortion? The registry for the new gTLD .top is allegedly asking Facebook to cough up $35,000 in order to defensively register one of its trademarks as a .top...
3388d323À propos de la panne d'Oxalide
Ce matin, l'hébergeur Oxalide (http://www.oxalide.com/) a été en panne pendant environ une heure et demie, entraînant l'indisponibilité d'un grand nombre de sites Web, notamment de la presse française.
3388d347New gTLD registries talk up marketing plans at NamesCon
This week s NamesCon conference here in Las Vegas, which ended yesterday, offered several new domain registries the chance to talk about their efforts past and future to market new gTLDs. One theme to emerge was how...
3389d306Continuons à souteir Charlie Hebdo
Dans l'émotion, depuis l'attaque des intégristes islamistes contre Charlie Hebdo, beaucoup de gens ont réagi, en manifestant, en envoyant une aide financière, en organisant discussions et réunions... Il est important que...
3389d380Mon blog dans les oignons
Cela faisait longtemps que je voulais m'amuser avec cela, donc, désormais, ce blog est désormais également accessible en Tor hidden service, c'est-à-dire avec un nom de domaine en ".onion".
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