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3513d298Reported mass exodus from .com explained
Did Verisign suffer from a massive 2,600% increase in the number of deleted .com domain names this April? Not quite, although the bizarre spike in deletes may have highlighted an area where the company was previously out...
3513d332Infosys withdraws dot-brand bids
Indian consulting giant Infosys has dropped its bids for two dot-brand new gTLDs. It withdrew its applications for .infosys and .infy this week, leaving it with no remaining applications. Both bids were straightforward...
3513d334Donuts wins .ltd gTLD contest
Donuts has emerged the victor of the contention set for .ltd, beating six other applicants for the new gTLD. Dot Registry, NU DOT CO, Afilias and myLTD all withdrew their applications this week, evidently after a private...
3513d291Problems posting to our mailing lists
Hi everybody, Over the past few months, we d been receiving some reports of people having problems posting to our lists. At first, it appeared the problem was caused by subscribers emailing to the wrong list address. We...
3514d290Net::DNS::SEC 0.20 released
Single bugfix: parsing of zero NSEC3 salt
3514d249DNS servers are resolving to different IP and I can't...
I'm including a link to a screenshot of a DNS test that I ran: http://imgur.com/VmlLiFU As you can see the results return 2 different IP addresses. 108.166.56.108 is incorrect. 205.186.139.169 is correct. Any advise or...
3514d330Watch Live Today – DNSSEC Root Key Ceremony #18
If you are interested in understanding a bit more about how the overall DNSSEC infrastructure operates, you can watch the Root DNSSEC KSK Ceremony 18 live today, August 14, 2014, from a data center in El Segundo,...
3515d312Verisign: 41% of new gTLD sites are parked
As much as 41% of domains registered in new gTLDs are parked with pay-per-click advertising, according to research carried out by Verisign. That works out to over 540,000 domains, judging by the 1.3 million total I have...
3516d288RFC 7328: Writing I-Ds and RFCs using Pandoc and a bit of...
Vous voulez écrire un RFC ? Il faut commencer par faire un Internet-Draft (I-D) et il existe pour cela deux formats, en XML ou bien en Word. Ce RFC présente une troisième solution, utilisant Markdown, ou plutôt sa...
3516d327FCC requests comments on DNSSEC, BGPSec and Anti-Spoofing
On July 25, 2014 the United States Federal Communications Commission (FCC) posted a request for comments from the ISP community on proposed best practices for US ISPs. They re specifically seeking comment on the FCC s...
3517d297Some tips when travelling through France: toll & internet
Brief post so other people can find this. If you are going on holiday in France by car, I can highly recommend getting a 'telepeage' badge, which allows for contactless payments. This means you can pay for the highway...
3517d300Momentum cancels dot-brand conference
Momentum Events has cancelled its planned new gTLD conference, which was due to take place in Amsterdam next month. The Digital Strategy DotOps Congress was designed primarily for potential dot-brand gTLD applicants with...
3517d264FakeID, Android, Certificates, and Implementation Details
Security firm Bluebox Security has uncovered a vulnerability in Google s Android mobile operating system , which could allow attackers to trick an Android device into installing malicious applications. The package...
3520d445DNSSEC Client Check for Websites
Are you a website operator who wants to know if your users are using a DNSSEC validating resolver? SIDN Labs in The Netherlands, have put together a JavaScript tool to show users visiting websites if their DNS resolver...
3520d319DNSSEC:NSEC vs. NSEC3
The Domain Name System Security Extensions(DNSSEC) provide two different records for securely handling non-existent names in DNS, NSEC and NSEC3. They are mutually exclusive, so operators need to pick one when deploying...
3521d362RFC 7194: Default Port for IRC via TLS/SSL
Le protocole de messagerie instantanée IRC est toujours très utilisé, malgré la concurrence de XMPP. Il n'existait pas de port « officiel » pour les connexions IRC sécurisées par TLS, ce qui est fait avec ce RFC, qui...
3521d352Awesome News About HTTPS As A Ranking Signal, Google! Now...
The big news hitting the online marketing world today is that Google has indicated that the use of HTTPS in your web site will potentially help your site rank better in Google s search results. In other words, the use of...
3522d240Need advice with our start-up (we require public recursive..
We're starting a service that will require that we have OPEN dns servers - they are forwarders essentially, that block bad sites for anyone using the service. What we'd like to do, is try to be as responsible as...
3523d532The Two Sides of DNSSEC – Signing and Validation
There are two sides of DNSSEC, Signing and Validation, that together provide the increased level of security offered by DNSSEC and services such as DANE.  Both side are necessary for the overall deployment, but both can...
3523d304InfoWorld: Why You Need To Deploy DNSSEC Now
Today long-time DNS expert Cricket Liu came out with a good post on InfoWorld, Why you need to deploy DNSSec now where he talks through why you need DNSSEC how it works, including a walk-through of the actual RRSIG...
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