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3542d296Android clients get DNS details, but Windows ones don't.
I'm using this script to create a wireless access point. The end goal is that users will be directed to a login page before they can access the internet. To do this I have added the following lines to the dnsmasq...
3543d286Go DNS package
Go DNS is a package that implements a DNS interface in Go. This library takes a new, innovative and enterprise ready approach sends and receives queries to and from the DNS. It is licensed under the same license as the...
3543d255Go DNS package
Go DNS is a package that implements a DNS interface in Go . This library takes a new, innovative and enterprise ready approach sends and receives queries to and from the DNS. It is licensed under the same license as the...
3543d197Go DNS package
Go DNS is a package that implements a DNS interface in Go . This library takes a new, innovative and enterprise ready approach sends and receives queries to and from the DNS. It is licensed under the same license as the...
3544d348EasyDNS changes take-down policy after man dies
Canadian registrar EasyDNS has amended its take-down policy after a customer of one of its registrants died of an overdose. In a frank blog post today, CEO Mark Jeftovic said that the man had died using a controlled...
3544d306The DNSSEC Coordination “Breakfast” At IETF90
As has been our practice for the last several IETF meetings, a group of us involved with DNSSEC got together at about 7:30am on Friday, July 25, 2014, at IETF 90 in Toronto to talk about well whatever we wanted but often...
3544d300Reported 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...
3544d333Infosys 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...
3544d335Donuts 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...
3544d293Problems 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...
3544d291Net::DNS::SEC 0.20 released
Single bugfix: parsing of zero NSEC3 salt
3544d250DNS 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...
3544d331Watch 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,...
3546d313Verisign: 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...
3546d290RFC 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...
3547d329FCC 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...
3547d299Some 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...
3547d303Momentum 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...
3548d265FakeID, 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...
3551d447DNSSEC 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...
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