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3613d199SkyDNS version 2
SkyDNS version 1 was announced some time ago, since then it has seen some developments, which resulted in SkyDNS version 2. This new version uses Etcd as its backend. This blog post will walk you through the installation...
3613d296SkyDNS version 2
SkyDNS version 1 was announced some time ago , since then it has seen some developments, which resulted in SkyDNS version 2 . This new version uses Etcd as its backend. This blog post will walk you through the...
3613d226SkyDNS version 2
SkyDNS version 1 was announced some time ago , since then it has seen some developments, which resulted in SkyDNS version 2 . This new version uses Etcd as its backend. This blog post will walk you through the...
3616d389.xyz is now the biggest new gTLD (kinda)
The controversial new gTLD .xyz is now officially the biggest, with 67,504 domains under management. That s according to today s zone files, which see former number ones .club at 65,630 and .guru at 60,480. Due to what...
3617d315Afilias loses $600,000 auction for Chinese “.info”
The results of the first auction of last resort in the new gTLD program are in, and it s a bit of a head-scratcher. Afilias lost out to rival applicant Beijing Tele-info Network Technology in the ICANN-backed auction for...
3617d365Afilias wins .poker gTLD
The .poker contention set has been settled, apparently at last week s Applicant Auction auction, leaving Afilias the winner. Rival applicants Donuts, Famous Four Media and Dot Poker have all withdrawn their applications....
3617d366.xyz launch inflated by massive NetSol giveaway
Network Solutions gave away thousands of .xyz domain names for free to people who hadn t requested them, artificially inflating the new gTLD s launch day numbers. As of last night, there were 36,335 domains in the .xyz...
3617d335.xyz launch crashed CentralNic
The launch of .xyz took back-end provider CentralNic s registry down for 15 minutes on Monday. That s according to an email sent by the company to registrars, copies of which were forwarded to DI today. The email says...
3618d260Is it possible to pass the subdomain requested to the host..
I have a domain and just one IP. I would like it when someone (externally) goes to sub1.mydomain.com to access one webserver; when another goes to sub2.mydomain.com it accesses another webserver. Before I had a domain,...
3618d253Converting Bind forwarders to MS AD DNS
I'm in the process of converting our BIND DNS to Windows AD DNS We are running Bind 9.8.2 and Server 2008R2 Here is the named statement I'd like to translate. zone myheadoffice.com { type forward; forwarders...
3618d338Ten more new gTLD contests settled in auction
Applicant Auction helped resolved 10 new gTLD contention sets last week, and the first results started trickling through today. Of the six results we have so far, Uniregistry and Famous Four Media won two auctions, while...
3618d292Was I wrong? .xyz claims 31,000 regs on day one
.xyz s first full day of general availability saw it total 31,119 registrations, suggesting that it s not doing as badly as I suggested in a post earlier today. Today s .xyz zone file shows 14,924 names, up 14,829 on the...
3618d317.xyz fails to live up to the hype
.xyz sold just shy of 15,000 domain names during its first hours of general availability. That s according to zone files released today. The registry added 14,829 names yesterday, ending the period with 14,924 in its...
3618d268Man In the Middle (MITM) DNS Spoofing Explained
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3619d638Honeypots, Botnets, and Spyware, Oh My!
Sometimes, it feels like there’s a language barrier between technical and non-technical people. Terms like backdoor, rootkit, or zero-day, which may be commonplace to a security professional, often leave users in the...
3619d270I'm hoping you can help me set up my DNS
I'm trying to connect my domain to my strikingly site. The domain is registered with NIC.io, so it's a .io. I've connected the domain to Strikingly, but I'm having trouble setting up a cname, so that when I go to my...
3621d203Learning Go
Learning Go is a book that gives an introduction into the Go language of Google. It is licensed under a copy-left license. The book currently consists out +/- 120 (A4 sized) pages and the following chapters: Introduction...
3621d259Learning Go
"Learning Go" is a book that gives an introduction into the Go language of Google. It is licensed under a copy-left license. The book currently consists out +/- 120 (A4 sized) pages and the following chapters:...
3621d184Learning Go
"Learning Go" is a book that gives an introduction into the Go language of Google. It is licensed under a copy-left license. The book currently consists out +/- 120 (A4 sized) pages and the following chapters:...
3621d300RFC 7265: jCal: The JSON format for iCalendar
Le format iCalendar permet de décrire de manière standard, compréhensible par tous les logiciels de gestion d' agenda, les événements, rendez-vous, tâches à accomplir, etc. Très connu et largement déployé, il est présent...
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