Latest posts

Blog Age Hits Title
4509d489At-Large mulls new gTLDs U-turn
In what is likely to turn out to be a storm in a teacup, ICANN s At-Large Advisory Committee is set to vote on a resolution calling for a delay to the new generic top-level domains program. The ALAC, ICANN s...
4509d516New gTLD industry pleads with senators
Twenty-eight domain name industry players have written to two influential US senators in support of ICANN s new generic top-level domains program. Calling it innovative and economically beneficial , the letter takes...
4510d549RFC 6434: IPv6 Node Requirements
Il existe des tas de RFC qui concernent IPv6 et le programmeur qui met en œuvre ce protocole dans une machine risque fort d'en rater certains, ou bien d'implémenter certains qu'il aurait pu éviter. Ce RFC est donc un...
4510d508Introducing DAP on ReadyNAS
In order to bring the fuzzy warm feeling of having secure DNS ( DNSSEC ) as close as possible to your home office or small office (SOHO), we've created what we call DAP, a DNSSEC Appliance . DAP isn't a bit of hardware,...
4510d452Can the US really enforce SOPA, if so how?
I have a very basic understanding of how DNS works on the larger scale, thinking of anything outside my own small environment up the root servers. How will SOPA affect the root servers and the DNS structure in reality,...
4510d504Top 2011 holiday phishing scams to watch for
The holidays are upon us, but it's not all gift giving, tree trimming and eggnog drinking. So, we've compiled a list of the most common, and tricky, holiday phishing scams.
4511d475BIND Open Day - Jan 2012
ISC invites all local BIND administrators, system architects, and anyone interested in DNS to attend our next BIND Open Day on Friday, January 13, 2012. This is your opportunity to meet, interact, and build a...
4511d525Chance of new gTLD delay “above zero”
ICANN has not completely ruled out the possibility that its new generic top-level domains program will be delayed, according to senior vice president Kurt Pritz. Pritz was asked during a meeting of the GNSO Council last...
4511d531UDRP reform put on hold for four years
ICANN s cybersquatting rules, including the Uniform Dispute Resolution Policy, will be reviewed and possibly reformed, but probably not until 2015 at the earliest. The Generic Names Supporting Organization Council voted...
4511d480ICANN bleeps brand names from new gTLDs podcast
Nike is a dirty word at ICANN. At least, that s my conclusion after listening to ICANN s latest Start podcast on the new gTLDs program, which bleeps out the names of brands given as examples. During a discussion between...
4512d527Key-Systems wins .dm registry deal, 20 others
The German domain name registrar Key-Systems will provide the registry platform for Dominica s soon-to-relaunch .dm country-code domain, the company has announced. The company will provide local registry manager DotDM...
4513d513Filtrage IP avec Shorewall, une solution légère
Aujourd'hui, il n'est plus pensable de connecter un serveur à Internet sans qu'il soit protégé par un coupe-feu. Shorewall est un moyen assez simple de configurer un coupe-feu sur Linux.
4513d476Unbound 1.4.14 released
Fix [VU#209659 CVE-2011-4528]. Bugfixes, small features.
4513d465Unbound advisory
Denial-of-service vulnerabilities
4513d395Dnssec-Trigger 0.9 released
experimental package that provides DNSSEC on personal computers. unbound 1.4.14 in binary packages. minor fixes.
4514d508Will new gTLDs really increase phishing?
The US Federal Trade Commission has come out swinging against ICANN s new generic top-level domains program, saying it will increase online fraud and should be scaled back. In an open letter to ICANN s top brass...
4514d529Compression explained in simple terms
4515d490What does DNS filtering do to a countries infrastructure?...
I'm writing a persuasive essay on SOPA and while I do know a fair amount about the inner workings of the US infrastructure I still need to do some research on how exactly DNS filtering destabilizes the web. Can any of...
4515d458Tantalizing glimpse of Higgs particle
4516d567Administration de machines Unix dans plusieurs fuseaux...
Si vous administrez des machines Unix situées dans plusieurs fuseaux horaires, vous vous êtes peut-être déjà posé la question : quel fuseau indiquer à la machine ? Celui de sa localisation physique ? Celui de votre...
DNSsexy

Blogs

Blog submission

Send any DNS blog that you feel adds value to the DNS community. Final decisions rest with me.

  • First & Last names
  • Blog name
  • Blog URL
  • Feed URL

About

DNSsexy is an aggregation of DNS related blogs and news. It is built, edited and maintained by Jan-Piet Mens with substantial contributions by Carsten Strotmann.