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  40% of U.S. government Web sites fail security test

  Approximately 40% of federal government agencies are out of compliance with a regulation that requires them to deploy an extra layer of authentication on their Web sites to prevent hackers from hijacking Web traffic and redirecting it to bogus sites.

  By Carolyn Duffy Marsan | 16 March, 2012 05:25

  Tags: DNS, DNSSEC, government, industry verticals, Intel, Kaminsky vulnerability, security

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  Motorola's NVG510 DSL modem... not very good

  A few weeks ago here in the above ground portions of the Gibbs Universal Industries Secret Underground Bunker we got hooked on the British series "Downton Abbey".

  By Mark Gibbs | 15 March, 2012 10:51

  Tags: 802.11b, 802.11g, 802.11n, Access, ADSL, Apple, Apple TV, at&t, BBC, broadband, DNS, Downton Abbey, DSL, DSL modem, LAN & WAN, Motorola, networking, networking hardware, NVG510, PBS, problems, security, Telecommunication, wi-fi, WiFi, wireless, WLANs / Wi-Fi

• AT&T DSL: Getting What I Pay For?

  So, here in Gearhead last week I discussed the problems AT&T has been having in providing me with a reliable DSL service and it seems a significant number of you feel my pain.

  By Mark Gibbs | 01 March, 2012 08:30

  Tags: at&t, broadband, cable, curl, data rate, DNS, Downton Abbey, DSL, IP address, LAN & WAN, line speed, modem, netflix, networking, Ping, Telecommunication, verizon, wireless

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  Security: Will 2012 be the dawn of DNSSEC?

  Will 2012 be the year when US retailers, banks and content providers finally bolster their DNS systems with an add-on security measure that prevents Web site spoofing? That's what advocates of the security measure - dubbed DNSSEC for DNS Security Extensions - are hoping will occur.

  By Carolyn Duffy Marsan | 19 January, 2012 08:33

  Tags: comcast, cybersecurity, DNS, DNSSEC, security, VeriSign

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  New era for website names begins

  A new era of Web site naming begins, when Internet policymakers start accepting applications for hundreds - perhaps thousands - of new domain name extensions such as .hotel and .paris.

  By Carolyn Duffy Marsan | 12 January, 2012 05:37

  Tags: DNS, domain names, FedEx, icann, internet, Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers, LAN & WAN, MarkMonitor

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  LulzSec tweets as News’ DNS servers go down

  Just hours after claiming responsibility for hacking News International’s The Sun website and posting a fake story about Rupert Murdoch’s death, hacker group Lulz Security has tweeted that News International’s DNS servers are down denying access to some 1024 web addresses.

  By Rodney Gedda | 19 July, 2011 11:59

  Tags: DNS, DNS security, hacking, LulzSec, News Corporation, Rupert Murdoch, security

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  Local .au DNSSEC scoping complete: auDA

  Australia has moved a step closer to secure DNS services with the Australian .au Domain Administration (auDA) completing the assessment phase of the planned transition, but a final go-live data is yet to be decided.

  By Rodney Gedda | 27 June, 2011 11:48

  Tags: auDA, AusRegistry, Bill Caelli, DNS, DNSSEC, domain names, security

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  P2P-based alternative to DNS hopes to challenge ICANN

  A group led by former Pirate Bay spokesman Peter Sunde is forming to develop a peer-to-peer-based alternative to today's ICANN-controlled DNS system, according to a blog posted on Tuesday.

  By Mikael Ricknäs | 01 December, 2010 01:46

  Tags: DNS, icann, internet, networking, P2P, peer-to-peer

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  Dot-org domains can now be protected by DNSSEC

  On Wednesday, .org became the first generic top-level domain to offer its customers improved security using DNSSEC (Domain Name System Security Extensions).

  By Mikael Ricknäs | 24 June, 2010 02:56

  Tags: DNS, DNSSEC, domain names, icann, security

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  Six annoying router problems - and solutions

  These days, having access to wireless broadband is an absolute necessity for home offices and small businesses.

  By David Strom | 18 June, 2010 05:23

  Tags: DNS, hardware, networking, security, wireless

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  Google, Microsoft, Netflix in talks to create shared list of IPv6 users

  Leading Web content providers -- including Google, Yahoo, Netflix and Microsoft -- are conducting early-stage conversations about creating a shared list of customers who can access their Web sites via IPv6, the long-anticipated upgrade to the Internet's main communications protocol.

  By Carolyn Duffy Marsan | 27 March, 2010 03:40

  Tags: DNS, ipv4, IPv6, telecommunications

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  Yahoo proposes 'really ugly hack' to DNS

  Network engineers from Yahoo are pitching what they admit is a "really ugly hack" to the Internet's Domain Name System, but they say it is necessary for the popular Web content provider to support IPv6, the long-anticipated upgrade to the Internet's main communications protocol.

  By Carolyn Duffy Marsan | 27 March, 2010 06:44

  Tags: DNS, telecommunications. ipv6. ipv4

• China's Great Firewall spreads overseas

  A networking error has caused computers in Chile and the U.S. to come under the control of the Great Firewall of China, redirecting Facebook, Twitter, and YouTube users to Chinese servers.

  By Robert McMillan | 26 March, 2010 07:19

  Tags: censorship, China, DNS

• Top US domain name registrars lag on DNS security

  The leading domain name registrars in the United States appear to be dragging their feet on the deployment of DNS Security Extensions, an emerging standard that prevents an insidious type of hacking attack where network traffic is redirected from a legitimate Web site to a fake one without the Web site operator or user knowing.

  By Carolyn Duffy Marsan | 24 March, 2010 03:38

  Tags: DNS, security

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  To fight scammers, Russia cracks down on .ru domain

  In a bid to cut down on fraud and inappropriate content, the organization responsible for administering Russia's .ru top-level domain names is tightening its procedures.

  By Robert McMillan | 22 March, 2010 07:25

  Tags: DNS, domain names, russia, scams, security