domain name system

ICANN Almost Cracks Down on Spammy Domain Registrar

Linux Today  Fri, 10/31/2008 - 23:32

LinuxInsider: "An Estonian domain name registrar received a late stay of execution from the international body that regulates the domain name system.

The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers was threatening to pull EstDomains' registrar status because EstDomains' president was convicted of fraud."


 

RHCE Red Hat Certified Engineer Linux Study Guide (Exam RH302) (Certification Press)

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The Original Magazine of the Linux Community

Topix - Linux  Fri, 08/15/2008 - 15:19

It's not every day that the New York Times writes articles about the Domain Name System, but then again this DNS bug is anything but normal.


 

OpenID at risk due to DNS flaw, claims researcher

Topix - Linux  Thu, 08/14/2008 - 08:21

A fundamental issue affects the OpenID authentication system, due to its reliance on the Domain Name System, a Sun identity-technology specialist has warned.


 

Details of the DNS flaw revealed

LWN.net  Wed, 08/13/2008 - 06:00

Dan Kaminsky spoke to a packed house at Black Hat on 6 August to outline the fundamental flaw he found in the Domain Name System (DNS).

The vulnerability is interesting in its own right, but the implications of what can be done with it are staggering.

In addition, the "fix" has well understood shortcomings that can still potentially be exploited to poison DNS caches.

Click below, subscribers only, for an update on the vulnerability, including its details and impact.


 

Apple in a bind over its DNS patch?

Topix - Unix  Tue, 07/29/2008 - 21:26

Three weeks after the disclosure of a serious flaw within the Domain Name System , Apple has yet to patch its MAC OS X operating system, but the company may be able to look to a third party in defense.


 

Apple in a bind over its DNS patch?

Topix - Unix  Tue, 07/29/2008 - 20:28

Updated 2:50 p.m. PDT with comments from security researcher Rich Mogull. Three weeks after the disclosure of a serious flaw within the Domain Name System , Apple has yet to patch its MAC OS X operating system, ...


 

Apple in a bind over its DNS patch? | News - Security - CNET New...

Topix - Unix  Tue, 07/29/2008 - 20:13

Three weeks after the disclosure of a serious flaw within the Domain Name System , Apple has yet to patch its MAC OS X operating system, but the company may be able to look to a third party in defense.


 

DNS Disaster: First Attacks Reported

Linux Today  Tue, 07/29/2008 - 08:00

ZDNet: "The first attacks that are likely to have stemmed from a serious Domain Name System flaw have been reported."


 

The nuts and bolts of DNSsec

Topix - Unix  Sun, 07/27/2008 - 23:06

The Domain Name System helps make a ubiquitous, global Internet practical by providing an infrastructure for mapping labels such as URLs and e-mail addresses to numerical IP addresses.