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Experts: Chinese Internet Armageddon Not On The Horizon
China's technology media reports have been awash this week with news that China might soon run out of Internet Protocol addresses, and therefore Chinese Internet users will lose their ability to get online. But now a new wave of reports say this is all ex
European Parliament to postpone IP address privacy issue
European parliamentarians, set to vote on changes to the European telecommunications legal landscape this week, will put off at least one crucial question: Should IP addresses be considered private data?
Members of the European Parliament (MEPs) will giv
China’s Internet Will Be Short Of IP Addresses Soon
The Internet in China may soon run out. According to the China Internet Network Information Center, under the current allocation speed, China's IPv4 address resources can only meet the demand of 830 more days and if no proper measures are taken by then, n
China's IP Address Resources 80% Used Up
Chinese sources report that the country's IP address (IPv4) resources can only sustain 830 days at current distribution rates if no measures are adopted. Li Kai, the director of IP team at China Internet Network Information Center (CNNIC) said most of Chi
Soon in a Mail Box Near You: Internationalized Email Addresses
The EAI working group of the IETF has finished (part of) its work on the interationalization of email addresses. This, together with Internationalized Domain Names (IDN) will make it possible to send email messages to non-7 bit ASCII addresses e.g. måtte@
The Internet's Biggest Security Hole
Kim Zetter reporting on Wired: Two security researchers have demonstrated a new technique to stealthily intercept internet traffic on a scale previously presumed to be unavailable to anyone outside of intelligence agencies like the National Security Agenc
Domain Name Registrations Up 22% from Last Year, Totaling 168 Million
VeriSign today released the Domain Report for the second quarter of 2008, highlighting a continued growth of the Internet globally. At the midpoint of 2008, according to the report, there were 168 million domain name registrations across all Top Level Dom
DNS and the Great FireWall of China (GFW)
While the ability to the GFW to send RST packets in an attempt to terminate a connection between a source IP and a destination IP based on keywords appearing in packets (keyword in GET requests and possibly the HTML responses) has been documented. If Chin
Why Godaddy.com was blocked by China without tears?
Domain registrar Godaddy.com was blocked in China about one week ago just after the closing of Olympic Games. Same as usual, there's no any official explanation from authority on this blockage. Some bloggers like William Long in China guessed that it's b
DNS and SMTP for Internet Technology Integrators: Concepts, Tools and Tricks
DNS and SMTP for Internet Technology Integrators: Concepts, Tools and Tricks - useful for anyone that has to touch DNS or email configuration for a client, even those that already know enough to manage it. Chock full of great info, both at the general co
U.S. government mandates DNSSEC throughout the .gov domain
The U.S. Government has now mandated that DNSSEC will be deployed throughout the .gov domain. The OMB says .gov will be signed by Jan 2009, the zones below .gov are to be signed by Dec 2009, and agencies are obliged to survey their systems and plan thei
An Illustrated Guide to the Kaminsky DNS Vulnerability
The big security news of Summer 2008 has been Dan Kaminsky's discovery of a serious vulnerability in DNS. This vulnerability could allow an attacker to redirect network clients to alternate servers of his own choosing, presumably for ill ends.
This all l
Experts Accuse Bush Administration of Foot-Dragging on DNS Security Hole
Despite a recent high-profile vulnerability that showed the net could be hacked in minutes, the domain name system -- a key internet infrastructure -- continues to suffer from a serious security weakness, thanks to bureaucratic inertia at the U.S. governm
Down for everyone or just me?
A really useful domain name management tool. Is your DNS or website screwed up or is it your internet connection? This tool will help you sort out the answer.
NebuAd Forges Packets, Violates Net Standards
online advertising firm called NebuAd that pays ISPs to let it eavesdrop on web users doesn't just passively record traffic, but actively injects fake packets into responses
Is it time to sign out of Facebook ?
A computer technician who works for an Egyptian ISP and who preferred to remain anonymous confirms that ISPs block websites by blocking the Domain Name Servic
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