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LogMeIn's IPO: The VCs made money. Will you?

LogMeIn's IPO: The VCs made money. Will you?This SMB ...... uses windows Remote Desktop and is investigating Direct Access in W7. No money left for addons when the OS does the job.That's fine if you have the capacity and ability to forward portsBut for me there are times when I...

Tags: Firewalls, Domain names, Network security, NETWORKING, SECURITY, DNS name, firewall, LogMeIn IPO, DNS, LogMeIn, IPO

Discussion threads 2009-07-01

Guy Kawasaki's Twitter account compromised; used to deliver malware

Guy Kawasaki's Twitter account compromised; used to deliver malwareDNS attack on MacCan you check your DNS in the Mac's Network Preferences, to see if the IP addresses are different from what you expect? Or does this malicious DNS change happen somewhere else?

Tags: Domain names, Spyware, adware & malware, Cyberthreats, NETWORKING, DNS, Guy Kawasaki, Twitter, malware

Discussion threads 2009-06-25

Simple DNS Plus 5.2 build 106 (Windows)

With Simple DNS Plus you can hosts your own domain name, or simply speed up Internet access by running your own DNS server. Thanks to DNS servers we surf the Internet using names such as "www.simpledns.com" instead of impossible to remember IP addresses. DNS servers translate these domain names into...

Tags: DNS, DNS Server, Server, Microsoft Windows, JH Software, Domain Names, Internet, Networking

Software downloads 2009-06-09

Hackers hijack DNS records of high profile New Zealand sites

Hackers hijack DNS records of high profile New Zealand sitesHackers hijack DNS records of high profile New Zealand sitesThis shows that linux users have no respect for others. When they target Microsoft like this it only makes them and their community look bad. And then they wonder why nobody...

Tags: Domain names, Scripting languages, Operating systems, UNIX, OPEN SOURCE, Linux, DNS Records, Mac Zealots, wet paper bag, paper bag, PHP, SQL injection, DNS, SQL, operating system

Discussion threads 2009-04-21

Hackers hijack DNS records of high profile New Zealand sites

Remember the DNS hijackings of such high profile sites such as Comcast, Photobucket, and ICANN/IANA domains that were taking place last year? Similar incidents are still happening. Today, a web site defacement group known as "The Peace Crew" has successfully hijacked the DNS records for high profile...

Tags: Web, DNS, New Zealand, Web Site, Hacker, Web Site Development, Channel Management, Web Technology, Internet, Marketing, Dancho Danchev

Blog posts 2009-04-21

DDoS attack on UltraDNS affects Amazon.com, SalesForce.com, Petco.com

Several NeuStar UltraDNS managed DNS service customers, including Amazon.com, SalesForce.com, advertising.com and Petco.com, were knocked offline for several hours yesterday morning by a distributed denial of service attack, reports rival Dynamic Network Services. Neustar confirmed the attack to NetworkWorld with the following statement: "Early...

Tags: Salesforce.com Inc., DNS, UltraDNS, NeuStar Inc., Amazon.com Inc., Distributed Denial Of Service, Domain Names, Networking, Security, Internet, Andrew Nusca

Blog posts 2009-04-01

ICANN: Largest change to domain name system in history

ICANN: Largest change to domain name system in history"By far the largest group..."?[i]ICANN?s vice president of corporate affairs, kicked off the press conference by noting that more than 1,200 people attended the Mexico City meeting, and ?By far the largest group attending this meeting were Mexican nationals. That?s the first...

Tags: Domain names, Mexico City, ICANN, domain name, DNS

Discussion threads 2009-03-06

ICANN: Largest change to domain name system in history

ICANN, the governing body for Internet addresses, today discussed global Internet address expansion at its 34th international public meeting in Mexico City, detailing "the possibility of one of the most dramatic expansions to the global Internet addressing system since it was created." Departing ICANN President and CEO...

Tags: DNS, ICANN, Domain Name, Internet Address, Estimates, Internet, Andrew Nusca

Blog posts 2009-03-06

Dan Bernstein confirms DJBDNS security hole, pays $1,000

Dan J. Bernstein has acknowledged an exploitable security flaw in his djbdns software and has made good on a public security guarantee -- to pay $1000 to the first person to publicly report a verifiable security hole in the latest version of the popular DNS name server. ...

Tags: Security Hole, DNS, Dan Bernstein, Dan J. Bernstein, Third-party DNS Service, Domain Names, Security, Viruses And Worms, Internet, Ryan Naraine

Blog posts 2009-03-06

RomanCart Selects NeuStar UltraDNS Managed DNS Service

RomanCart allows enterprises to enable their websites for order-taking in a matter of minutes with a simple cut-and-paste. It is used by over 31,000 online stores around the globe, and can work in any currency or language. In 2009, RomanCart performed a comprehensive review of its infrastructure and identified its...

Tags: DNS, UltraDNS, NeuStar Inc., RomanCart, Domain Names, Web Technology, Networking, Internet

Case studies 2009-02-02

Thousands of Israeli web sites under attack

In the wake of the escalating conflict between Israel and Hamas, it didn't take long before pro-Hamas supporters organized themselves and started to defacing thousands of pro-Israeli web sites in order to use them as vehicles for propaganda -- Israel is meanwhile hijacking TV signals. For the...

Tags: Web, DNS, Web Site, Israel, Web Site Defacement, Attack, TEAM-Evil, Web Site Development, Channel Management, Web Technology, Hacking, Security, Internet, Marketing, Dancho Danchev

Blog posts 2009-01-06

DNSChanger Removal Tool 2.0 (Mac)

The DNSChanger Trojan Horse, also known as OSX.RSPlug.A and OSX/Puper, has been found on numerous pornographic websites disguising itself as a video codec. Once downloaded and installed, DNSChanger changes the DNS settings on the computer, redirecting websites entered by the user to malicious sites. If personal information is entered on...

Tags: Apple Macintosh, DNS, Web Site, Computer, Web Site Development, Productivity, Domain Names, Web Technology, Identity Theft, Networking, Internet, Security

Software downloads 2008-12-17

Creating DNS SRV Records for Office Communicator Auto Configuration

This webcast presents a design-once process for InfoPath 2007, provides best practices for debugging and deployment, and explains how to improve the performance and scalability of forms. The attendee of this webcast will learn about hosting the InfoPath 2007 rich client in other applications, tightly integrating InfoPath 2007 forms into...

Tags: Microsoft InfoPath, DNS, Groupware, Microsoft Office, Enterprise Software, Software, Office Suites

Webcasts 2008-12-09

DNSDataView 1.00 (Windows)

This utility is a GUI alternative to the NSLookup tool that comes with Windows operating system. It allows you to easily retrieve the DNS records (MX, NS, A, SOA) of the specified domains. You can use the default DNS server of your Internet connection, or use any other DNS server...

Tags: DNS, DNS Server, Domain, NirSoft Freeware, Microsoft Windows, Domain Names, Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Operating Systems, Networking, Software, Internet, Web Services, Enterprise Software

Software downloads 2008-11-23

The Case Against Free ISP DNS

ISPs provide pipe services, Internet connectivity. They have set up their business to ensure they can carry packets across their network. That's what they lead with when they are out making a sale. Sometimes they happen to offer other ancillary services that they cannot bill, but these services, like DNS,...

Tags: Network, DNS, Dynamic Network Services, Domain Names, Networking, Internet Service Providers (ISPs), Internet

White papers 2008-11-18

How do I... Configure OpenDNS in Windows Vista?

DNS entries are often the primary suspect on a slow network connection. From routers to individual machines, DNS entries are typically received via DHCP and, if you're mobile with your laptop, you never know if the DNS entries you will receive will be working, sort-of-working, or not working. To avoid...

Tags: DNS Entry, DNS, Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft Windows, Jack Wallen, Domain Names, Networking, Internet

Download resources 2008-11-11

NetStat Agent 2.1 (Windows)

NetStat Agent is a extremely useful network tool for monitoring and diagnosing. It includes all useful network tools such as netstat, ping, traceroute, ipconfig, dns query nslookup, whois, arp, route and http checker, but in a clean graphical interface. NetStat Agent shows your TCP and UDP connections, the geographical location...

Tags: Computer Network, Network, DNS, IP, Microsoft Windows, Tool, Computer, Flexbyte Software, NetStat Agent, Productivity, Domain Names, Networking, Internet

Software downloads 2008-11-07

Using dnsmasq for DNS and DHCP services

Vincent Danen introduces an open source solution called dnsmasq, which provides both DNS forwarding and DHCP services for a small network or home office.

Tags: DHCP, DNS, Vincent Danen, Domain Names, Networking, Open Source, Internet

Download resources 2008-11-03

Innovative Italian Service Provider DNS Hosting Supports Its Virtualization Strategy With ZXTM Virtual Appliance

DNS Hosting has a data center containing over 300 physical servers. After a number of years of successful growth, and having just created a virtualized data center, DNS Hosting decided it needed a new web traffic management system to increase the performance, speed and reliability of the services it provided...

Tags: Virtualization, DNS, Zeus Technology, DNS Hosting, Domain Names, Data Centers, Networking, Internet, Storage, Hardware, Data Management

Case studies 2008-11-01

Increased DNS Forgery Resistance Through 0x20-Bit Encoding

It describe a novel, practical and simple technique to make DNS queries more resistant to poisoning attacks: mix the upper and lower case spelling of the domain name in the query. Fortuitously, almost all DNS authority servers preserve the mixed case encoding of the query in answer messages. Attackers hoping...

Tags: DNS, Attack, Domain Names, Networking, Internet

White papers 2008-10-31