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DNS Attacks Taking Place

Posted on 08/21/2008 in News & Articles: iGoldRush Blog:

Dan Kaminsky of IOActive discovered that there were recent attacks happening on the DNS (domain name system) and he claims that more attacks are very likely. The DNS system is the backbone of the naming system, directing registered domain names to their numerical IP addresses. The recent attacks exploit vulnerabilities …
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Kaminsky Urges Patch for DNS

Posted on 08/07/2008 in News & Articles: iGoldRush Blog:

Dan Kaminsky, a security expert with IOActive, sent an urgent request that systems are patched after recent DNS attacks. The problem is that virtually everything on the Internet involves requests to the domain name system, increasing the vulnerabilities. Kaminsky explained how the security methods online can and have been defeated …
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Home Systems May Be Vulnerable to DNS Cache Poisoning

Posted on 07/24/2008 in News & Articles: iGoldRush Blog:

An exploit code that makes it easy for someone to attack the domain name system (DNS) was made public this week. While there are no reports of anyone using the code, preventing an attack on your home system is easy. Just run a simple test to see if your system …
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VeriSign Expanding Project Titan to Strengthen DNS Infrastructure

Posted on 03/20/2008 in News & Articles: iGoldRush Blog:

VeriSign announced that they plan to increase security within their Project Titan, which is “a global imitative to expand the infrastructure of the Internet to anticipate future demand brought by increased e-commerce transactions.” One of the main goals is to increase the number of DNS queries that can take place …
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OpenDNS Provides Free Safety

Posted on 12/15/2007 in News & Articles: iGoldRush Blog:

OpenDNS provides an extra layer of online safety for free. Though the service is technically a DNS resolution service, but it offers extra protection from phishing scams and bad websites. There is no software to download and it’s completely free. Users only need to change the networking configuration on their …
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New Security Measures Stand Up to DOS Attack

Posted on 03/09/2007 in News & Articles: iGoldRush Blog:

A recent denial-of-service attack on the Internet’s backbone that originated in the Asia-Pacific region has be foiled by a new level of security, Anycast. The attack, which lasted nearly 8 hours, only affected 2 of the 13 DNS servers and those two did not have Anycast installed on the. ICANN …
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Domain Server Software Could Slow Broadband

Posted on 08/01/2006 in News & Articles: iGoldRush Blog:

Broadband provider’s claim that domain name server software could be slowing down their superfast speeds. A report issued by Nominum, a company that sells DNS server software, says that all the money spent on increased speeds will not make a difference if the speed of DNS isn’t improved. According to …
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The Sorry State of the DNS

Posted on 10/04/2005 in News & Articles: iGoldRush Blog:

Experts claim that DNS is the Achilles’ heel of the Internet and that the whole system needs a new foundation. In recent years, major sites were taken offline because of DNS errors. Additionally, security expert Dan Kaminsky reported that approximately 230,000 name servers were susceptible to DNS ‘cache poisoning’.…
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.info DNS Attack

Posted on 11/25/2002 in News & Articles: iGoldRush Blog:

UltraDNS, the primary provider of the .info domain extension, was the victim of a denial-of-service attack that sent nearly 2 million requests per second to the company’s servers. The company said that they were able to get the attack blocked before it had an effect on their primary DNS services.…
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Domain Name System Expands to Asia Pacific

Posted on 11/19/2002 in News & Articles: iGoldRush Blog:

In a move to strengthen the domain name system (DNS), the Asia Pacific Network Information Center (APNIC) and the Internet Software Consortium (ISC) have reached an agreement to put several root servers throughout the Asia Pacific region. The new root servers will handle increased traffic and will also provide additional …
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DOS Attack on DNS Exposes Vulnerabilities

Posted on 10/28/2002 in News & Articles: iGoldRush Blog:

The recent massive denial-of-service attack on the root servers of the domain name system exposed vulnerabilities to the Internet’s core addressing system. The DNS servers are essential to the Internet as they convert domain names to their numerical IP addresses. While the attack only resulted in moderate damage, it exposes …
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ICANN Moves to Increase Server Security

Posted on 10/24/2002 in News & Articles: iGoldRush Blog:

After recent denial-of-service attacks, ICANN formed a new security committee to figure out how to improve the DNS system security. The chair of the new committee is Internet pioneer Stephen Crocker (he helped develop the original backbone network that was the start of the Internet), who reports that the recent …
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ICANN Ill-Prepared for Possible Future Attacks

Posted on 10/24/2002 in News & Articles: iGoldRush Blog:

Though ICANN claims the recent denial-of-service attack had little effect on the domain name system, things could have been significantly worse. As it stands, it’s reported that more than half of the Internet’s root-level servers were affected by the attack. Reports show that ICANN is ill-prepared for future attacks that …
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Denial-of-Service Attack on Domain Root Servers

Posted on 10/22/2002 in News & Articles: iGoldRush Blog:

A denial-of-service attack on 13 domain name service root servers caused chaos, but had little effect on the domain name system itself. While the attack continued over a couple of days, the 13 servers under attack are used only as a last resort for domain address searches. The Internet Software …
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VeriSign Moves from BIND to ATLAS

Posted on 06/10/2002 in News & Articles: iGoldRush Blog:

VeriSign is currently updating the directory and database software that responds to the majority of whois searches in an effort to improve DNS security and reliability. The update includes a move from Berkeley Internet Name Domain (BIND), an open-source package, to their own proprietary software package name Advanced Transaction Look-up …
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Network Solutions Sells Out For $21 Billion – VeriSign New Top Dog

Posted on 03/07/2000 in News & Articles: iGoldRush Blog:

VeriSign announced today that it had bought out Network Solutions for $21 billion, and has become the new controller of the Domain Name System (DNS).…
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Wireless Modem Domain Gets Hacked

Posted on 12/31/1999 in News & Articles: iGoldRush Blog:

When Metricom’s Ricochet.net was hacked recently, ‘e-vandals’ didn’t bother with the servers, instead going after the DNS (Domain Name System) housed by Network Solutions. Hackers redirected Metricom’s web traffic from ricochet.com to pornographic sites and caused emails sent by users of their wireless modems to bounce. The website and email …
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Saving the Domain Name System

Posted on 09/01/1997 in News & Articles: iGoldRush Blog:

By Edwin Hayward

The winds of change are howling towards the domain name system, and they are going to leave nothing but destruction and desolation in their path. Applications are now being accepted for new domain registrars; that process will be complete by October 16th 1997, by which time it …
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LanMinds Announces Domain Management Tool

Posted on 03/14/1997 in News & Articles: iGoldRush Blog:

LanMinds announced the launch of a new domain name management tool, making it easier to register and maintain domains. The new software would allow companies to automate the administration of DNS, including billing and other services.…
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