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Quantifying DNS Namespace Influence

Quantifying DNS Namespace Influence

Name resolution using the Domain Name System (DNS) is integral to today's Internet. The resolution of... Read more

27 February, 2012
Experimental Study of DNS Performance

Experimental Study of DNS Performance

An abbreviation for Domain Name System, DNS is a system employed for naming computers and network... Read more

14 December, 2011
Enhancing DNS Security Using Dynamic Firewalling With Network Agents

Enhancing DNS Security Using Dynamic Firewalling With Network Agents

...this paper, the authors propose a solution to strengthen the security of Domain Name System (DNS) servers associated with one or more Top Level Domains... Read more

12 October, 2011
Quantifying and Improving DNSSEC Availability

Quantifying and Improving DNSSEC Availability

The Domain Name System (DNS) is a foundational component of today's Internet for... Read more

13 May, 2011
Comparing DNS Resolvers in the Wild

Comparing DNS Resolvers in the Wild

The Domain Name System (DNS) is a fundamental building block of the Internet. Today... Read more

3 November, 2010
HARD-DNS: Highly-Available Redundantly-Distributed DNS

HARD-DNS: Highly-Available Redundantly-Distributed DNS

The DNS or Domain Name System is a critical piece of the Internet infrastructure. In recent... Read more

23 October, 2010

SOPA: Cheat Sheet

...consultation with industry groups across the country, I feel we should remove Domain Name System blocking from the Stop Online Piracy Act so that the... Read more

20 January, 2012 by Natasha Lomas

SOPA anti-piracy bill stalls after DNS blow

...day that the White House warned against attempts to tamper with the Domain Name System (DNS), congressman Lamar Smith, the main sponsor of the bill... Read more

16 January, 2012

ICANN pushes ahead with generic domains launch

...of gTLDs has the potential to magnify both the abuse of the domain name system and the corresponding challenges we encounter in tracking down internet... Read more

9 January, 2012 by Tom Espiner

Websites employ pop-ups to protest piracy bill

...measure would allow the Justice Department to serve court orders on ISPs, domain name system (DNS) providers and search engines, and ask them to cut... Read more

17 November, 2011 by Elinor Mills

Is buying a .brand domain worth it? Nine questions to ask before you bid for .yourcompany

...applying to "create and operate a registry business supporting the internet's domain name system", adding that this "involves a number of significant responsibilities". The... Read more

30 September, 2011 by Natasha Lomas

Google and OpenDNS try to speed up the internet

...load faster than before. Announced on Tuesday, the scheme changes the way domain name system (DNS) requests are made. The DNS translates meaningful web addresses... Read more

31 August, 2011 by David Meyer

Icann to allow any word as a domain

...Certain words are banned, including words associated with the structure of the domain name system (DNS), such as .local or .host, and country names. Brand... Read more

20 June, 2011 by David Meyer

US Senate backs anti-piracy bill targeting foreign sites

...allegedly infringe copyright. The order could be served on search engines, certain Domain Name System providers, and internet advertising firms — which would in turn be... Read more

27 May, 2011 by Greg Sandoval

Icann hires Black Hat founder

...well equipped for the role. "The global threats to the internet's domain name system are in essence the digital cold war of the new... Read more

3 May, 2011

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