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VeriSign's goal: Bump up internet bandwidth 1,000 times

VeriSign's goal: Bump up internet bandwidth 1,000 times

...over a public network. What is the current capacity for VeriSign's root server, and where will it be in 10 years' time?We are... Read more

9 July, 2010 by Tom Espiner

Simple yet powerful backup solution for Linux user data

...service rsync { disable = no # flags = IPv6 socket_type = stream wait = no user = root server = /usr/bin/rsync server_args = --daemon log_on_failure += USERID } This... Read more

24 June, 2011

China hijacked UK internet traffic, says McAfee

The security company has said that internet traffic for 15 percent of the world, including for UK and US military and civilian governments, was redirected through Chinese servers in April Read more

18 November, 2010 by Tom Espiner
Heroic tech: Ten awe-inspiring bits of kit

Heroic tech: Ten awe-inspiring bits of kit

...router that's part of the AMS-IX mirror of the K-root server. As a critical part of the internet's infrastructure, these nodes... Read more

16 November, 2010 by Matthew Broersma

Anti-spoofing measure embedded at internet root

...across the 13 root servers, in a process which started in January. Root server L began to serve the DURZ on 27 January 2010, while... Read more

5 May, 2010 by Tom Espiner

Web error redirects traffic to Chinese sites

...list. Specifically, one of the main DNS root servers — called the I Root Server and based in Sweden — was directing visitors trying to go to... Read more

26 March, 2010 by Elinor Mills

VeriSign: Internet infrastructure still vulnerable

...said that VeriSign had placed one of the nodes for a distributed root server in India, so that, should another cable cut happen, Indian web... Read more

7 November, 2008 by Tom Espiner

ICANN turns on IPv6 addresses

...the appropriate files and databases on six of the world's 13 root server networks. Before it did this, those who were using IPv6 had... Read more

5 February, 2008 by David Meyer

Internet is Y2K ready... almost

Unlike US government computers, the Internet infrastructure has no year 2000 readiness oversight. Read more

18 August, 1999 by ZDNet

Keeping ahead of DNS attacks

...Internet resources, but occupy the "high ground" in terms of defensibility. The root server database is small and changes infrequently, and entries have a lifetime... Read more

10 January, 2003 by Paul Mockapetris

New shield repelled internet backbone attack

...continued to run but it was a wake-up call for the root server operators", who set out to develop Anycast, ICANN said. If the... Read more

12 March, 2007 by Joris Evers

International domain names succeed in testing

...perspective" or a live root test, but concentrated instead on "replicating the root server environment". This suggests that significant further testing needs to be done... Read more

9 March, 2007 by David Meyer

Rights management for small businesses

...server is signed by the Microsoft Enrolment Service. After you configure the root server, you can configure additional servers. You'll also need an SQL... Read more

23 February, 2007 by Deb Shinder

Cybercrime tools get cheaper

...apparently been verified as genuine, for sale for $1,500, a hacked root server for $100 to £150, and someone offering to host a financial... Read more

9 February, 2007 by Graeme Wearden

US voices openness to private Net control

Despite assertions last year to the contrary, a US Commerce Department official says the US is exploring privatisation of the DNS Read more

27 July, 2006 by Anne Broache

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