News Briefs Cybercrime Losses Overestimated, Say Researchers Jul 27, 2011 - Include Your Comments ICANN Warns US Against Undermining Multistakeholder Model Jul 25, 2011 - Include Your Comments Automated Web Application Attacks Can Peak at 25,000 an Hour Jul 25, 2011 - Include Your Comments Featured Blogs Is Cybersecurity a Priority? You Wouldn't Know It If You Go by Top Level Defections In the US administration, we see important people like incoming Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta say at his Senate confirmation hearing that "a strong likelihood that the next Pearl Harbor" could well be a cyberattack that cripples the U.S. power grid and financial and government systems. He also said that cybersecurity will be one of the main focuses of his tenure at the Pentagon. But when you look at what is actually happening in cyber security, there is more position jockeying than there is real progress. more » Jul 27, 2011 - by Terry Zink - Comments: 0 Related Topics: Cyberattack, Cybercrime, Internet Governance, Policy & Regulation, Security Getting Out of the Broadband Box Today's official launch of Gig.U, a consortium of universities to facilitate next-generation community broadband opportunities, has tremendous potential. John Markoff has a story about the launch in today's New York Times. Here's why I'm hopeful for this project. more » Jul 27, 2011 - by Kevin Werbach - Comments: 0 Related Topics: Broadband Six Key Issues About Operating a TLD Registry Brand owners unfamiliar with the domain name system (DNS) are hearing that their first step in registering a top level domain (TLD) is to select a back-end TLD registry provider. The fear instilled in them is that if they don't act quickly, all available service providers will have reached their capacity. Given ICANN's tight and inflexible application submission schedule, brands don't want to be left at the starting gate. more » Jul 26, 2011 - by Michael Young - Comments: 0 Related Topics: DNS, DNSSEC, Registry Services, Top-Level Domains Alignment of Interests in DNS Blocking I've written recently about a general purpose method called DNS Response Policy Zones (DNS RPZ) for publishing and consuming DNS reputation data to enable a market between security companies who can do the research necessary to find out where the Internet's bad stuff is and network operators who don't want their users to be victims of that bad stuff... During an extensive walking tour of the US Capitol last week to discuss a technical whitepaper with members of both parties and both houses of the legislature, I was asked several times why the DNS RPZ technology would not work for implementing something like PROTECT-IP. more » Jul 23, 2011 - by Paul Vixie - Comments: 5 Related Topics: Censorship, Cybercrime, DNS, Internet Governance, Malware, Policy & Regulation, Security DNSSEC Maintenance - Just Like Mowing the Lawn DNSSEC is a hot topic. It's a technology newly unleashed on popular networking, which has led to countless articles and posts on the subject, including right here on CircleID. The way a lot of articles try to get your attention is to talk about a technology, like DNSSEC, in a way that makes the technology either seem really significant or really complicated. That is why a lot of articles about DNSSEC make it sound like something huge, complicated, and scary. But it's not. more » Jul 23, 2011 - by Edward Lewis - Comments: 0 Related Topics: DNSSEC, Security The Network of Probabilities At eComm, I interviewed on stage Neil Davies, founder of Predictable Network Solutions. (Disclosure: they are a consulting client, we are working together to commercialise their technology.) The transcript of the interview is up on the eComm blog, titled The Internet is Not a Pipe and Bandwidth is Bad. Neil's achievement is a breakthrough advance in the use of applied mathematics to describe behaviours of statistically multiplexed networks. more » Jul 21, 2011 - by Martin Geddes - Comments: 0 Related Topics: Access Providers, Broadband, Telecom | Hot Topics • Top-Level Domains • Registry Services • Domain Names • Security • ICANN • DNS • Cybercrime • Policy & Regulation • Internet Governance • Cyberattack • Email • Access Providers • more... Industry Updates BlueCat Networks Raises $16.8 Million from Leading Silicon Valley Venture Firm Trident Capital Jul 21, 2011 - by BlueCat Networks RIGHT OF THE DOT and Verisign Enter into Marketing and Referral Arrangement for new gTLD Application Jul 19, 2011 - by Verisign Google Acquires G.CO to Launch Official Shortcut for Google Products and Services Jul 18, 2011 - by .CO Internet Minds + Machines' Parent Company, TLDH, Appoints Peter Dengate Thrush as Executive Chairman Jul 17, 2011 - by Minds + Machines Verisign Announces Increase in .COM/.NET Domain Name Fees Jul 14, 2011 - by Verisign Advertise on CircleID If your advertising and marketing objectives entail reaching high-ranking experts and professionals within the IT and Internet industry, CircleID can help you achieve it. Find Out More... |
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