SurfWax News Index  |  Track News  |  Save/Exchange Information |  About Us

    Archive:
    News and Articles on DNS

    Latest News: DNS

    Cerf says Internet lacks essential features  Jun 17, 2009
    This is an area where any of you who have responsibility for any portion of the governments [DNS] should seriously give some thought to that, he said. Cerf highlighted several other security shortcomings. (FCW.com)

    The Best Mac Security Software  Jun 16, 2009
    The software is designed for detecting spyware processes and applications (keylogging, remote access, and DNS poisoning tools) that may not fall into the typical categories of viruses. It also focuses on Internet cookies and similar data gathering tools that are not directly classified as malware. (Datamation)

    Theta Networks Tackles Mobile Broadband Monitoring and Optimization  Jun 16, 2009
    Bro@dMAX builds off the user-friendly interface found in all Theta solutions and adds a number of reports, statistics, and KPIs that address the major issues associated with such as throughput, radio round trip time, HTTP and DNS performance, and user connectivity. The product is powered by advanced and is meant to be used by mobile network operators to gain a new level of insight into the status of their network. (Yahoo News -- Press Releases)

    Wireshark: How to sniff network traffic  Jun 5, 2009
    If you'd like to configure advanced options -- like capturing a file, resolving MAC addresses and DNS names, or limiting the time or size of the capture -- click the Options button corresponding to the interface you wish to configure ... In the example above, I've selected a DNS response packet ... I've expanded the DNS response (application layer) section of the packet to show that the original was requesting a DNS resolution for www. (Search Security, MA)

    The (Big) Cost of Securing .ORG  Jun 5, 2009
    org top-level domain (tld) is now signed with DNSSEC (DNS Security Extensions) () to help protect against DNS hijacking ... ORG to secure itself with DNSSEC. It's an effort that involved millions of dollars of effort, according to the technical operator of ... DNSSEC is a key technology that provides a way to digitally sign domain information to help ensure its authenticity. (eSecurityPlanet)

    Security strengthened for .org domain  Jun 4, 2009
    DNS Security Extensions signs ... org zone using the Domain Name System Security Extensions (DNSSEC) ... DNSSEC lets DNS queries and responses be digitally signed so they can be authenticated and are harder to spoof or manipulate. (FCW.com)

    Martin Maric Captures Discus Regional Title  May 31, 2009
    Women's 4x400 Meter Relay Bonty, Dixon, Smith, Turner DNS. Women's 400 Meters 4. (Pac-10.org)

    State track results  May 24, 2009
    200: McKenzie Redberg, Corvallis, DNS. 1,500: 5. (Corvallis Gazette Times, OR)

    Security Update for OS X, Safari  May 23, 2009
    Among them is an update to the Apache Web server, BIND DNS server, the CUPS printing server, OpenSSL, PHP and Ruby. There is also an update for the Adobe Flash player plugin to fix multiple issues that Adobe has already addressed. (eSecurityPlanet)

    Electronic Privacy Information Center: Privacy  May 22, 2009
    The Domain Name System (DNS) is a distributed hierarchical system used by servers that use the Internet Protocol (IP)to convert IP addresses (such as 85. 135. (Yahoo News -- Online Privacy)

    Computer Security Experts: the Grid's Communications Infrastructure is Not Yet Invulnerable  May 19, 2009
    " According to Kaminsky, who is widely considered to be the wunderkind of the computer security world, and who last year discovered a fundamental flaw in the Domain Name System, or DNS, that would have allowed hackers to reassign web addresses, take over banking sites, or disrupt the flow of data over the Internet, some of the smart meters currently deployed can be compromised. "The future of meter-to-meter connectivity does have me concerned," he told the hearing. "The `90s saw a tremendous... (Energy Pulse, CO)

    NeuStar's UltraDNS to Power Growth of NDTV Convergence  May 19, 2009
    UltraDNS Managed DNS Service to Increase Performance and Reliability of Popular Indian News Site ... May 18 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- NeuStar, Inc. (NYSE: ) today announced that NDTV Convergence, the digital arm of New Delhi Television (NDTV), India's largest news and infotainment network, has chosen NeuStar's UltraDNS Managed DNS Service to bolster the scalability of its online properties ... The superior reliability and performance of NeuStar's UltraDNS Managed DNS Service are now helping NDTV... (PR Newswire)

    Louisville Impresses at Cardinal Twilight  May 16, 2009
    75 -- DNS Long Jump 2 #7 ... 50 -- DNS Triple Jump 3 14 ... 50 Pole Vault -- DNS Shot Put 1 #17. (Uoflsports.com)

    Complete Results  May 16, 2009
    2 1 -- 325 Joi Smith SR Wyoming DNS 0. 2 2. (Goaztecs.com)

    Security Updates Issued for Apple’s OS X and Safari  May 16, 2009
    Among them is an update to the Apache Web server, BIND DNS server, the CUPS printing server, OpenSSL, PHP and Ruby. LATEST NEWS. (SmallBusinessComputing)

    Economy Is Down but Domain Business Is Up  May 11, 2009
    VeriSign manages the root DNS () zone for the Internet under () -- the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers and the chief authority overseeing domain name registrars ... The other issue facing VeriSign currently is the stability and governance of ICANN. VeriSign manages the root DNS on behalf of ICANN, and currently process some 38 billion DNS requests per day. (SmallBusinessComputing)

    More than 800 show up for job fair  May 8, 2009
    For those looking for something out of the office, DNS Alaska Trail Rides is hiring despite the predicted slowing of tourist traffic this summer. Anyone with both horse and people skills are encouraged to apply for the wrangler and teamster positions. (Wasilla Frontiersman, AK)

    BlackArmor NAS: A polished storage server with an open source heart  May 7, 2009
    BlackArmor boasts the now-expected features, including fully enabled drive trays for easy expansion (BlackArmor 420 comes with two drives, but four trays), print server (unidirectional), backup utilities, dynamic DNS, USB backup and drive mounts, and the now-standard NFS/CIFS/FTP trio ... On the blackboard are both freeware (but not open source) and open source widgets to extend the platform, additional UPS and DDNS support, and perhaps even greater power optimization. (Yahoo News -- Technology)

    Saugus Police log April 30 to May 1  May 5, 2009
    An officer reported a box truck was being worked on, 1:02 p.m. Officers placed a male in the Kmart parking lot under arrest on drug charges, 1:52 p.m. A caller reported excessive noise on Greystone Road, 1:57 p.m. A female reported she had problems with the staff at DNS Realty. A responding officer reported it was a civil matter and the party would seek a complaint at Lynn District Court, 3:36 p.m. A Fairmount Avenue resident reported receiving threatening phone calls and an unknown party was... (Saugus Advertiser, MA)

    Rahmer notches No. 500  May 3, 2009
    Michael Michalski; DNS Lance Danmyer; Seasn Todd ... Curtis Shue; DQ - Cody Wampler; Cameron Benyou; DNS Rich Day ... Paul McCollum; DNS Randy Fetterolf; T.J. Mayberry; Drew Weisser; Ed Wentz; Shawn Benzeleski; Ed Trump; Vincent Magaro. (Carlisle Sentinel, PA)

    Complete Results - Rio Rancho HS Invitational  May 3, 2009
    22 NWI 5 -- 470 Montano, Brenda Bernalillo FS NWI 2 -- 728 Rascon, Maria Valencia DNS NWI 2 -- 417 Ponce, Mariah Gallup DNS NWI 6 -- 438 Paulette, Coffee Gallup DNS NWI 6 -- 848 Hoffman, Chelsey Pojoaque DNS NWI 2 Girls 200 Meter Dash High School ======================================================================== Name Year Team Finals Wind H# ======================================================================== 1 791 Sanchez, Juanita Los Lunas 26 ... 20 NWI 4 -- 269 Manderville, Renee... (Golobos.com)

    Complete Results - Don Kirby Invitational  May 3, 2009
    9 2 -- 162 Turner, Jen NMMI DNS 1. 9 2 -- 18 Sommerville, Shala UTEP DNS +0 ... 40 2 -- 4 Crain, Siobhian UTEP DNS 1 -- 163 Szewszyk, Klaudia NMMI DNS 2 Women 800 Meter Run University ================================================================ Regional: + 2:10. (Golobos.com)

    Cardinals Tune-Up for BIG EAST at WKU Invitational  Apr 28, 2009
    00 U of L Men's Individual Results 100m -- DNS 200m 1 22. 15 5 23. (Uoflsports.com)

    Cleversafe Disperses Content Across the Cloud  Apr 18, 2009
    For example, if one million clients were trying to access content from a typical content delivery network today, they would be routed via a central DNS server to a particular download location. The clients would then be at the mercy of the download location's connection speed and quality for the duration of the download. (EnterpriseStorageForum)

    Bolton loses his Bottle over hacked client details  Apr 16, 2009
    "auDA takes security issues very seriously,'' Mr Disspain said. "In our view, Bottle Domains' failure to deal properly with the security incident in April 2007 demonstrated an alarming disregard of the potential risks to its own customers, and to the overall stability and integrity of the Australian DNS. Given the seriousness of the matter, it is appropriate that auDA terminate Bottle Domains' registrar accreditation. . (Sydney Morning Herald -- Business)

    Coweeman paddle device causes stir  Apr 14, 2009
    " swan wrote on Apr 13, 2009 1:48 PM:" WDFW: Three letters - DNS. " juanlesstime wrote on Apr 13, 2009 3:24 PM:" There was another TDN article recently about how hard it is to get landowners' permission to fish on the Coweeman, nonpartisan. Evidendtly many feel that if the public is denied access, then public monies shouldn't be used to ensure/enable a fish run. (Longview Daily News, WA)

    New Malware Specifically Targets Firefox  Apr 2, 2009
    The malware resembles DNSChanger, a common DNS hijacking threat, but operates differently. Instead of hacking the registry to change DNS, the new variant throws a DLL into the C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\components directory and therefore runs inside the browser ... Like DNSChanger it intercepts certain operations, like search requests, and redirects them through a Ukrainian host previously used by DNSChanger. (Yahoo News -- Technology)

    Marist Races Three Crews In Second Event At Clemson  Mar 25, 2009
    All Three Boats Finish In Fourth Place Overall. The Marist women's crew team finished fourth overall in their second race at Clemson. (Goredfoxes.com)

    BREAKING NEWS: University police investigate online threats  Mar 20, 2009
    Or if their ISP has a DNS Server outside of Columbus (for whatever reason) you can't pinpoint the true location of where it came from. (). (Ohio State University -- The Lantern, OH)

    Aztec Men's Golf Finishes Second at Barona Collegiate Cup  Mar 18, 2009
    Bryan Martin finished the Barona Collegiate Cup in a tie for sixth place. SDSU led by Hoffenberg's third-place finish. (Goaztecs.com)

    SDSU Men's Basketball Second Round NIT Information  Mar 18, 2009
    The Aztecs will play host to the second round of the NIT at Jenny Craig Pavilion. Game to be played at Jenny Craig Pavilion. (Goaztecs.com)

    Box ScoreSoftball: Texas Tech 5, San Diego State 3; SDSU 4, Texas Tech 2Recap  Mar 18, 2009
    Aztec Softball Splits Doubleheader With Texas Tech - SAN DIEGO STATE OFFICIAL ATHLETIC SITE. Bailey Micetich got the win in the second half of the doubleheader with Texas Tech. (Goaztecs.com)

    SDSU Women's Tennis Defeats No. 58 Nebraska  Mar 18, 2009
    Cadua picked up two wins in the Aztec victory. Aztecs pick up win number nine over Huskers. (Goaztecs.com)

    2008-09 VISITING TEAM GUIDE  Mar 18, 2009
    San Diego State University Official Athletic Site. Notes: 1) If you are having problems viewing this page, please of Adobe Acrobat Reader and install the newest version of the Acrobat plug-in for your browser. (Goaztecs.com)

    Knudsen, Beasley Earn Mountain West Conference Weekly Honors  Mar 18, 2009
    Junior Brittany Knudsen (pictured) and sophomore Samantha Beasley were each honored by the MWC for their performances over the week. Knudsen named MWC Player of the Week; Beasley earns pitcher of the week accolades. (Goaztecs.com)

    Pitchers Dominate In Aztecs' 1-0 Win Over Kansas  Mar 18, 2009
    Ryan O'Sullivan tossed seven innings of shutout ball in SDSU's 1-0 win over Kansas on Tuesday. Vaughn's offense and defense enable SDSU to claim win over Jayhawks. (Goaztecs.com)

    Stats |Notes |Quotes | Photo Gallery | Highlights | Postgame News ConferenceBaseball: SDSU 1, Kansas 0Recap  Mar 18, 2009
    Pitchers Dominate In Aztecs' 1-0 Win Over Kansas - SAN DIEGO STATE OFFICIAL ATHLETIC SITE. Ryan O'Sullivan tossed seven innings of shutout ball in SDSU's 1-0 win over Kansas on Tuesday. (Goaztecs.com)

    Aztec Basketball's Jené Morris Named State Farm WBCA All-Region Honoree  Mar 18, 2009
    Aztec Basketball's Jen Morris Named State Farm WBCA All-Region Honoree - SAN DIEGO STATE OFFICIAL ATHLETIC SITE. Jen; Morris was one of just 52 regional finalists. (Goaztecs.com)

    Box Score - Game 1 |Box Score - Game 2Women's Tennis: SDSU 4, Nebraska 3Aztec Tennis Center | SDSU CampusRecap  Mar 18, 2009
    SDSU Women's Tennis Defeats No. 58 Nebraska - SAN DIEGO STATE OFFICIAL ATHLETIC SITE. Cadua picked up two wins in the Aztec victory. (Goaztecs.com)

    Aztec Softball Splits Doubleheader With Texas Tech  Mar 18, 2009
    Bailey Micetich got the win in the second half of the doubleheader with Texas Tech. SDSU comes away with a victory in the night cap. (Goaztecs.com)

    Big First Half Powers Aztecs to NIT Rout  Mar 18, 2009
    Lorrenzo Wade puts down a dunk against Weber State. (AP Photo/K.C. Alfred). (Goaztecs.com)

    nCircle researcher: MS patch leaves users vulnerable  Mar 17, 2009
    MS09-008, one of , addressed four separate flaws in Windows' DNS and WNS servers, and required that network administrators patch all currently-supported server editions of Windows, including Windows 2000 Server, Server 2003 and Server 2008. Reguly has taken exception with the part of the update that addresses a vulnerability in the WPAD (Web Proxy Auto-Discovery) functionality of Windows DNS Server ... Reguly said that while Microsoft provided a way to mitigate such attacks -- the MS09-008... (InfoWorld)

    IIJ to Provide IIJ IPv6 Transition Support Solution  Mar 17, 2009
    IIJ IPv6 Transition Support Solution --------------------------------------------------------------------- Service Description --------------------------------------------------------------------- Planning phase - Initial survey - IPv6 address acquisition support - IPv6 address usage design - Equipment selection guideline creation - IPv6 introduction plan creation ----------------------------------------------------- Consulting Design phase - Network design (routers, load balancers, DNS)... (Primezone Releases)

    Preview: Windows Server 2008 R2  Mar 11, 2009
    These would be services like DNS or Active Directory with little else on the box. By installing Server Core for these types of key functions, you greatly reduce the surface area for attack and improve performance of those services. (InfoWorld)

    Vyatta open-source routing gains security tools  Mar 10, 2009
    Other enhancements include a new Web-based graphical interface for managing VC5-based systems, DNS forwarding and Dynamic DNS for small enterprises and branch offices, improved drivers that boost the performance of VMware and Xen virtual machines running VC5, and support for additional hardware, including 3G mobile data modems. SCS Engineers, an environmental engineering company, plans to adopt VC5 as part of a migration to a MPLS (Multiprotocol Label System) network between its Long Beach,... (InfoWorld)

    Vyatta Adds Security Tools to Open-source Routing Platform  Mar 10, 2009
    Other enhancements include a new Web-based graphical interface for managing VC5-based systems, DNS (Domain Name System) forwarding and Dynamic DNS for small enterprises and branch offices, improved drivers that boost the performance of VMware and Xen virtual machines running VC5, and support for additional hardware, including 3G (third-generation) mobile data modems. SCS Engineers, an environmental engineering company, plans to adopt VC5 as part of a migration to a MPLS (Multiprotocol Label... (Yahoo News -- Technology)

    Test Center's SMB virtualization guide  Mar 6, 2009
    There might be six servers, including a couple of domain controllers that also run DNS and DHCP services, perhaps a Microsoft Exchange server, a Web server, a database server, and a file server. These systems might be running on any mix of hardware, with the most active services using the newest, fastest boxes, while the domain controllers and the file server might get by on older equipment. (InfoWorld)

    Gmail Chat Phishing Erodes User Trust  Mar 5, 2009
    com site is owned by a company called HappyAppy, and is hosted by free domain name server (DNS) and Web host ... Joshua Anderson, FreeDNS.afraid ... "The DNS was suspended only to mitigate any possible threat to the Internet as per our terms of service.". (eSecurityPlanet)

    3/2: Worm_Koobface.AZ Searches For Cookies on Social Networking Sites  Mar 3, 2009
    It then makes a DNS query to check IP addresses that corresponds to remote domains. The said servers can send and receive information about the affected machine. (eSecurityPlanet)

    Hawkeyes Conclude Big Ten Competition  Mar 2, 2009
    68 DNS 3 Spandl, Brock SO Minnesota 1. 95m 6-04. (Hawkeyesports.com)

    3 New Tools to Battle the Sinowal Trojan  Feb 28, 2009
    It also provides a secure hidden domain name system (DNS) that is invisible to Sinowal. "We don't trust anything about the local platform -- the TCP/IP settings, the DNS server configured there, or the DNS server of the ISP you're connected to," Dickenson said ... "The Trojan doesn't have the opportunity to watch DNS lookups or browser navigate events when you look up banking sites," Dickenson said. (eSecurityPlanet)

    Heptathlon Results  Feb 27, 2009
    24m DNS DNS Air Force 20-05. 75 JR (813) (639) (0) (0) (0) (0) (0). (Themwc.com)

    Set Up Your Network for Many Remote Desktop Connections  Feb 21, 2009
    A final note: Some DNS service providers, such as , offer dynamic IP service. This provides a host name, such as ericshome. (Datamation)

    Faster, Safer Surfing Through OpenDNS  Feb 21, 2009
    The network of servers known as the provides a crucial function on the Internet because DNS performs the essential task of translating a Web site's familiar name (like www ... Most home and small office networks rely on DNS servers managed by an , but ISP-managed DNS servers aren't exactly renowned for their performance or reliability ... When it takes your browser an excruciatingly long time to find a Web site or it doesn't reach it at all, there's a good chance it's because the DNS server took... (SmallBusinessComputing)

    Understanding the Ubuntu Linux operating systems  Feb 19, 2009
    One person may be confused by partitioning a disk during installation while another might have a problem setting up a DNS server. In the sections of the book where I describe a process that uses a GUI, I use screen shots alongside the description to make the explanations more clear. (Search Enterprise Linux)

    Benchmarker defends Oz broadband report  Feb 17, 2009
    The firm tests data network speeds for synchronisation, cached and non-cached HTTP downloads, DNS, ping and packet loss, and has separate procedures for VoIP and video. Tests are run from laboratories in Sydney, Melbourne and Brisbane. (Computerworld Australia)

    Check Point Home Router Promises Enterprise-Level Protection  Feb 17, 2009
    0 of the router adds VStream antispam technology with three layers of protection and e-mail messaging security enforcement; a status dashboard and firewall monitor to help users follow and understand firewall events; drag-and-drop firewall policy rules for easier editing; a built-in DNS server; and Xbox Live support that lets users securely host games online. Tools. (HardwareCentral)

    Second Hand Drives Spill Many Secrets  Feb 14, 2009
    Photos, web browsing histories and DNS server information also made up significant amounts of sensitive information recovered, highlighting the need for both businesses and individuals to take more care when disposing of IT equipment and do more than just hit the delete key when erasing sensitive data. on this story. (IDM.net.au)

    Connect With Windows Command Line Tools  Feb 14, 2009
    On most home and small networks, the operates the DNS servers, and when problems with those servers occur (which is not uncommon), you may not be able to access sites and services on the Internet even if your connection is actually up and running. The NSLOOKUP tool can give you a way to verify whether DNS is functioning properly on your network ... If you receive an IP address in response (depending on the site, you may receive several) it means a DNS server was able to successfully check and... (SmallBusinessComputing)

    Microsoft Offers $250000 Bounty For Worm Authors  Feb 13, 2009
    The last time the security community acted in unison like this was during the spring and summer of 2008, when several dozen companies and organizations came together to deal with the DNS vulnerability identified by security researcher Dan Kaminsky. But that was a fix rather than a worm-hunting posse. (InformationWeek)

    Electronic Privacy Information Center: Privacy  Feb 8, 2009
    The Domain Name System (DNS) is a distributed hierarchical system used by servers that use the Internet Protocol (IP)to convert IP addresses (such as 85. 135. (Yahoo News -- Online Privacy)

    Creating a VPN appliance with Ubuntu and Openswan:  Feb 8, 2009
    Creating a VPN appliance with Ubuntu and Openswan. Creating a VPN appliance with Ubuntu and Openswan. (Search Enterprise Linux)

    Hemmingsson and Reissmann Propel Lobos To 4th-Place Finish at DU Invitational  Feb 8, 2009
    The University of New Mexico Official Athletic Site. Simon Reissmann earned his second win of the season in men's freestyle on Saturday. (Golobos.com)

    Latest News: DNS

    Back to Web Services News

[ Terms Of Use | Privacy | About ]
©1998-2009 SurfWax, Inc.
All rights reserved. Patents pending.



Copyright SurfWax, Inc. 2009