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Detecting Internet routing 'lies' 21 January, 2009 12:12
Australian Geoff Huston is one of the foremost authorities on Internet routing and scaling issues. We sent Huston, a former Chief Scientist, Telstra Internet, a few questions about the U.S. government's plan to bolster R&D to secure the Internet's core routing protocol, the Border Gateway Protocol (BGP). Here are excerpts of from what Huston had to say: - +
The Internet gets a patch, as DNS bug is fixed 09 July, 2008 08:34
Makers of the software used to connect computers on the Internet collectively released software updates Tuesday to patch a serious bug in one of the Internet's underlying protocols, the Domain Name System (DNS). - +
Microsoft plugs nine holes in Windows, DNS, SQL 09 July, 2008 08:07
Microsoft Tuesday patched nine vulnerabilities in Windows, Exchange, SQL Server and the company's Domain Name System (DNS) server and client software. - +
DNS hacked again 24 November, 2007 10:00
Amit Klein recently released details on DNS server cache poisoning attacks that affect both BIND (Berkeley Internet Name Domain) and Windows DNS servers. It goes to show that every time you think a problem with a well-known protocol or service has been solved, it may not be. - +
How to land that first network job 18 June, 2007 14:29
I am often asked for career advice on how to break into the networking job market. While my answers have changed somewhat over the years as the market has changed, generally my responses have remained the same. This is because the core of networking has remained the same; it's still about getting two devices to talk with each other. - +
Is your DNS server configured wrong? 10 October, 2006 11:50
More than half of the Internet's name servers are configured incorrectly, leaving networks vulnerable to pharming attacks and enabling servers to be used in attacks that can wipe out DNS infrastructure. - +
Bugs put widely used DNS software at risk 27 April, 2006 08:17
A number of flaws in the software that is used to administer the Internet's DNS (domain name system) has been discovered by researchers at Finland's University of Oulu. - +
Internet domain system wide open to fraudulent attack 05 August, 2005 08:22
A large number of DNS servers, a critical part of the Internet's infrastructure, are vulnerable to attacks that could lead to widespread fraud, according to a security researcher. - +
Internet security gets root-level boost 29 October, 2003 08:30
A year after surviving a massive distributed denial-of-service attack, the Internet's root servers are better fortified against hacker activity, thanks to behind-the-scenes deployment of a routing technique known as Anycast, experts say. - +
ISC opens Internet crisis center 21 October, 2003 09:18
Last October's hacker attack on the global root servers that run the core addressing system of the Internet knocked out seven of the 13 servers for a time, but caused nary a problem for most Internet users. - +
Verisign sued over Site Finder 19 September, 2003 12:05
An Internet search company has sued VeriSign over a widely-criticized service that sends Web users to a VeriSign search page after entering a non-existent Web address.
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