Tag Archives: Domain name system

Why the Internet fell apart today

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If you were on the internet on Friday morning, congrats! You were one of a lucky few who maintained their connectivity in the face of a massive, nationwide DDoS attack against part of the Domain Name System (DNS), a crucial piece of digital infrastru...

Taylor Swift buys Taylorswift.adult and Taylorswift.porn

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June 1st onwards, you can buy internet domain names such as .porn, .sucks, .adult, etc. ICANN, the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers brought about an increase in the number of...

Google Paid $25 Million for New Top-Level Domain

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Google holds a number of world records: the company is the largest Internet advertiser, the largest Internet search engine, the company with the largest online interactive map, and more. But Google...

ICANN has been hacked by a Bunch of Phishers

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ICANN has suffered an attack by a group of hacking experts. And the results are not good. It is investigating the break in and what has been revealed is that a spear phishing attack was responsible...

Judge siding with ICANN says plaintiffs can’t take all of Iran’s domain names

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In a ruling from a Washington, DC, federal judge, it was seen that all of the country code Top-Level Domains could not possibly be transferred to collect Iranian state assets considering the new...

US to Relax its Hold on the Internet, Plans to Leave Oversight of ICANN

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It is a decision that has been welcomed by the rest of the world. But with the United States turning over a new leaf towards greater tolerance, many local Yankee businesses are getting apprehensive....

Push for Web addresses in era of search, apps

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BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — In the early days, you typed in a domain name address to reach a website. Then came the ability to reach websites directly through a search engine. The mobile era brought us...

Seven Things To Think About Before You Register That New Domain

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We’ve all grown comfortable with existing Internet domains — which have suffixes like .com, .net, and .edu — to the point where they seemed fixed in the universe like the North Star.  But this...

ICANN Slays Google’s Dotless Domain Search Plans

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Google’s dream of owning a top level dotless search domain has turned into a nightmare. The gigantic search engine wanted ownership of an "http://search" dotless domain. But this has come up against...