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DNS servers--an Internet Achilles' heel

 August 3, 2005 Scan finds that hundreds of thousands of the servers that act as the white pages of the Net are vulnerable to attack. TAGS: DNS server, DNS, attacker, domain, server, IP address, IP, Internet service, Internet Service Provider, attack, service provider, PC, e-mail

Old software weakening Net's backbone, survey says

 October 25, 2005 One-fifth of DNS servers are running out-of-date software, and two-thirds are open to tweaking to help scammers. TAGS: DNS server, DNS, survey, domain, server, attacker, IP, IP address, domain name, Internet Service Provider, security, PC, e-mail

New denial-of-service threat emerges

 March 16, 2006 Attacks targeted 1,500 IP addresses and delivered a heftier blow than normal DOS threats, VeriSign security chief says. TAGS: VeriSign Inc., denial of service, bot, DNS server, query, victim, DNS, threat, server, IP, attack, DOS, IP address, security

Symantec warns of router compromise

 January 24, 2008 Security company says it has seen an attack using a cross-site scripting flaw in 2Wire DNS routers. TAGS: Symantec Corp., e-card, 2Wire, XSS, router, attack, domain name, DNS, HTTP, IP address, IP, security

DNS servers do hackers' dirty work

 March 24, 2006 New twist on denial-of-service attacks could intensify cybercriminals' threat to online business. TAGS: DNS server, Nominum Inc., DNS, VeriSign Inc., distributed denial of service, chief scientist, assault, denial of service, attack, target, server, domain name, IP address, IP

Will Vista stall Net traffic?

 September 6, 2006 Expert predicts Vista could overflow the Net's infrastructure, causing "rolling blackouts." Some call the forecast "FUD." TAGS: IPv4, domain name, DNS, Nominum Inc., IPv6, blackout, DNS server, traffic, Microsoft Windows Vista, IP, IP address, server, Internet Service Provider, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows

Internet backbone at center of suspected attack

 February 7, 2007 Hackers may have targeted DNS servers that form the backbone of the Internet--but no damage was done, experts believe. TAGS: DNS server, Internet-backbone, DNS, attack, domain name, server, expert, Internet service, Symantec Corp., service provider, IP address, Internet Service Provider, IP

Is the Internet truly global?

 December 15, 2004 CNETAsia's Winston Chai argues that it's high time the Net could handle addresses with non-Roman characters. TAGS: domain name, Steve Ballmer, DNS, Unicode, ASCII, character, IP address, IP, Microsoft Corp.
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