Interorganizational wrangling begins as .gov studies DNS fix (Ars Technica)
In the wake of recent DNS hijacking hacks, a number of top-level Internet domains have deployed DNSSEC. Now, the US Commerce Department is requesting comments on proposals to roll it out for the root DNS servers. Read More...
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Firmware protects against Kaminsky DNS exploit. (ThomasNet)
Intrusion Prevention System (IPS) firmware virtually eliminates threat of Domain Name Server (DNS) Cache Poisoning when combined with existing DNS patch. While able to actively detect and block DNS exploit while still allowing the DNS to function properly, solution also includes components for rate/threshold-based signatures, blacklisting, and stateful firewall functions, components that promote ...
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Securing the Cloud (Byte and Switch)
What's in a domain name? Everything, when your data is at stake. DNS security needs to be improved
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Government Begins Securing Root Zone File (Slashdot)
Death Metal notes a Wired piece on the US government beginning the process of securing the root zone file. This is in service of implementing DNSSEC, without which the DNS security hole found by Dan Kaminsky can't be definitively closed. On Thursday morning, a comment period will open on the various proposals on who should hold the keys and sign the root — ICANN, Verisign, or the US government's ...
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Infrastructure Management Startups Bring Big-Company Capabilities To SMBs (InformationWeek)
Three newcomers offer specialized, low-cost or no-cost tools to companies with tiny IT budgets.
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SoftLayer Launches Global Server Load Balancing (TopHosts.com)
October 6, 2008, Dallas, TX – SoftLayer Technologies has added Global Server Load Balancing to its robust portfolio of on-demand data center solutions, providing customers with a highly redundant fail-over solution that also helps decrease the distance between content and its final destination, improving service reliability and content delivery.
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Startup promises auto Windows file virtualisation (The Register)
Consolidate file storage and drive up disk utilisation Startup AutoVirt is going to introduce a Windows file share virtualisation product to drive up disk utilisation and ease file storage consolidation. It's like an IBM SAN Volume Controller (SVC) for files.…
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SoftLayer Adds Global Server Balancing (Web Host Industry Review)
October 6, 2008 -- ( WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) -- On-demand data center solutions provider SoftLayer Technologies has added global server load balancing to its suite of services, providing a highly-redundant, fail-over solution decreasing the distance between content and its destination.
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Peering into Fast Flux Botnet Activity (CircleID)
Together with Thorsten Holz , I recently published a paper on fast flux botnet behaviors, " As the Net Churns: Fast-Flux Botnet Observations ," based on data we gathered in our ATLAS platform. Fast flux service networks utilize botnets to distribute the web servers to the infected PCs.
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Feds Start Moving on Net Security Hole (Wired News)
Following a massive security hole that opened this summer, the U.S. government is now asking the public for comment on who should control and sign the net's most important document. Security experts say it's about time.
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