Stories about: Internet Software Consortium

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    With Rustock, a new twist on fighting Internet crime 18/03/2011 21:00:23

    For more than 24 hours this week, it was a question that very few security experts could answer: Who had knocked the world's worst spam botnet offline?
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    Detecting Internet routing 'lies' 21/01/2009 12:12:00

    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:
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    The Internet gets a patch, as DNS bug is fixed 09/07/2008 08:34:11

    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).
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    Microsoft plugs nine holes in Windows, DNS, SQL 09/07/2008 08:07:34

    Microsoft Tuesday patched nine vulnerabilities in Windows, Exchange, SQL Server and the company's Domain Name System (DNS) server and client software.
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    DNS hacked again 24/11/2007 10:00:54

    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.
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    How to land that first network job 18/06/2007 14:29:33

    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.
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    Internet domain system wide open to fraudulent attack 05/08/2005 08:22:31

    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.
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    Give XP Pro more Net nous 07/06/2004 07:36:49

    Microsoft was a latecomer to the Internet, something that is still apparent in the meagre arsenal of TCP/IP tools bundled with Windows XP. Whereas UNIX, Linux and *BSD users have a range of utilities to choose from that provide detailed information about network connections, Windows XP needs supplementation in this area. Luckily, there are plenty of good, free tools available to make Windows XP more TCP/IP-savvy.
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    ISC opens Internet crisis center 21/10/2003 09:18:31

    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.
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    Verisign sued over Site Finder 19/09/2003 12:05:27

    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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    CERT warns of DHCP vulnerabilities 17/01/2003 11:09:28

    Several potentially serious security flaws exist in the Internet Software Consortium's (ISC) DHCP (Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol) software, which is shipped as part of several operating systems, the CERT Coordination Center (CERT/CC) warned Thursday.
 
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