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domaining domains

“Officials at Lemon Sponge Cake Contemporary Ballet in Boulder were shocked to discover recently that their Web site had disappeared off the face of the Internet.

“We had bought the domain name from NameSecure, which is kind of ironic,” said Jenifer Sher, the ballet company’s executive director. “I guess it must have expired, but we didn’t receive any renewal notices.”

To make matters worse, Sher couldn’t send or receive e-mails, because her address was tied to the Web site.”

Excellent article (although in this case it is not really theft) that shows how important a domainname can be, that you need to choose a trustworthy registrar and, most importantly, need to keep your contact details up to date!

domaining cyber-theft, domains

“With WordPress, you can globally disable comments, if you do not want to allow comments to be placed on your blog. Since this information is stored in the database, we can edit the allow comments option (open or close comments) across the entire blog in one step. This tutorial explains how to remove all instances of Allow Comments by using an SQL database query.”

Read more here.

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“The separate, wired Internet connections set up for reporters are supposed to be off-limits to hacking and the Wall of Sheep. Even so reporters who didn’t take the extra step and log onto the Internet through an additional secure connection like a virtual private network, risked having their data exposed to colleagues sitting just feet away. It didn’t appear to be a complicated hack. The network was working properly, but it wasn’t set up to shield each journalist’s computer from one another.”

Source : Slashdot

Internet blackhat, hacking, security

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MARINA DEL REY, Calif.: The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers is raising awareness of a recently discovered vulnerability in the domain name system (DNS). This includes releasing an FAQ and an online tool for domain operators to test their domains. Read more…

Internet DNS, ICANN, vulnerability