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Domain Kiting vs. Domain Tasting

2007-08-06 14:25:47 by Editor in Cheap Hack
 
...domain tasting issue relies heavily on the ICANN GNSO Issues Report on Domain Tasting One point the report makes which I found very interesting is the distinction it draws between "domain tasting" and "domain kiting." I've frequently seen the two terms used interchangeably, or at least in a way that engendered confusion. The report draws a...
 
Tags: domain, domain names return, names, serial domain, register domain names, registrants, registrants conduct, registration fee, sharp distinction
 
 
 
 
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Recovering domain controllers after a server disk failure

2008-04-01 00:00:00 by Brien Posey in WhatIs: Enterprise IT tips and expert advice
 
...domain controllers after a system volume failure, it is important to remember that each domain controller in the domain shares a replicated copy of the Active Directory database. When you restore a backup of a domain controller, Windows will use a process called backfilling to bring the domain controller's Active Directory database back up to...
 
Tags: domain controller, active directory database, domain controllers, system volume failure, special procedures, recent change, copy, domain shares, process
 
 
 
 
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Report: Google To Kill Off Domain Tasting

2008-01-24 19:56:15 by Editor in Cheap Hack
 
Domain Tasting is a practice whereby someone registers a domain and immediately begins monetizing it. If the results are good, they keep the domain. If not, they delete the registration before the end of the 5 day grace period. But tasters make a lot of money even on the domains they end up deleting. A recent ICANN report indicated that the...
 
Tags: domain, google, registration period, recent icann report, registration, stymie tasters, domains, day grace period, tasters
 
 
 
 
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Report: Google to Kill Off Domain Tasting

2008-01-24 19:56:15 by Editor in Cheap Hack
 
Domain tasting is a practice whereby someone registers a domain and immediately begins monetizing it. If the results are good, that person keeps the domain. If not, he or she deletes the registration before the end of the five-day grace period. But tasters make a lot of money even on the domains they end up deleting. A recent ICANN report...
 
Tags: domain, google, five-day grace period, registration period, recent icann report, registration, stymie tasters, domains, tasters
 
 
 
 
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Domain Theft by Employees

2007-08-06 18:53:00 by Editor in Cheap Hack
 
Domain Name Wire is reporting that sofa.com was sold without authorization by an employee of the company that owned it. The employee pocketed the money. When domains like sofa.com, the one that was stolen, sell for $200K, you have to be careful with them. Think of this when you make your techie guy with all those piercings (you know,...
 
Tags: domain, domain disappears, techie guy, sofa, employee, administrative contact, money, authorization, possibly
 
 
 
 
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McAfee names '.hk' world's most dangerous domain

2008-06-04 00:00:00 by HASH0x8af217c in Network World on Security
 
Hong Kong's ".hk" is now the world's most dangerous domain for surfing and searching, according to a report released Wednesday by security company McAfee, but the survey's methodology may mean it is not as risky as its seems
 
Tags: dangerous domain, security company mcafee, world, hong kong, report, survey, wednesday, risky, methodology
 
 
 
 
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US FTC halts domain name registration scam

2008-06-17 00:00:00 by Grant Gross in Network World on Security
 
A U.S. judge has ordered a Canadian company to stop billing small businesses and other customers for nonexistent domain name registration services, the U.S. Federal Trade Commission said Tuesday
 
Tags: federal trade commission, nonexistent domain, registration services, canadian company, judge, businesses, stop, tuesday, customers
 
 
 
 
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ICANN and IANA's Domain Names Hijacked by the NetDevilz Hacking Group

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2008-06-26 20:00:32 by Dancho Danchev in Dancho Danchev's Blog - Mind Streams of Information Security Knowledge
...domains of ICANN , the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers, and IANA , the Internet Assigned Numbers Authority were hijacked earlier today, by the NetDevilz Turkish hacking group which also hijacked Photobuckets domain on the 18th of June. Zone-H mirrored the defacements , some of which still remain active for the time being ...
 
Tags: official domains, domains, icann, ianas domains, single email appears, turkish, netdevilz turkish, internet, internet corporation
 
 
 
 
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Cross-Domain Vulnerability In Microsoft Internet Explorer 6

2008-06-27 14:03:45 by CyberInsecure in CyberInsecure.com
 
...domain. A proof-of-concept code for this vulnerability is already available. The vulnerability could allow an attacker to take a variety of actions, including stealing cookies, hijacking a web session, or stealing authentication credentials. At
 
Tags: microsoft internet explorer, vulnerability, execute arbitrary script, domain, web session, authentication credentials, attacker, variety, cookies