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• Internet pioneer Paul Vixie: Build roads, not walls

  ​'Are you an optimist?' was the question put to Paul Vixie last week at Kaspersky's security analyst summit in Singapore, when he took to the stage to receive the security company's 'MVP' award.

• Telcos block sites in wake of NZ government plea

  Australia’s major telcos have temporarily blocked a number of sites hosting footage of Friday’s terror attack in Christchurch.

• SD-WAN startup Versa software defines security

  Adds DNS, secure Web gateway to VNF roster, boost performance of existing offerings

• A new kind of DDoS threat: The "Nonsense Name" attack

  There's a new species of Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attack targeting name servers, which could be called the "nonsense name" attack. It can wreak havoc on recursive and authoritative name servers alike, and some of our customers at Infoblox have fallen victim to it--but it's not always clear whether they were actually the targets.

• How to stay ahead of threats to DNS servers

  <em>This vendor-written tech primer has been edited by Network World to eliminate product promotion, but readers should note it will likely favor the submitter's approach.</em>

• Australians to help manage DNS transfer from NTIA

  Two Australians will serve on the group overseeing the process that will result in an end to the US government's role in overseeing the Domain Name System (DNS).

• .Melbourne scores higher ranking than .Sydney in ICANN top-level domain lottery

  The state of Victoria, iSelect, Open Universities Australia and Commonwealth Bank drew high slots in a lottery at the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers to determine the order in which ICANN will evaluate applications for new top-level domains.

• LulzSec tweets as News’ DNS servers go down

  Just hours after claiming responsibility for hacking News International’s The Sun website and posting a fake story about Rupert Murdoch’s death, hacker group Lulz Security has tweeted that News International’s DNS servers are down denying access to some 1024 web addresses.

• Local .au DNSSEC scoping complete: auDA

  Australia has moved a step closer to secure DNS services with the Australian .au Domain Administration (auDA) completing the assessment phase of the planned transition, but a final go-live data is yet to be decided.

• P2P-based alternative to DNS hopes to challenge ICANN

  A group led by former Pirate Bay spokesman Peter Sunde is forming to develop a peer-to-peer-based alternative to today's ICANN-controlled DNS system, according to a blog posted on Tuesday.

• Dot-org domains can now be protected by DNSSEC

  On Wednesday, .org became the first generic top-level domain to offer its customers improved security using DNSSEC (Domain Name System Security Extensions).

• Six annoying router problems - and solutions

  These days, having access to wireless broadband is an absolute necessity for home offices and small businesses.

• To fight scammers, Russia cracks down on .ru domain

  In a bid to cut down on fraud and inappropriate content, the organization responsible for administering Russia's .ru top-level domain names is tightening its procedures.

• UK registry to implement DNS security protocol

  Nominet, the U.K.'s domain name registry, will begin implementing a security protocol on Monday designed to protect the DNS (Domain Name System).

• Google launches alternative DNS resolver

  Google has created a new system to resolve DNS (domain name system) queries that the company claims will speed up Web browsing for end-users, as well as make it more secure.