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  ICANN’s icann.com and iana.com hijacked, but recovered in 20 minutes

  http://www.pinolobu.com/security/2008/07/12/icanns-icanncom-...
  144 days ago in IT Security Top Headlines · No authority yet

  The domain names hijacked were ICANN.com and IANA.com — for the ICANN subdivision known as the Internet Assigned Numbers Authority. Visitors to those addresses are normally redirected automatically to the organization’s main sites at ICANN.org and IANA.org, neither of which was affected by the attack. ICANN said Thursday that new, unspecified security measures should prevent such attacks in the future. The organization also said it was reviewing other security procedures. Source
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  Even ICANN “can’t” stop domains from being stolen.

  http://www.whostolemydomains.com/?p=20
  145 days ago in Who Stole My Domains? » Welcome · No authority yet

  The whole idea behind this blog is to inform the internet community about the hazards of domain registrations and procedures, and the underhanded tactics of some companies.   Domains are stolen and its just going to happen to your average “Joe and Jane”, and is to be expected .  Todays news is a sign of the times, as not even ICANN is beyond the reach of domain thievery. A little background on ICANN:       ICANN  is the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers.  ICANN is a California non-profit corporation that was created on September 18, 1998 in order to oversee a number of Internet-related tasks previously performed directly on behalf of the U.S. Government by other organizations, notably the Internet Assigned Numbers Authority IANA.       This is per Wikipedia, the point being that ICANN is a governing body on the web and according to MSNBC ICANN had their domain name stolen recently.  
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  I’m so Blue

  http://mylifeministries.org/blogs/jesusgeek/2008/07/08/im-so...
  147 days ago in Jesus Geek · Authority: 6

  This week’s podcast is recorded using my new Blue Snowflake USB microphone. I still have some tweaks to make and have to account for the fact that it picks up more ambient noise than my USB headset but I think the audio is better despite the fact that the stupid fan on my Macbook went nuts on me! Dang you GarageBand ‘08 for taxing more resources! Look for a review of the mic in an upcoming blog post and/or podcast as well as some commentary as to why I think the iLife ‘08 upgrade was a big waste of money. This week’s show notes: NetGear Open Source Router World’s Longest Cable-stayed bridge Air/X300/R500 Comparison Apple iPhone Four Months Behind OS X in Patches - Security Fix Google Maps Street View of Tour de France 2008 ICANN’s URL Hijacked NY Times article about SUV owners whining about $100 full-ups A-Z of Technology Upcoming Windows Update update XP SP3 available to all ’shortly’ Feel free to leave comments or send feedback to geek{at}jesusgeek{dot}info. This podcast is released under Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 3.0 License. Jesus Geek: technology news and how-to’s for the connected Christian. Jesus Geek is a member of the My Life Ministries Network: a community of ministries that views the everyday Christian life as a ministry and seeks to encourage Christians in their daily walk with Christ. Jesus Geek is a member of the Tech Podcast Network; if it’s tech, it’s here. Try GoToMeeting free for 30 days at http://gotomeeting.com/techpodcasts
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  Tuesday article links: a new feature unveiled

  http://www.michaelsinsight.com/2008/07/tuesday-article.html
  147 days ago in Michael's Insight · Authority: 12

  As I've been blogging here for the past couple of months, I've often run across articles that I think would be interesting to pass along. Sometimes, I don't get to immediately discuss the subjects in depth because of my time constraints. But rather than not mentioning them at all when I come across them, I thought I would post references to interesting subjects that I find for our readers. Some of these subjects will warrant further comments from me at a later date, others may not. But this way, you can get some suggested reading material on subjects that interest you and feel free to post comments on them. So, starting today, I'm going to start posting links to articles that I think are "must reads." I may or may not agree with the assertions made in these articles or blog posts, but I do believe that they either merit consideration or they're just plain good reading. So, in that spirit, we'll start today. . . Comcast's Use Of Twitter Continues To Fascinate [Broadband Reports] Broadband Reports links to a Boston Globe article that profiles Comcast's monitoring Twitter in an effort to improve customer service. I'm glad to see another cable operator receiving attention for following up on customer service issues on blogs and social media. We've been doing it for years with terrific results. The Facebooker Who Friended Obama [The New York Times] This is a fascinating story on how important the Internet is becoming in American politics. Want to know why Barack Obama's supporters "look like Facebook?" Read about the new job one of the founders of Facebook has with Obama's presidential campaign. Opinion: Ever feel like cell carriers and ISPs don't like you? [ArsTechnica] Don Resinger vents on ISP content filtering and bandwidth caps. He definitely is advocating more government reguation over the Internet and ISP's and seems to discount the intensity of competition between cable, telephone and wireless companies. I disagree that there is a cozy relationship between the FCC and the cable industry (which was lumped in with all industries). Frankly, to understand how bad it is, you just have to add up the unprecedented number of legal actions the cable industry has pending against recent FCC actions. And our track record is pretty good. So why aren't there dozens of choices when it comes to broadband? Money. Big money. It costs an awful lot of money to build out one of these networks. Internet addressing agency loses its addresses [Associated Press] Oops. The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (the agency in charge of Internet addresses) was hacked last week and lost their domain names for a period of time. Hey, stuff happens. Expect Court Date Return Over Local Franchising Rules [Multichannel News] Multichannel reports on the likelihood of local governments to appeal the FCC's recent court victory on rules that would aid phone company entry into the cable television market. Local governments are pretty unhappy about losing control over their franchising rights. Frankly, I'm not in favor of the cable industry pursing an appeal of this one since we're already competing in video against at least two other companies -- DirectTV and Dish and in some markets competitive cable operators and phone companies too. For me? Let's just get on with winning the customer's loyalty!
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  猛击： 搞笑，ICANN 丢失了自己的地址

  http://jandan.net/2008/07/07/icann-loses-its-addressess.html
  148 days ago in 煎蛋 | digg digest · Authority: 446

  搞笑，ICANN 丢失了自己的地址 Digest | sein | 评论(11) | 08.07.07, 4:25 pm | 280 views from 2008-7-1 国际域名管理中心 ICANN 于前日遭遇不测，作为域名管理中心，自己的域名竟然不能正常解析了。 当然攻击事件迅速暴露，ICANN也迅速在 20 分钟内恢复了自己的域名。但是因为很多网络目录服务是有缓存的，这样一来可能在一两天或更长时间里，访客会被引导到错误的、不合法的站点。 被挟持的域名是 ICANN.com 和 IANA.com。为了降低事件影响，牵涉到的访客会自动转向到 ICANN.org和 IANA.org。 link | digg # ICANN 全名 The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers(互联网名称与数字地址分配机构)，负责互联网协议(IP)地址的空间分配、协议标识符的指派、通用顶级域名（gTLD）以及国家和地区顶级域名(ccTLD)系统的管理、以及根服务器系统的管理。 # cnbeta 已经报道该事件的后续：ICANN关于近期域名安全威胁问题的说明。
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  ICANN Domains Hijacked - ICANN.com and IANA.com impacted

  http://ispmatch.info/?p=90
  148 days ago in ISPMATCH · No authority yet

  The Associated Press reports that ICANN, the California company in charge of the Internet's addresses -- apparently can't even keep track of its own. According to ICANN, they lost control of the ICANN.com and IANA.com domains when an Internet registration company it oversees was tricked into transferring the domain names to someone else. ICANN only lost control of the domains for around twenty minutes or so, though the problem impacted users for several days. read comment(s)
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  ICANN és IANA elvesztette a domain címeit

  http://kocka.blog.hu/2008/07/07/icann_es_iana_elvesztette_a_...
  149 days ago in kockablog · Authority: 106

  Egy rövid időre az ICANN és IANA elvesztette a .com végződésű domain címeit, ez pedig azért megaszívás, mert ugye senkinek nem kell elmagyarázzam, hogy ők milyen szerepet töltenek be az internet fejlődésében és fenntartásában. MSNBC
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  El registrador de los nombres de Internet pierde su dominio

  http://blogs.elpais.com/lacacharreria/2008/07/el-registrador...
  149 days ago in lacacharreria · Authority: 76

  En casa del informático, máquina de escribir. La entidad sin ánimo de lucro que se encarga de velar por las direcciones de Internet perdió su propio dominio durante unos minutos el pasado martes. La Empresa de Internet para Nombres y Números Asignados o ICANN, en sus siglas en inglés, reconoció el error que tuvo lugar porque una empresa (con ánimo de lucro, esta sí) de registro de direcciones cometió un error al transferir su nombre de dominio a un tercero. En el ínterin, la dirección fue secuestrada. Alguien se dio cuenta del error (que MSNBC tilda de “ataque”) y en apenas 20 minutos la organización recupero su identidad digital. El ICANN se lamentó del error y aseguró que pondría en marcha una serie de medidas de seguridad que no concretó para evitar futuros errores. La organización también está revisando sus protocolos de seguridad, siempre según el portal norteamericano. Los dominios secuestrados fueron icann.com e iana.com, de la subdivisión de ICANN para la Autorización de los Números. Los visitantes de ambos sitios suelen ser redigiridos automáticamente a las direcciones principales de la agencia, con la extensión .org, ninguna de las cuales estuvo involucrada en el ataque. Vía: Ahh…Chewww! Sentenciamos: En Internet, como en la vida, lo más importante es no perder nunca el dominio Imagen: "El rapto de Proserpina", de Rubens.
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  redone adult xmen cartoon videos WTF?Internet addressing agency (ICANN) loses its addressess

  http://fatmobil.com/blog/2008/07/06/redone-adult-xmen-cartoo...
  149 days ago in Fat Mobil Content · Authority: 1

  redone adult xmen cartoon videos The nonprofit agency (ICANN) in charge of the Internet’s addresses recently lost track of its own. xxx xmen read more | digg story

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