Root Servers

VeriSign Strengthens DNS For IPv6
Sitting at the heart of the Internet itself are the key A and J root DNS servers that help to ensure that Internet traffic goes where it’s intended. So it only makes sense that for the coming IPv6 adoption to actually occur, ...

Gaming Servers and the gamers
I just watched an online argument with the first person starting out telling everyone else (on a geek forum) that gamers are the root of all evil, they expect too much from their ISP and hosting providers. Now I know many gamers, ...

What DNS server to use ?
As for DNS servers that have IPv6 addresses themselves, the root name servers do: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Root_nameserver and the IETF have a couple listed here: http://wiki.tools.isoc.org/IETF71_IPv4_Outage ...

Virtual Dedicated Hosting - The Best of Both Worlds
Each VDS is totally invisible to each other and it’s impossible to transfer root-level access capability from one account to another. Virtual Dedicated Servers can be configured by the hosting company in a variety of ways so it’s ...

Brute force attacks, DDoS: what are my defenses?
Rotate PortSentry # #####################/var/lib/portsentry/portsentry.* { weekly rotate 4 compress missingok notifempty create 0640 root root sharedscripts postrotate /etc/init.d/portsentry restart > /dev/null 2>&1 endscript } ...

How to request and install server certificates on IIS Web servers
In the CA Type page, select Enterprise Root CA. Click Next. In the CA Identifying Information page, set the common name for the CA. This name will be used in Active Directory, and in the enterprise. In the Validity Period boxes, ...

About Virtual Dedicated Servers
Virtual dedicated servers offer many of the capabilities and features of dedicated servers, including admin (root) access and dedicated IP addresses, but at a much lower price. However, as a virtual dedicated server is, indeed, ...

How to request and install server certificates on IIS Web servers
Before you can request and install a server certificate on an IIS machine, you need to install Certificate Services on a domain controller as the Enterprise Root CA. How to install Windows Server 2003 Certificate Services (Enterprise ...

Anycasting anyone?
For example, if you are a DNS provider, you might have servers in New York, London and Los Angeles with the same IP address. Then when a surfer in San Diego (about 80 Miles South of Los Angeles) makes a request to your DNS system the ...

How To Build An Effective Mail Server Defense
SPF records are public details published by domains within DNS servers. Usually they point to and confirm the real addresses of domains. By using SPF checks, you can successfully prevent spam and back-scatter emails. ...