Tag Archives: DNS

18
Apr

57 Simple Sys Admin Mistakes that Someday You’ll Regret

Check out this awesome post and find out what mistakes you’ve made (and find ones to avoid). “Forgetting to close a zone name with a trailing dot. The lack of one simple period stopped mail for 30K users once at … Continue reading →

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18
Feb

Security Win of the Day

Yesterday Mozilla wrote on their official security blog that they will no longer allow root Certificate Authorities (CAs) to issue Subordinate CAs which can easily be used to perform man-in-the-middle attacks against end users. Earlier today we sent an email … Continue reading →

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20
Jan

SOPA/PIPA Look Dead…. For Now

It looks like SOPA/PIPA may dead (or just in a coma) for the time being. From the Associated Press: Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., said he was postponing a test vote set for Tuesday “in light of recent events.” … Continue reading →

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19
Jan

SOPA and PIPA: The Fight Most Go On

While most sites have ended their “blackout” in protest of the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) and the PROTECT IP Act (PIPA) the fight is hardly over. Support is eroding from the bills as they’re currently written; but that will … Continue reading →

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16
Jan

Harry Reid – Stupid, Incompetent, or Corrupt?

Technology experts, “the people”, The White House, and now even it’s co-sponsors are against it; but Sen. Harry Reid plans to move forward with PIPA (PROTECT IP Act). In a short appearance on Meet the Press on Sunday, Senate leader … Continue reading →

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30
Dec

Not sorry…

I’ve been helping a friend move their domains away from SOPA supporting, Elephant hunting, and sexist advertisers GoDaddy -  it was an epic battle, but I’ve prevailed. And now they try one last ditch effort to get me to come … Continue reading →

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11
Nov

American Censorship Day: Nov 16, 2011

PROTECT IP Act Breaks The Internet from Fight for the Future on Vimeo. Does your livelihood depend on the internet and tech? Do you work on a popular website? Could you request an in-person meeting with your representative to stop … Continue reading →

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20
Aug

A Perfect Example of Social Engineering

Note: I originally wrote this as an internal training piece for the company I work for. I have edited it to be generic enough for public consumption. I have replaced our customer’s domain with 123.com and our own with example.com … Continue reading →

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