22 November 2012

The strange case of one domain name

The strange case of the inte1sat domain name - Security Labs: "Using the registration information, we found a paper authored by Command Five that indicates that the contact has been registering domains involved in APT and corporate cyber espionage attacks. The entire document is available here: http://www.commandfive.com/papers/C5_APT_SKHack.pdf   We cannot confirm that there is a problem in the Google OCR PDF caching mechanism that results in instances of . . . .  showing up in search results, particularly those of papers hosted by the FCC. We can conjecture that if there is a flaw, it is being exploited via a typo squatting technique to deliver an exploit.     Continuing our search, we discovered additional strong evidence. Going back to the beginning of the analysis, it turns out that the IP address 174.139.91.163, where . . . . is hosted, also hosts many other domains. Four especially attracted our interest. Specifically: . . . "

Blizzard files complaint over Heroes of Warcraft domain name
Joystiq
The company has also filed a complaint with the National Arbitration Forum in order to expedite a transfer of control for the HeroesofWarcraft.com domain name from a private owner. It's unclear what Blizz intends to do with the name, though it did ...

GiftBasket.com domain sells for $350000
Domain Name Wire
Domain name broker FindYourDomain.com is reporting its second six figure domain name sale in less than a week. Today the company announced the sale of GiftBasket.com for $350,000. Thedomain forwards to WineGiftBaskets.com. The buyer is the ...

ICANN threatens registrar for failing to respond to UDRP requests
Domain Name Wire
The latest issue appears to involve the domain name Rexrothdistributors.com, which was subject to a UDRP with Asian Doman Name Dispute Resolution Centre (ADNDRC). Although I've never heard of Bargin Register before (yes, that's how it's spelled), ...

Walmart owns key domains for Black Friday union showdown
Domain Name Wire
Walmart has asked the National Labor Relations Board to help shut down potential worker protests at its stores on Black Friday. The protests are being organized by a group called Our Walmart. Our Walmart has been part of the United Food and Commercial ...

New site collates registrar stats and pricing
Domain Name Wire
Domain name registrar NameSilo has just launched a new web site that tracks domain registrar and top level domain data. RegistrarOwl.com tracks domain name stats ... It would be great if you could see pricing by TLD. Despite a few kinks to work out, I ...

Marchex posts domain jobs: domain sales, inventory analyst
Domain Name Wire
Responsible for managing and maintaining the Marchex-owned domain portfolio and providing related internal and external support for the domain inventory management department. Both positions are in Seattle. Given all of the low hanging fruit in Marchex ...

ICANN's 11th-Hour Domain Name Trademark Policy Negotiations: The Good ...
CircleID
The IPC-BC's proposal to block Internet domain name registrations based on trademarks was unequivocally rejected by the meeting participants. Given its absence of any support outside the IPC-BC proponents, the participants did not include the blocking ...

Domain names: expression that deserves protection
Global Voices Online
This process is managed by the Domain Name System (DNS). The DNS associates site names (google.com, for instance) with those long and complex numeric addresses and allows users to connect a domain name to an IP address — that which marks the ...

Representative Zoe Lofgren Shows Her Internet Savvy: Ask Reddit for Internet ...
The Mary Sue
The more feasible way to mitigate the possibility of abusing it and other bills that would allowdomain name seizure would be to create a bill modifying the ways in which the U.S. government could wield domain name seizure in general. From her site ...

Ask Shama: Should we switch to a .com?
Upstart (blog)
We own a .net domain name, and have a pretty robust website. When we first started the business, the .com version was not available. On our website we have hundreds of pages all indexed by Google, and we rank well in the search engines. Recently, we ...

Barnes & Thornburg has strengthened its DC office with the addition of a new ...
The BLT: Blog of Legal Times (blog)
"Our clients will also be well served by his technical experience and extensive background in domain name disputes." In an interview, Weinstein said, "My prior platform was one of the premiere IP boutiques in the country, and although I'm sad to leave ...

Media Options Brokering SSL.com
Elliot's Blog (blog)
The SSL market is very competitive, and having an exact match domain name like this can be an advantage. Essentially, it's already a proven business, although I don't know the marketing costs that were required to drive the revenue. I wasn't told why ...

FairWinds Partners Crowns Cyber Monday Champion
PR Newswire (press release)
20, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- With Black Friday, Cyber Monday, and the holiday shopping season fast approaching, FairWinds Partners, the leading domain name strategy consultancy, has named Target Corporation and Vistaprint as its first-ever Cyber Monday ...

Get Paid Faster With Go Daddy Premium Domain Listing Sales
Elliot's Blog (blog)
Previously, if you sold a domain name via Go Daddy, you had to wait up to 45 days to receive payment, which came by check in the mail. I am use to receiving payment within less than a week when I sell domain names elsewhere, and 45 days seems pretty ...

eNom Gives Customers an Introduction to New TLDs
Elliot's Blog (blog)
For many of these companies, educating consumers starts at the registrar level, as small business owners may opt to register a shorter gTLD as opposed to a longer tail, hyphenated, abbreviated, or some other type of .com domain name that is available ...

How to protect your reputation online
NEWS.com.au
DOMAIN NAME – be the master of your domains. Problem: The .com.au domain for your name has been snapped up by your Google twin. Solution: You can register the other versions such as .net.au or .com, or use a middle name or initial and get a .com.au.

Reddit Is Literally Writing Our Laws Now
The Atlantic Wire
Lofgren's law will legislate how domain name seizures are handled in the United States, specifically in the cases of copyright infringement, accusations of libel and obscenity. The new law would apply to cases like that of Kim ... Lofgren went on to ...

Congresswoman Zoe Lofgren courts Reddit users for a crowdsourced copyright ...
VentureBeat
In both sting operations, the federal government took ownership of the domain namethese organizations were using, which essentially shut them down (at least temporarily). The practice of seizing domain names is highly criticized by online communities ...

VentureBeat

40 Domain APIs: DNSimple, DomainTools and RoboWhois
By Wendell Santos
DNS Made Easy API: Internet domain hosting service. DNSimple API: Domain management service.Domain API: Domain registry and whois lookup service. Domainbox API: Reselling of domain names service. Domainr API: Domain name ...
ProgrammableWeb

The Law According To Reddit: Crowdsourcing Policy Advice - Reason
By Rachel Moran
Although I am considering introducing a bill on domain name seizures for infringement, that does not mean I accept the practice as legal or Constitutional. Nonetheless, since these seizure actions are occurring, I thought it worthwhile to ...
Reason.com Full Feed

FindYourDomain.com Brokers GiftBasket.com For $350,000 ...
By Michael Berkens
The domain name GiftBasket.com just sold for $350000. The domain name was brokered by FindYourDomain.com, who sold Feng.com last week for $250000. Domaintools.com shows thedomain name GiftBasket.com being owned earlier ...
TheDomains.com - Domain Blog

IT-Liability Ltd - Artists Against 419 - Fake Bank Database
COM ================ Domain name: IT-LIABILITY.COM Created On: 9/20/2012 1:56:10 PM Expires On: 9/20/2013 1:56:10 PM Last Updated On: 9/20/2012 1:56:10 PM Domain Status: Registrant [PAK12092095339-1]: Falco Arguello ...
Artist Against 419

How to Recover Expired Domain Names at Godaddy – PCDIY!
By Terry Lin
Just because I forgot to renew my domain name and it was expired.. It's too bad for my careless mistake, the webiste was down for 3 weeks. My doamin is registered at Godaddy, the biggestdomain registrar on Internet. For taking my website ...
PCDIY!

Congresswoman turns to Reddit for domain name seizure bill | The ...
Those who visit the websites now only see a banner that states the domain name has been seized by U.S. law enforcement. The banner links to an anti-piracy ...

Lofgren crowdsources domain-name seizure bill - Political Blotter ...
“During SOPA I saw firsthand the Reddit community's strong dedication to free expression. Because of that dedication, I thought I would attempt an experiment: ...

Domain Name Sitting In Pending Status - GoDaddy.com - Go Daddy
Last Tuesday, I bought a domain name, went in to “Hosted Domains” in my hosting control center, and pointed the domain at a folder in my hosting directory.

Adobe Community: Issue with domain name
My domain name has been registred and set to the dns servers that I have got here. However thedomain could not be activated as the dns servers apparently ...

Change domain name registration and hosting from Verio to Word ...
My domain name (durgama.com) is registered with Verio, and the current web site with this URL is hosted by Verio. Another version of this site has been ...

Never register a domain name with your hosting provider - weblog ...
A smart developer I respect recently asked my why I didn't just register my domain names through my hosting provider. I hoped he was joking, that he knew why ...

how to put username after domain name | CodeIgniter Forums
I saw some website deal/groupon can put username after domain name example :www.xyz.com/abc and in my website I want allow some users register ...

Do not register a domain name with your hosting provider | Hacker ...
You could reduce this blog post down to "Don't register a domain name with your brother-in-law... if your brother in law is a fucking asshole who will try to rip you ...

BUG?: ip / domain name - Plex Forums
Oke, so i have a domain pointed to my ip address. when my girlfriend is using the web interface using the ip address it works fine. But when using t...



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