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    Network operators, anti-spam campaigners, security experts and engineers have all hit out at VeriSign over changes it made to the top level domain system on Monday.

  • Defending the DNS

    The domain name system was designed to distribute authority, making organisations literally "masters of their own domain." But with this mastery comes the responsibility of contributing to the defense of the DNS.

  • Dyson ends support for ICANN 1.0

    Esther Dyson is increasingly distancing herself from the old ICANN as she seeks to create ICANN 2.0 to oversee the Internet's future. But experts are still divided over how the organisation should work.

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  • Keeping ahead of DNS attacks

    The domain name system--the global directory that maps names to Internet protocol addresses--was designed to distribute authority, making organisations literally "masters of their own domain".

  • Who should govern the Net?

    ICANN Chairman Vint Cerf fires back at critics who say his organisation impedes innovation on the Internet.

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