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Peter Sunde's Vision for an ICANN Alternative Root Server

Isn't he in jail now or very shortly? The bloke behind Pirate Bay wants to set up an alternative to the domain name outfit ICANN. Peter Sunde says that he has been suspicious of ICANN for a long time. ICANN is the non-profit corporation is tasked with managing both the IPv4 and IPv6 Internet Protocol address spaces as well as handling the management of top-level domain name space including the operation of root nameservers. . However Sunde said that he has lost a domain in the past and it was taken without any consultation. Instead the organisation relied on information from recording industry group IFPI to change the domain ownership. He has put out a Tweet to create a competing root server - The link for this article located at fudzilla is no longer available. . However Sunde said that he has lost a domain in the past and it was taken without any consultation. . isn't, shortly, bloke, behind, pirate, wants, alternative. . LinuxSecurity.com Team

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Configure DNS for Linux VPNs, Internal Networks and Domain Access

One often-overlooked requirement of a functioning VPN is DNS. For any host-network or network-network VPN, you will be enabling access to machines that are not available on the Internet at large. Unless you want to access machines only by their IP address, you want to have DNS work cleanly. . The easiest way to accomplish this is to create a new domain name for your internal networks. Let's say our company owns , which we use for our external systems. We could create chicago. and atlanta. as internal domain names. We then would run a DNS server internally to support those domains. The link for this article located at TechTarget.com is no longer available. . Establish a detailed procedure for configuring DNS on internal Linux VPNs to facilitate seamless communication across private networks.. DNS Configuration, Linux VPN Setup, Internal Networking, Domain Name Management. . Benjamin D. Thomas

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ICANN Examines Privacy Concerns In Whois Database Study

The organization charged with managing the worldwide Domain Name System (DNS) has launched a study to gauge privacy concerns raised by the plethora of personal information contained in the "Whois" database, a publicly searchable resource used to determine the identity of . . . . The organization charged with managing the worldwide Domain Name System (DNS) has launched a study to gauge privacy concerns raised by the plethora of personal information contained in the "Whois" database, a publicly searchable resource used to determine the identity of domain name registrants. The study, to be conducted by the International Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN), is directed at anyone who has ever used the service and will be used to assess whether changes should be considered to the current Whois policy adopted by ICANN. "There have been calls from some quarters for more information to be made available, and from other quarters - namely the privacy areas - for less information to be made available," said Paul Kane, chairman of the Whois Committee, a subset of ICANN's Domain Name Supporting Organization (DNSO). "So, it's very much a fact-finding mission." The link for this article located at NewsBytes is no longer available. . The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) initiates research focusing on privacy issues linked to the personal data within the Whois directory.. Whois Database Management, Privacy Issues, ICANN Study, DNS Management. . Anthony Pell

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ICANN Elects New Board Members Amid Global Representation Concerns

The first open balloting of board members to the non-profit group overseeing the Internet's name and address system led on Tuesday to the election of five regional directors, including a German hacker. The five new grass-roots members, each representing a major . . . . The first open balloting of board members to the non-profit group overseeing the Internet's name and address system led on Tuesday to the election of five regional directors, including a German hacker. The five new grass-roots members, each representing a major region of the globe, will be a part of a 19-member board elected to run the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers, the group charged with overseeing the technical functions of the global Internet. ICANN, based in Marina del Rey, Calif., is the nonprofit corporation formed to assume responsibility for web address domain name allocation, network management, and other technical issues, initially performed under U.S. government contract. ICANN is responsible to the more than 300 million people estimated to be connected to the Internet worldwide. The link for this article located at ZDNet is no longer available. . The first open balloting of board members to the non-profit group overseeing the Internet's name and. first, balloting, board, members, non-profit, group, overseeing, internet's. . Anthony Pell

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