Verisign has been offering IPv6 connections to their EPP servers for the last year. However as of March 14th the Verisign registry backend will become dual stacked ie. the hostnames for IPv4 and IPv6 connections will be identical. While this may not impact that many registrars now, it will become more important over time, though… Continue reading Verisign To Dual Stack EPP Servers
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Eurid Rolling Out IPv6 On Production Services
Eurid, the registry operator for .eu, has announced that it will be rolling out IPv6 across its remaining websites, including the registrar extranet. The registry operator is currently running its main site on both IPv4 and IPv6. All sites should be 100% dual-stack from May 2nd 2012. Unfortunately it does not look like they’ll be… Continue reading Eurid Rolling Out IPv6 On Production Services
ARIN Trials WhoWas Service
ARIN is running a trial service that gives users access to historical IP whois data ie. it will tell you who was responsible for an IP address or block of IPs. The service is not automated and if you want to access it you will need to submit a request via email with information about… Continue reading ARIN Trials WhoWas Service
High Profile DNS Still Vulnerable To Kaminsky Exploit
Image via Wikipedia Dan Kaminsky‘s discovery of a nasty bug in DNS rocked the security world in 2008. It’s now 2010, so you would be forgiven for thinking that most DNS servers should have been updated, patched or configured in such a manner as to render the Kaminsky hole null and void. Unfortunately that… Continue reading High Profile DNS Still Vulnerable To Kaminsky Exploit