The Internet for Dummies

U.S. Govt. Makes it Harder to Get .Gov Domains

U.S. Govt. Makes it Harder to Get .Gov Domains

| | .gov, Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, John Levine, Other, The Internet for Dummies, U.S. Department of Homeland Security, U.S. General Services Administration
The federal agency in charge of issuing .gov domain names is enacting new requirements for validating the identity of people requesting them. The additional measures come less than four months after KrebsOnSecurity ...
Krebs on Security
A Tough Week for IP Address Scammers

A Tough Week for IP Address Scammers

| | American Registry for Internet Numbers, Amir Golestan, ARIN, John Levine, Micfo, Micfo LLC, Ne'er-Do-Well News, Sherri Lydon, Stephen Ryan, The Coming Storm, The Internet for Dummies
In the early days of the Internet, there was a period when Internet Protocol 4 (IPv4) addresses (e.g. 4.4.4.4) were given out like cotton candy to anyone who asked. But these days ...
Krebs on Security