====== DNS in the news ======

From time to time, the Domain Name System is mentioned in technical or non-technical media; on this page, we provide links to articles with relevant information. So if you read or someting about DNS, please add it here((If an article is in another language than English, provide an English summary if possible)).

  * [[dns:news:20050308-wildcard-phishing|08-03-2005: Phishers Use Wildcard DNS to Build Convincing Bait URLs]] -- Netcraft yesterday reported about people using DNS wildcard records for phising; ZDnet today reports about Internationalized Domain Names being used for that purpose.

  * [[dns:news:20050202-bright-ip-spoofing|02-02-2005: Criminals use DNS spoofing to make money]] (update) -- The SANS institute called the Bright article a "hoax", while people of Bright claimed that the article did actually contain news.

  * [[dns:news:20050216-eweek-dnsblock|16-02-2005: Registrars End Effort to Block Domain Name Service]] -- eWeek reports this week about a lawsuit filed by a group of registrars on the so-called WLS or wait-listing service: after several claims by the plaintiffs were dismissed, the registrars decided to drop the case.

  * [[dns:news:20050202-bright-ip-spoofing|02-02-2005: Criminals use DNS spoofing to make money]] -- Various Dutch media are carrying a story today from a new Dutch technology/lifestyle magazine called Bright about DNS spoofing: taking over the control of domain names. There reportedly is a group of online criminals that is doing this for money. [[dns:news:20050202-bright-ip-spoofing|Read more]]