The root servers contain the IP addresses of all the TLD registries – both the global registries such as .com, .org, etc. and the 244…
There are currently five RIRs: AfriNIC, APNIC, ARIN, LACNIC and RIPE NCC. These non-profit organizations are responsible for distributing and managing IP addresses on a…
Problems and complaints relating to deletion of domain-name registrations are very common. Businesses and consumers are losing the rights to their domain names through registration…
The “Registry” is the authoritative, master database of all domain names registered in each Top Level Domain. The registry operator keeps the master database and…
Domain names ending with .aero, .biz, .com, .coop, .info, .museum, .name, .net, .org, and .pro can be registered through many different companies (known as “registrars”)…
Phishing attacks use both social engineering and technical subterfuge to steal consumers’ personal identity data and financial account credentials. Social engineering schemes use spoofed emails…
An ISP is a company, which provides access to the Internet to organizations and/or individuals. Access services provided by ISPs may include web hosting, email,…
There are two versions of Internet Protocol in popular use: version 4 (IPv4) and version 6 (IPv6). IPv4 was developed in the early 1980s. It…
The communications protocol underlying the Internet, IP allows networks of devices to communicate over a variety of physical links. Each device or service on the…
IDNs are domain names that include characters used in the local representation of languages that are not written with the twenty-six letters of the basic…