A domain name system helps computers translate domain names into IP addresses. Every domain name has its own unique IP address, giving it an address on the Internet. When you type in a website address ...
A few days ago, I wrote about the Windows Malicious Software Removal Tool, free software from Microsoft that can remove the conficker (a.k.a. Downadup and Kido) worm along with other malicious ...
The short answer is being paranoid about tackling a known vulnerability. It's 2001, and Daniel J. Bernstein (DJB), author of the then popular djbdns security-aware DNS implementation, is applying ...
The Internet is about to get faster, if Google and OpenDNS and other companies get their way. The companies are forming the Global Internet Speedup initiative, a new system for sending data on the ...
Cisco is acting quickly on its new Security Everywhere initiative with the announcement that it plans to buy Internet security service provider OpenDNS for $635 million in cash plus other ...
Cisco has announced the acquisition of OpenDNS, a ten-year-old Internet security company, for $635 million. To understand what OpenDNS does, it's first important to understand a fundamental part of ...