The Domain Name System (DNS) is one of the foundations of the internet, working in the background to match the names of web sites that people type into a search box with the corresponding IP ...

Luckily, the folks at Web Hosting Geeks understand domain name systems very well, and they put together a guide that explains DNS simply for those of us who use domain names regularly—including ...

Registering a domain can be done with just a few simple clicks in 2025, but it hasn’t always been that way. Rewind to March 1985 and the internet’s first .com domain name was registered ...

1960 – 1965 – Paul Baran working at RAND developed idea of packet switching and computerized “distributed networks” using “a rapid store and forward system” nicknamed ... to provide domain space for ...

Thunderbolt uses domain names instead of phone numbers, promising privacy but raising questions about accessibility and ...

The Domain Name System is an essential part of your internet experience. We explain why it's important and show you how to upgrade to a better DNS server for increased speed and security.

More than a million domain names — including many registered by Fortune 100 firms and brand protection companies — are vulnerable to takeover by cybercriminals thanks to authentication ...

The Domain Name System Security Extensions (DNSSEC) is a set of specifications that extend the Domain Name System (DNS) protocol by adding cryptographic authentication for responses received from ...

Halloween is a time for scary things, but what's scarier than undetected security risks lurking that can wreak havoc on your organization? Legal IT professionals, and anyone whose job intersects ...

Akamai Technologies Inc., CentralNic Group PLC, Check Point Software Technologies Ltd., Clarivate PLC, Cloudflare Inc., DigiCert Inc., easyDNS Technologies Inc ...

Anyone who’s set up a router probably understands that the IP address “192.168.x.x” signifies your local IP address. Anyone who hasn’t…doesn’t. And the global nonprofit which oversees ...