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Thursday, 24 February 2011

Podcast: How to protect your domain registration accounts against attack or misuse

I recently had the opportunity to record a podcast with my friend and ICANN colleague, Scott Pinzon, on the subject of protecting domain registration accounts against attack or misuse. We discuss a recent report from ICANN's Security and Stability Advisory Committee that tackles this problem space with a vengeance. Some of the questions Scott asks (and I attempt to answer) are listed below:

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  • What kinds of attacks or misuse does SSAC's report consider?
  • Can these attacks lead to other kinds of attacks?
  • Are the measures SSAC recommends practical for individuals and micro-businesses or are they only interesting for large organization?
  • Are domain name holders really on their own, can registrars or other providers able to help, and if yes, does the report tell me how to make an informed choice?
  • Can you make a case that this report is relevant for the skeptics of the world who believe "I don’t really have any enemies, and most people don’t know about my account. I don’t think anybody’s going to come after me. And I think probably my registrar protects my account anyway.”?

The podcast audio can be found here. A transcript of the audio is also available.

 

Posted at 06:00 AM in Domain names and DNS |

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