forwardone
01-18-05, 11:09 PM
It`s not the small guys who get the problems associated with the Internet. thi#
http://www.computerworld.com.au/index.php/id;2003001350;fp;16;fpid;0
Melbourne IT has acknowledged that it was partially responsible for a Web domain hijacking that left a New York Internet hosting company without an Internet address over the weekend.
The company, which manages Internet domain name registrations, allowed fraudsters using stolen credit cards to take control of Panix.com, Public Access Networks' Internet domain, early Saturday, according to Ed Ravin, a Panix system administrator. The hijacking deprived some Panix customers of e-mail access for two days, and shone a light on what some contend are holes in the system for managing Internet domain transfers, according to Ravin and others.
Panix regained control of its Internet domain Monday, after Melbourne IT reversed the registration change that transferred ownership of Panix.com to an unknown party Saturday night . However, some customers were still experiencing problems Tuesday as the transfer changes worked their way through the worldwide network of DNS (Domain Name System) servers that manage requests for Internet addresses, Ravin said. The hijackers somehow exploited a "loophole" in the process used to verify requests for domain transfers with the party that owns a Web domain, according to an e-mail message sent to Panix's founder and President Alexis Rosen from Bruce Tonkin, chief technology officer at Melbourne IT. About 5,000 customers were affected and some of them may have lost 100 or more e-mail messages over the weekend, Rosen said in an interview Geoff
http://www.computerworld.com.au/index.php/id;2003001350;fp;16;fpid;0
Melbourne IT has acknowledged that it was partially responsible for a Web domain hijacking that left a New York Internet hosting company without an Internet address over the weekend.
The company, which manages Internet domain name registrations, allowed fraudsters using stolen credit cards to take control of Panix.com, Public Access Networks' Internet domain, early Saturday, according to Ed Ravin, a Panix system administrator. The hijacking deprived some Panix customers of e-mail access for two days, and shone a light on what some contend are holes in the system for managing Internet domain transfers, according to Ravin and others.
Panix regained control of its Internet domain Monday, after Melbourne IT reversed the registration change that transferred ownership of Panix.com to an unknown party Saturday night . However, some customers were still experiencing problems Tuesday as the transfer changes worked their way through the worldwide network of DNS (Domain Name System) servers that manage requests for Internet addresses, Ravin said. The hijackers somehow exploited a "loophole" in the process used to verify requests for domain transfers with the party that owns a Web domain, according to an e-mail message sent to Panix's founder and President Alexis Rosen from Bruce Tonkin, chief technology officer at Melbourne IT. About 5,000 customers were affected and some of them may have lost 100 or more e-mail messages over the weekend, Rosen said in an interview Geoff