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FICORA tests DNSSEC on fi TLD

Thor Kottelin — Mon, 21 Jun 2010 10:09:11 +0000

The Finnish Communications Regulatory Authority (FICORA), which operates the ax (Åland) and fi (Finland) top-level domain names, will begin testing a Domain Name System Security (DNSSEC) compatible system on fi domain names in summer 2010. FICORA intends to initiate production use of the system in autumn 2010. DNSSEC service will be generally available to FICORA [...]

VeriSign to provide safety lock for com and net domains?

Thor Kottelin — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 15:27:05 +0000

VeriSign has submitted for ICANN review a proposal describing an EPP-based “Registry Lock Service” intended for com and net sub-domains. If implemented, the service would allow registrars to prevent unauthorized domain deletion, domain transfer, domain update, host deletion, host renaming and host IP address update. Such changes could only be performed manually, through a special process [...]

Woeful explanation offered in Kela disclosure case

Thor Kottelin — Tue, 20 May 2008 16:33:46 +0000

You may have read about the recent incident in which a client of the Social Insurance Institution, aka Kela—an insurer owned by the Finnish state—was presented with confidential medical insurance data of a complete stranger. This occurred as the client had logged into a Kela web service in order to view her own information. Kela [...]

Police investigate case of 80,000 user names and password hashes made public

Thor Kottelin — Mon, 15 Oct 2007 16:06:11 +0000

Finland's National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) is leading an international police inquiry into the case of some 80 000 user names and ...