Researchers have discovered a flaw in widely used software for locating Internet servers, which could allow the software to be shut down by hackers or even by accident. Such a shutdown would keep Web ...

An Internet domain name is a unique name of a server connected to the Internet, such as a Web server, email server or FTP (file transfer) server. Internet domain names are often the name of an ...

Adam Hardy is a former assistant editor at Forbes Advisor, where he covered small business and tech. Previously, he was a staff writer at The Penny Hoarder, specializing in the gig economy and ...

Most people assume that their Internet connection’s peak bandwidth determines their broadband connection’s overall performance. However, that’s not quite true. Many factors are in play, including the ...

In this day and age, it's simple and popular to have someone else change your oil, grow your vegetables, remodel your house and host your services. However, I'd argue that it's far more rewarding, ...

DNS underpins all important services that run over the internet, including the World Wide Web, email, messaging and more. In some cases, you can tell that a service relies on DNS because the addresses ...

Every time your iPhone reaches for a website, it quietly asks a Domain Name System server to translate a name like example.com into a numeric address. In most cases those DNS lookups travel in the ...

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 address, ...

Hervé Debar has received funding from the European Commission under the Horizon 2020 programme (H2020), the National Research Agency (ANR), the Directorate General for Enterprise (DGE) under the FUI ...

In Microsoft Windows terminology, a domain is a group of networked computers and resources managed by an Active Directory server. Businesses typically use Active Directory domains to manage logins and ...