Russia starts preparing for possible Internet disconnection

Russia starts preparing for possible Internet disconnection

By Russia starts preparing for possible Internet disconnection Host-Tools on 08 Mar 2022 - 01:53 AM

A circular addressed by the Russian Ministry of Statistics to all federal and regional authorities of the Russian Federation to take a series of measures related to web infrastructure is interpreted by many as a first step to prepare the country for a number of future scenarios including the eventual disconnection from the global Internet , a measure recently requested by Ukraine to ICANN.&n...

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Europe to have its own public DNS to block illicit traffic

Europe to have its own public DNS to block illicit traffic

By Europe to have its own public DNS to block illicit traffic Host-Tools on 20 Feb 2022 - 03:19 PM

Europe will have a high-availability public DNS resolution service that will offer anti-malware protection and illegal content blocking, to counter the dominance of free non-European services such as Google Public DNS.  DNS resolution is a critical point when accessing any network service . The first step in establishing a connection on the Internet is to translate a domain name, which ...

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Microsoft succeeds in stopping the largest DDoS attack

Microsoft succeeds in stopping the largest DDoS attack

By Microsoft succeeds in stopping the largest DDoS attack Host-Tools on 30 Jan 2022 - 10:47 PM

Bill Gates' company survived and defeated at the end of 2021 a DDoS attack where a traffic of 3.47 terabytes per second was gathered. A number never recorded in the history of attacks of this type. The flood of data designed to knock servers out of service is one of the crudest attacks available on the Internet. Over the years, hackers have been improving attacks, requiring less brute power...

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This is why you should not reuse your passwords

This is why you should not reuse your passwords

By This is why you should not reuse your passwords Host-Tools on 31 Dec 2021 - 07:50 AM

For years, cybersecurity specialists have been insisting on the importance of using strong passwords to protect our online accounts, and more and more people are using passwords with random, long and complex terms, alternating uppercase, lowercase, numbers and symbols. However, the mere use of complex passwords is not enough to guarantee the security of an account , as even the strongest passw...

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