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Rick from Neustar on Stopping the DDoS Threat

September 23, 2011 — WHIR TV had the chance to talk to Rick from Neustar about the evolving threat posed to hosting providers and their customers by DDoS attacks, and what those hosting providers can do to pr

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Neustar UltraDNS Unveils Free DNS Toolkit for Website Managers

November 19, 2010 — Surveillance, clearinghouse, and directory services provider Neustar has launched a new free service that provides a comprehensive set of DNS tools to help DNS administrators, website managers, and domain owners analyze and optimize their domain and DNS configurations.

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Afilias Offers Registrars Integrated Registry and DNS Solutions for New TLDs

November 15, 2010 — Domain name registry and DNS services provider Afilias is now offering a full suite of registry and DNS services for new domain name registrars to ensure that both their proposed new top-level domain applications and registries are successful.

DNS Solutions Firm Neustar Names President and CEO

October 7, 2010 — DNS solutions provider Neustar announced on Wednesday its board of directors has named Lisa Hook the company’s new president and CEO. Previously serving as president and chief operating officer, Hook succeeds founding CEO Jeffrey E. Ganek who will remain as chairman of the board. The appointment will be effective October 15.

Neustar Unveils New Managed Service, Ultra DDI

September 14, 2010 — Enabling customers to outsource their entire infrastructures without losing full control over day-to-day changes, Neustar has launched an offering that seamlessly integrates internal DNS, DHCP and IP Address Management (or IPAM) operations.

CNNIC Suspends New Foreign .CN Registrations Indefinitely

January 6, 2010 — In its latest attempt to save the reputation of China’s domains, the administrative agency responsible for China’s Internet affairs, CNNIC, has announced an indefinite suspension all “.CN” registrations from overseas registrars.

DDoS Attack Targets DNS Provider for Amazon, Expedia

December 29, 2009 — An attack directed at Neustar, the domain name system services provider for Amazon, Wal-Mart, and Expedia, and other large e-commerce companies, took several Internet shopping sites offline the night before Christmas Eve, taking out sites completely or rendering them sluggish for about an hour, and leaving some last-minute shoppers in a lurch.

Neustar, OpenDNS Working to Enhance Domain Name System

December 11, 2009 — Neustar, the organization that operates the UltraDNS product, announced on Thursday that it has collaborated with recursive DNS provider OpenDNS on creating a system that will allow the updating of the domain name system in near real time, using Neustar’s databases to create what the announcement calls the DNS Real-time Directory.

Sedo and Neustar to Auction One-Character .BIZ Domains for First Time

September 1, 2009 — Online domain marketplace and monetization provider Sedo has teamed with Neustar, the global operator for the .BIZ domain, to hold an exclusive auction for the entire available catalog of one-character .BIZ domain names.

Afilias and Neustar Partner on ISC DNS Security Initiative

August 10, 2009 — Competing communication solutions providers Afilias and Neustar are working together to improve online security with the Internet Systems Consortium to provide secondary domain name server service to support ISC’s “DNSSEC Look-aside Validation” registry.