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Verisign to Terminate Third-Level .name Domains, Triggering Security and Digital Identity Concerns Verisign , the registry operator for the .name top-level domain (TLD), has received regulatory approval from ICANN (Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers) to completely discontinue its legacy third-level domain registration service. When .name launched in 2002, it featured a unique personal naming structure in a [first].[last].name format (such as john.doe.name ). Unlike conventional web domains where subdomains are free add-ons controlled by a single registrant, .name allowed individual users to separately register and own distinct third-level addresses under shared surname domains. Under Verisign’s shutdown plan, all active third-level registrations will be permanently deleted from the global Domain Name System (DNS). ICANN Approval and Verisign’s Rationale Verisign formally requested the termination through ICANN's Registry Services Evaluation Policy framework, poi...

Taiwan Simulates Total Network Blackout by Throttling Mobile Data 99% During Annual Defense Drills During its annual nation-wide defense exercises last week, Taiwan introduced a critical new tactical scenario: simulating a total communications blackout caused by potential cross-strait conflict or targeted cyberattacks. As part of the 30-minute training window, air-raid sirens sounded while emergency push notifications were broadcast across mobile networks, instructing citizens to immediately take cover in designated buildings and underground shelters. To test societal resilience under severe infrastructure disruption, authorities implemented a 99% reduction in mobile internet speeds . This severe throttle rendered data applications virtually unusable, restricting mobile networks strictly to basic voice calls and SMS text messaging. Fixed-line broadband infrastructure remained unaffected throughout the exercise. The blackout simulation was conducted first in Taichung on Monday, follow...

Cloudflare Unveils 'Precursor': A Continuous Browser-Level Security Engine Tracking Micro-Movements to Annihilate Modern AI Bots In a major escalation against the rapidly evolving bot landscape, Cloudflare has officially introduced a radical new defensive layer named Precursor . Operating directly inside the client-side browser environment via an embedded JavaScript engine, Precursor constantly monitors real-time user interaction telemetry to distinguish human operators from highly sophisticated automated bots. This launch marks the deepest behavioral evaluation framework Cloudflare has ever deployed, building upon its widely adopted Turnstile system. The core engineering behind Precursor capitalizes on the subtle, biological limitations of human behavior versus the programmatic perfection of machines. Unlike bots, humans are incapable of moving a cursor in a mathematically perfect straight line; human interactions inherently feature microscopic erratic tremors, and clicking ...

IETF Ratifies RFC 10008: 'HTTP QUERY' Becomes the First New Official HTTP Method in Over Two Keys The Internet Engineering Task Force ( IETF ) has officially published RFC 10008 , formalizing the HTTP QUERY method as the 9th official command in the HTTP protocol suite. Architected to optimize data retrieval, the QUERY method operates similarly to a traditional GET request but introduces a critical structural shift: it allows complex query parameters to be encapsulated directly within the request body rather than appending them to the URL string, effectively eliminating URL length constraints. The official history of HTTP methods has remained remarkably conservative over the decades: 1997 (RFC 2068): The first official HTTP/1.1 specification defined 7 core methods : OPTIONS , GET , HEAD , POST , PUT , DELETE , and TRACE . 1999 (RFC 2616): The core suite expanded to 8 with the introduction of the CONNECT method. 2022 (RFC 9110): Despite comprehensive modernization overha...

Internet Milestone: Bots Officially Overtake Human Traffic Driven by Exponential Rise in Agentic AI In a historic shift for the global digital landscape, Cloudflare has revealed that automated bots now generate the majority of worldwide internet traffic. According to real-time data released by Cloudflare CEO and co-founder Matthew Prince, automated bots currently account for 57.5% of global HTTP requests to HTML content, while human-initiated requests have fallen to 42.5%. This marks the first time in the history of the World Wide Web that machine-driven activity has eclipsed human interaction online. Prince noted that while this crossover was inevitable, the transition occurred much faster than initial industry models predicted. Global technology analysts and Cloudflare’s internal teams originally projected that bots would not surpass human traffic until the end of 2027. However, the explosive proliferation of sophisticated, autonomous AI agents has drastically compressed that timeli...

Major DNSSEC Misconfiguration Cripples Germany's .de Domains, Impacting Amazon, eBay, and Millions More DENIC , the central registry for Germany’s country-code top-level domain (ccTLD) .de , recently suffered a major DNSSEC misconfiguration. The error caused widespread resolution failures across the internet, particularly affecting domains that utilized DNSSEC for enhanced security. The "Security" That Led to a Shutdown For users relying on public DNS resolvers that strictly enforce DNSSEC validation such as Google (8.8.8.8) and Cloudflare (1.1.1.1)  the impact was immediate. These resolvers could not verify the authenticity of the records, leading to a complete inability to query any impacted .de addresses. Major global platforms, including amazon.de and ebay.de , were among those rendered inaccessible during the peak of the crisis. Technical Root Cause and Resolution The failure stemmed from an RRSIG (Resource Record Signature) update that failed to match the publish...

After Iran cut off the internet, remaining traffic was found to be from government agencies accessing pornography. The Iranian government has enforced a near-total nationwide internet blackout, now entering its fourth consecutive day. Since January 15, connectivity across the country has been almost entirely severed in response to escalating anti-government protests. The "Pornography" Paradox

Infocomm Media Development Authority (IMDA) oversees corporate communications fined Netlink Trust (NLT), amounting to 150,000 Singapore dollars. Because the company installed internet during the 2016-2017 year at too slow. IMDA set to install Internet based home must be completed within three days after the customer requested at least 98% and must be installed to all customers within seven days. But NLT can be installed within three days only 91.54 - 94.83%.

Facebook reports test results for aircraft intended to distribute Internet access in remote areas. Has done well. The private Drone, there are no damages occur much. Facebook's plan is to develop a group of Drone that use solar energy to fly on it a month to release once. By each Drone to communicate with the laser, and expand Internet connection to ground at the South of the Drone.