The Domain Name System (DNS) is a distributed database system used to translate hostnames (i.e., www.purdue.edu) to IP addresses (i.e., 172.31.9.5) and to translate IP addresses back to hostnames. The ...

A particular topic of interest in the blockchain space is the emergence of blockchain-related projects in the domain name system (DNS) and domain ecosystem. Handshake, in particular, has been gaining ...

The regulatory body that oversees Internet domain names voted on Monday to revamp the domain naming system for websites, allowing them to end with words like "apple" and "orange" instead of suffixes ...

PHILADELPHIA (CBS) - The administrative body that oversees domain names on the Internet wants to expand the playing field. A new, pricey system will allow companies and groups to apply for their own ...

"If you can't explain it simply, you don't understand it well enough." That quote is often attributed to Albert Einstein, and although that attribution is debatable, there is truth in the quote.

Why it matters: The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) is a non-profit entity that oversees the Domain Name System (DNS) and develops policies for new generic top-level ...

Casey Deccio, a computer scientist with Sandia National Laboratories, has developed DNSViz, a tool that creates graphs of network connections to help viewers identify security vulnerabilities in ...