Tag Archives: Symantec

Fri 30th October 2015
Written by The Domains in EN and tagged
Google Upset With Symantec Over False Security Certificates - According to PCMag.com Google is rather peeved at Symantec for issuing fraudulent security certificates for numerous domains, including Google. This started out with just a few bad certs and then Google started looking into it themselves. Google found more bad certs than what Symantec first quoted, a few weeks later Symantec found more on their own after their own audit. From the article: So Google issued an ultimatum: Starting next summer, all Symantec-issued certificates must support the Chromium ... read more ...
Tue 8th September 2015
Written by DomainNameWire in EN and tagged
Symantec released obvious for rating domain registrars - Does your registrars’ reputation matter? The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office has granted patent number 9,130,962 (pdf) to Symantec for “Calculating Domain Registrar Reputation by Analysis of Hosted Domains”. Symantec, which sells the web security product line Norton, suggests that calculating a registrar reputation score helps determine how much scrutiny to give to websites connected to domain names at that registrar. If a registrar has a high proportion of names distributing malware, responsible ... read more ...
Thu 5th December 2013
Written by DomainNameWire in EN and tagged
“Cloud” is not a community, new TLD panelist rules - Group’s definition of “cloud community” is too broad. Cloud Industry Forum Limited has lost its community objections against three applications for the .cloud top level domain name. The objections were filed against the three applicants who planned to keep their .cloud registries closed to registrations: Google, Amazon.com, and Symantec. Panelist Stephen L. Drymer ruled that the community Cloud Industry Forum claimed in the objection is not “clearly delineated.” ... read more ...
Wed 13th June 2012
Written by DomainNameWire in EN and tagged
Amazon, Google, and Symantec to quarrel for .cloud domain name - Seven applicants to compete for .cloud top level domain include some really big internet giants. Seven applicants filed requests with ICANN for the .cloud top level domain name — and three of them are heavyweight contenders. Amazon.com, Google, and Symantec Corporation are all in the running for the domain name. They’ll be competing against some smaller competitors including Aruba.it, CloudNames.com, Donuts.co, and Top Level Domain Holdings. If the seven can’t ... read more ...
Mon 4th January 2010
Written by DomainNameWire in EN and tagged
Your Domain Registrar May Affect Your Web Site’s Reputation - Patent application describes system that validates web sites based on reputation of domain name registrar. A patent application (pdf) filed in 2008 and published on December 31, 2009 describes a system where a web site’s reputation is affected, in part, by the reputation of the domain name registrar where the domain is registered: Reputations of domain registrars are calculated based on the hosting of risky domains. The more undesirable domains a registrar hosts, ... read more ...