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Wednesday, April 3, 2002
Gurley Calls For AntiSpam Legislation
MS Web Server Share Jumps - Site Defacements Rise
The headline is a bit misleading on this story - a large measure of the shift is due to changes by domain registrars in the outsourcers who host 'parked' domains. Those are domains that have been registered but not yet hosted by their owners. So, while the numbers jumped the change doesn't reflect actual production implementations. Coincidentally, the story notes that shortly after the switch to Microsoft systems, thousands of the parked sites were defaced.
Developments and Trends
Gurley Calls For AntiSpam Legislation
Time to put a stop to spam - Tech News - CNET.com
MS Web Server Share Jumps - Site Defacements Rise
The headline is a bit misleading on this story - a large measure of the shift is due to changes by domain registrars in the outsourcers who host 'parked' domains. Those are domains that have been registered but not yet hosted by their owners. So, while the numbers jumped the change doesn't reflect actual production implementations. Coincidentally, the story notes that shortly after the switch to Microsoft systems, thousands of the parked sites were defaced.
Server software: MS sneaks up on Linux. A survey finds that Microsoft's share of the Web server software market grew by the same amount that top dog Linux's share fell. It also discovers a gap in e-commerce crypto. [ZDNet Tech News]