Network Solutions is having problems with "all" its name servers, according to their tech support and a recent post on North American Network Operators' Group (NANOG) mailing list indicates that it has been under very large-scale UDP/53 DDoS attack for the last 48 hour period.

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''Geert Wilders' film about Islamic Radicalism and the spread of Islam in Europe and America (link to film-- above) has caused a bit of a stir across the globe. But Network Solutions has pulled the filmmakers web site.

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Although Network Solutions LLC termed its new program a consumer-protection measure, the moves make it difficult for interested parties to shop around for better prices. The company charges $35 a year for a name a few times more than what many of its rivals charge.

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"Network Solutions has forced millions of people to buy Internet domain names from them instead of cheaper competitors through a scheme that's netted the firm millions of dollars," according to the federal class action lawsuit filed by Kabateck Brown Kellner.

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What would you a call a company that allows users to search for domain names and then registers those names to itself? Some would call it a "front runner" or a "cybersquatter."

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Ever since losing their monopoly on issuing domain names for .com, .net, and .org, NetSol has been struggling to justify charging US$35 to register a domain when other registrars like GoDaddy charge US$9 for the same thing.

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NetSol was once owned by spooky government contractor SAIC, which would seem to make it a poor choice for hosting Cryptome.

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Finally a list of the top ten largest web hosting providers. Some subjectivity in the list, but seems fairly accurate.

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Hotmail, GeoCities, AltaVista, ICQ, Netscape, Real Player, and Network Solutions. Everyone's here!

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Leading American news media have refused to sell Internet site ad space to the Jewish Agency for a campaign against Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, according to Jewish Agency (JA) Spokesman Yarden Vatikay.

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