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December 29th’s Move Your Domain Day Results In Over 27,000 Transfers to Namecheap and Over $50,000 to the Electronic Frontier Foundation

December 29th’s Move Your Domain Day Results In Over 27,000 Transfers to Namecheap and Over $ 50,000 to the Electronic Frontier Foundation

Los Angeles, CA (PRWEB) December 30, 2011

Domain name registrar Namecheap is proud to announce that it has processed a total of 27,209 transfers on Move Your Domain Day, its December 29th initiative to raise awareness against the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA).

Additionally, Namecheap announced that once 25,000 transfers had been processed that they would double the donation to $ 2 per transfer. This resulted in a tremendous final push among Internet users and Namecheap customers, and the 25,000 goal was easily reached by the end of the evening, resulting in a minimum $ 50,000 donation to EFF.

Namecheap’s CEO, Richard Kirkendall, said, “We are ecstatic at the response we have received from the Internet community. The Internet is speaking and we’re proud to facilitate that and at the same time help a wonderful organization such as EFF continue their fight against SOPA, PIPA, and other overbroad, ill-considered legislation.”

In Namecheap’s December 22nd official statement denouncing the proposed SOPA legislation, Kirkendall likened the passing of the bill to “detonating a nuclear bomb on the Internet when only a surgical strike is necessary.”

As a result, Namecheap released a coupon code (SOPASucks) to encourage those patronizing SOPA-supporting domain name registrars to transfer their domains to Namecheap. Since the release of the coupon code on December 22nd, over 70,000 domains have been transferred to Namecheap.

Notably, the largest gains for Namecheap occurred on Move Your Domain Day, a campaign Namecheap announced earlier this week after Internet users rallied around December 29th as the date for users to move to a new domain name registrar.

Namecheap will continue to honor the SOPAsucks coupon code for $ 6.99 .COM, .NET, .ORG, .INFO, and .BIZ domain transfers through December 31st, though the coupon may be extended for an even longer period of time. Donations to the Electronic Frontier Foundation will continue through 12 PM EST on December 30th and Namecheap will continue to donate $ 2 per inbound transfer throughout this time.

“From the first day Namecheap opened for business, our customers have always come first.” said Kirkendall. “I would like to thank each and every one of our customers during this campaign for making their voices heard, voting with their dollars, and supporting EFF in their fight for our digital freedoms.”

Shari Steele, Executive Director of EFF, stated, “EFF is pleased to support Namecheap’s efforts to bring attention to the proposed SOPA legislation and its consequences for Internet users worldwide. With the funds donated from the MoveYourDomainDay effort, EFF will continue to defend your right to free expression in the digital world.”

About Namecheap

Namecheap is a Los Angeles-based ICANN accredited domain registrar founded in 2000 by CEO Richard Kirkendall. With over 500,000 clients and millions of domain names under management, Namecheap is one of the top domain registrars in the world and also offers web hosting services. Find out more by visiting us at http://www.namecheap.com.

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Source Boston 2010: Cracking the Foundation: Offensive WCF Web Services 4.5

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Clip 05/04: Brian Holyfield of Gotham Digital Science hacking a Web service in general is not rocket science. But what will be, if the Web service messages sent using a binary protocol necessary? And if there is a message level requires encryption, but you do not have a key? These are some common scenarios you’re likely to encounter when they try to create a Web service using Windows Communication Foundation (WCF), built for the attack. Through a series of live demonstrations will show the presentation, how to recognize and attack the WCF web services and discuss useful tools and tips to facilitate testing of WCF services. Participants will leave with the skills necessary to effectively carry out penetration test against WCF apps. The following demonstrations will be performed live (time permitting): – Burp Plug-in for messages from WCF Binary SOAP (MC-NBFS) – De-compilation of Silverlight XAP to receive data Meta WCF – Crafting Meta Data Exchange (MEX) The application for the recovery of WCF meta-data – communication using WCF with WS-S Message Encryption Anonymous – create your own WCF Test Client (in less than 10 lines of code) – TCP port sampling by WCF duplex callback channels Presentation Outline: 1. Overview of Silverlight 2 WCF, WCF, Web Services 2. MC NBFS Protocol 2b. Get meta data for WCF 2c. Analyze Insurance WCF Silverlight XAP third 3rd Binding. WS-S Message Encryption 3b. Customers fourth custom WCF services WCF duplex fourth. Channels Offensive Call Back for more information and presentation …
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5.5 Speaker: Brian Holyfield of Gotham Digital Science hacking a Web service in general is not rocket science. But what will be, if the Web service messages sent using a binary protocol necessary? And if there is a message level requires encryption, but you do not have a key? These are some common scenarios you’re likely to encounter when they try to create a Web service using Windows Communication Foundation (WCF), built for the attack. Through a series of live demonstrations will show the presentation, how to recognize and attack the WCF web services and discuss useful tools and tips to facilitate testing of WCF services. Participants will leave with the skills necessary to effectively carry out penetration test against WCF apps. The following demonstrations will be performed live (time permitting): – Burp Plug-in for messages from WCF Binary SOAP (MC-NBFS) – De-compilation of Silverlight XAP to receive data Meta WCF – Crafting Meta Data Exchange (MEX) The application for the recovery of WCF meta-data – communication using WCF with WS-S Message Encryption Anonymous – create your own WCF Test Client (in less than 10 lines of code) – TCP port sampling by WCF duplex callback channels Presentation Outline: 1. Overview of Silverlight 2 WCF, WCF, Web Services 2. MC NBFS Protocol 2b. Get meta data for WCF 2c. Analyze Insurance WCF Silverlight XAP third 3rd Binding. WS-S Message Encryption 3b. Customers fourth custom WCF services WCF duplex fourth. Channels Offensive Call Back for more information and presentation …

Source Boston 2010: Cracking the Foundation: Attacking WCF Web Services 2/5

Clip 2/5 Speaker: Brian Holyfield, Gotham Digital Science Hacking a web service generally isn’t rocket science. But what if the web service requires messages to be sent using a binary protocol? What if it requires message level encryption but you don’t have a key? These are just a few common scenarios you are likely to encounter when trying to attack a web service built with Windows Communication Foundation (WCF). Through a series of live demonstrations, the presentation will show how to identify and attack WCF web services and discuss useful tools and tips to make testing WCF services easier. Attendees will leave with the knowledge necessary to effectively conduct penetration testing against WCF applications. The following live demonstrations will be conducted (time permitting): – Burp Plug-in for WCF Binary Soap Messages (MC-NBFS) – De-compilation of Silverlight XAP for obtaining WCF Meta Data – Crafting Meta Data Exchange (MEX) Requests for Retrieving WCF Meta Data – Communicating with WCF using WS-S Anonymous Message Encryption – Writing a Custom WCF Test Client (in less than 10 lines of code) – TCP Port Probing through WCF Duplex Callback Channels Presentation Outline: 1. WCF Overview 2. Silverlight WCF Web Services 2a. MC-NBFS Protocol 2b. Obtaining Meta Data from WCF 2c. Analyzing Silverlight XAP 3. Secure WCF Binding 3a. WS-S Message Encryption 3b. Custom WCF Clients 4. WCF Duplex Services 4a. Attacking Callback Channels For more information and presentation …
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Internet Censorship Alert! Alex Jones exposes agenda to ‘blacklist’ dissenting sites

http://www.infowars.com/

The Western world, from Australia to the United States, UK and parts of Europe, are moving in a unified front toward dictatorial Internet censorship. Australia has led the way, despite outcry from its populace, by “filtering” out certain banned content. In the United States, Sen. Jay Rockefeller, in continuing his family’s tradition of oppressing free humanity, has pushed forward Cybersecurity legislation that has already passed the House. He has done so in the name of warding off ghastly cyber “attackers” conceivably fronting for al Qaeda while ushering in a means to restrict free speech and expression online for the general population.

With Obama’s support, most of the developed world has accepted plans for government-approved online activity and Pentagon-monitored internet traffic. The U.S. and UK are facilitating the hijacking of what has, until now, been a highly-democratic Internet. Overall, it has been a technological God-send for bringing together communication and strongly expressing thought outside of the mainstream information available on television and in print.

Now, people are being forced onto the corporate-dominated Internet2– once again, in the name of “security.” (Internet) Freedom sacrificed at the same false alter of (Internet) Security. Independent blogs, news sites and online businesses will all be financially disadvantaged by access fees not demanded of dominant entities. What is today outside the ‘norm’ but well within free speech will tomorrow be evaluated by politically-correct criteria that will be used to identify sites to block and users to deny access.

Already, referrals to sites like Infowars.com and PrisonPlanet.com are being denied not only in Australia, but in places like New Zealand– who have not adopted the same policies, but do share ISPs who have ordered a block. All across the world, wherever internet “filtering” and outright censorship has been phased in– via libraries, businesses, airports, and so forth, sites that are critical of government are consistently blocked first. This has been true not only of Alex Jones’ several websites, but also of sites like Wikileaks, Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF), Cryptome and etc, etc. The common theme is not operating outside of law or of speaking in extremities, but challenging the power establishment through distribution of information and/or shedding light on its otherwise little known unscrupulous activities.

This Orwellian scheme has already been branded by the outrages of Cass Sunstein, one of the Obama ‘Czars’, who has called for governments to ban “conspiratorial theories” and identified thought-crimes including a disbelief in man-made global warming and a belief in the basic goodness of “sunshine.” In considering how to eradicate ‘outlawed’ beliefs, Sunstein posits the benefits of using bloggers to engage and counter ‘disinformation.’ A very similar version of this strategy has already been adopted by the Pentagon in its “infowars” campaign.

Alex uses his most-recent experience in an outright ban to sound a warning that the enemy is already among us. Internet censorship threatens to stifle out a recent phenomenon of free thought and widespread information that has flourished on the Internet / world wide web. Only by standing up to undue constraints on our rights and by saying no to efforts to chill speech on the web can we save a stronghold of free humanity.

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Shmoocon 2010: Cracking the Foundation: Attacking WCF Web Services 5/5

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Speaker: Brian Holyfield

Hacking a web service generally isn’t rocket science. But what if the web service requires messages to be sent using a binary protocol? What if it requires message level encryption but you don’t have a key?

These are just a few common scenarios you are likely to encounter when trying to attack a web service built with Windows Communication Foundation (WCF). Through a series of live demonstrations, the presentation will show how to identify and attack WCF web services.

For more information go to: http://bit.ly/ayh0xT

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Shmoocon 2010: Cracking the Foundation: Attacking WCF Web Services 4/5

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Speaker: Brian Holyfield

Hacking a web service generally isn’t rocket science. But what if the web service requires messages to be sent using a binary protocol? What if it requires message level encryption but you don’t have a key?

These are just a few common scenarios you are likely to encounter when trying to attack a web service built with Windows Communication Foundation (WCF). Through a series of live demonstrations, the presentation will show how to identify and attack WCF web services.

For more information go to: http://bit.ly/ayh0xT

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Shmoocon 2010: Cracking the Foundation: Attacking WCF Web Services 3/5

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Speaker: Brian Holyfield

Hacking a web service generally isn’t rocket science. But what if the web service requires messages to be sent using a binary protocol? What if it requires message level encryption but you don’t have a key?

These are just a few common scenarios you are likely to encounter when trying to attack a web service built with Windows Communication Foundation (WCF). Through a series of live demonstrations, the presentation will show how to identify and attack WCF web services.

For more information go to: http://bit.ly/ayh0xT

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Shmoocon 2010: Cracking the Foundation: Attacking WCF Web Services 2/5

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Speaker: Brian Holyfield

Hacking a web service generally isn’t rocket science. But what if the web service requires messages to be sent using a binary protocol? What if it requires message level encryption but you don’t have a key?

These are just a few common scenarios you are likely to encounter when trying to attack a web service built with Windows Communication Foundation (WCF). Through a series of live demonstrations, the presentation will show how to identify and attack WCF web services.

For more information go to: http://bit.ly/ayh0xT

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Shmoocon 2010: Cracking the Foundation: Attacking WCF Web Services 1/5

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Speaker: Brian Holyfield

Hacking a web service generally isn’t rocket science. But what if the web service requires messages to be sent using a binary protocol? What if it requires message level encryption but you don’t have a key?

These are just a few common scenarios you are likely to encounter when trying to attack a web service built with Windows Communication Foundation (WCF). Through a series of live demonstrations, the presentation will show how to identify and attack WCF web services.

For more information go to: http://bit.ly/ayh0xT

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Strong Libraries Build Strong Communities: Providing Internet Access in Latvia’s Public Libraries

Discover how a library project in Latvia, jointly funded by the foundation and the Latvian government, has turned Latvia’s libraries into centers of learning and opportunity by providing better access to information, jobs, and social connections through technology. The grant—which provided public libraries with computer equipment, Internet connectivity, and skilled librarians—is a huge success story and is helping to close the digital gap in Latvia.

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