The final layers of security include a pair of authentication certificates residing on the handsets, as well as requiring users to log-in with a password before they can use the SIP (Session Initiation Protocol) server.

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Nokia, which now claims it created "more than 50%" of the wireless protocol, has its own server software and will compete with Phone.com.

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It provides both Internet protocol and messaging services over one server.

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Type in "Paypal.com, " for instance, and the DNS server owned by your broadband provider converts that name into the Internet Protocol address where the site is hosted.

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Canonical originally planned to replace the aging X with another display server called Wayland, but the developers apparently couldn't bend the compositing-friendly protocol to their cross-device whims.

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Once the victim received a text message that included a certain protocol, the malware would send the collected data back to the command-and-control server.

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Specifically, ICANN is responsible for coordinating the assignment of protocol parameters, overseeing the domain name system, allocating IP-address space and managing the root-server system.

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