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Cloudflare Suffers Outage Caused by Software Glitch

July 3, 2019 by Michele Neylon

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Cloudflare powers an ever growing percentage of the world's websites and online services. So when Cloudflare has snaffu a lot of other services are impacted, including ones that you might not even realise were using CloudFlare.Yesterday afternoon Cloudflare had an outage that lasted about 30 minutes. During that time period a lot of sites and services that use Cloudflare … [Read more...] about Cloudflare Suffers Outage Caused by Software Glitch

Oracle To Acquire Dyn

November 21, 2016 by Michele Neylon

Oracle is acquiring DNS  and internet performance provider Dyn.The announcement was made earlier today. Financial details of the transaction have not been disclosed.It'll probably take several months for the deal to close and for now nothing will change for any of DYN's clients.Here's the press release: Oracle today announced that it has signed an agreement to … [Read more...] about Oracle To Acquire Dyn

Brazil Blocks WhatsApp Again

May 3, 2016 by Michele Neylon

A Brazilian judge has ordered the blocking of WhatsApp. The order came in the last couple of days and has been reported in mainstream media:The InterceptThe NextWebThe blocking order means that 100 million Brazilian users of WhatsApp are cut off.AFNIC's Stéphane Bortzmeyer did a bit of digging around using RIPE's Atlas probes and the blocking can be seen clearly … [Read more...] about Brazil Blocks WhatsApp Again

IE Zone Now DNSSEC Enabled

November 3, 2014 by Michele Neylon

As of about 45 minutes ago the .ie zone has had DNSSEC turned on.For the next few months DS records will be processed manuallyHere's the full announcement: IEDR are pleased to announce the deployment of DNS security extensions (DNSSEC) for the .ie country code top level domain (ccTLD). This protocol will enable service providers to offer additional security for DNS … [Read more...] about IE Zone Now DNSSEC Enabled

Registration Operations Association Kick Off Meeting at ICANN 51

September 19, 2014 by Michele Neylon

Registrars and registries have to work together. It's a reality. While relations between the two groups can be fantastic, there are also plenty of instances where at the operational level things are a little "strained". Those issues stem a lot of the time from technical issues, limitations and possibly "design choices". There are a lot of very intelligent people working in … [Read more...] about Registration Operations Association Kick Off Meeting at ICANN 51

Paul Vixie: The Openness of the Internet is Poisoning Us

June 10, 2014 by Michele Neylon

Paul Vixie recently gave a presentation at a security conference in the Netherlands entitled "Defective by Design -- How the Internet's Openness is Slowly Poisoning Us "It's a provocative title for a talk and this interview he gave at the conference is well worth watching.Watch it and make up your own mind:http://youtu.be/J0YxPqdFtZ4 Related articlesISC … [Read more...] about Paul Vixie: The Openness of the Internet is Poisoning Us

.Nz Registry Enables DNSSEC

August 7, 2012 by Michele Neylon

The .nz domain registry has announced that they have enabled DNSSEC in the New Zealand namespace: New Zealanders will be able to better secure their web presence from today, thanks to a major technical security deployment by InternetNZ subsidiaries .nz Registry Services (NZRS) and the Domain Name Commission (DNCL).Following more than two years of behind-the-scenes work, … [Read more...] about .Nz Registry Enables DNSSEC

DNS Industry Explained (Sort Of)

July 30, 2012 by Michele Neylon

Quite an amusing video from JPRS (the .jp domain registry) that "explains" what they do .. or tries to ...With subtitlesAnd now you know how your friends feel when you talk about domains :) … [Read more...] about DNS Industry Explained (Sort Of)

Chilean Domain Registry Expands DNS Infrastructure

July 4, 2012 by Michele Neylon

The Chilean ccTLD has expanded its DNS infrastructure with the addition of three new nameservers in London, Amsterdam and Tokyo.The registry has been expanding its external DNS infrastructure over the last couple of years and now has DNS in multiple locations across the globe:Further details on their site … [Read more...] about Chilean Domain Registry Expands DNS Infrastructure

Domains, DNS and Internet Policy & News Blogs?

January 13, 2012 by Michele Neylon

I'm a creature of habit. I read articles from quite a wide range of sources, but a lot of the links are coming to me from the same people over and over again.So the question I have is thisWhich sites do you go to for news and opinion for the internet industry? ie. internet policy, domains and DNS (Not startups and all that thanks!)Feel free to recommend your own … [Read more...] about Domains, DNS and Internet Policy & News Blogs?

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