Nominet has officially launched ENUM. Nominet sent an email to its registrars earlier today making the announcement official, although much of the marketing collateral had been on the Nominet site since yesterday (if not earlier). Further information on Enum in the UK may be found on the Nominet site.
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New Hosting and Domain Statistics Site Launched
John McCormac has been collecting and processing statistics on domain registrations and hosting for as long as I can remember. He is probably best known for Hackwatch and WhoisIreland, which produces monthly reports for the Irish hosting and domain industry. John’s latest project has been in development for several months and offers an alternative to… Continue reading New Hosting and Domain Statistics Site Launched
Vint Cert Visits Nominet and Oxford Internet Institute
Image via Wikipedia The Nominet management blog is always a good source of thoughtful and interesting posts. The latest one, by Lesley Cowley, Nominet’s CEO, covers Vint Cerf’s recent visit to their offices and a talk he gave at the Oxford Internet Institute. As can be expected IPv6 and the depletion of IPv4 was on… Continue reading Vint Cert Visits Nominet and Oxford Internet Institute
UK Hits Seven Million Domains
The UK registry has now hit the seven million names registered. You may recall them hitting six million names in July of last year, which means (obviously) that they’ve added over one million names in just over a year. tootsdrivingschool.co.uk was the 7 millionth domain. More on this story on the Nominet site
Unreasonable Charges From Registrars? Releasing Domains
While everyone should accept that hosting and domain registration is a business I’ve always felt that some companies employ quite questionable tactics to retain customers. The charge that stands out is that some companies levy to “release” a domain name. While the entire debate about locks and restrictions for inter-registrar transfers has been discussed at… Continue reading Unreasonable Charges From Registrars? Releasing Domains
IEDR Annual Report 2007 – More Fun Reading
The IEDR’s annual report for 2007 has been published ( IEDRAnnualReport2007.pdf ) Of course they didn’t bother telling any of their stakeholders that it had been released, but we’re more or less used to their lack of communication at this stage, as they prefer to tell the media! In any case with the current Comreg… Continue reading IEDR Annual Report 2007 – More Fun Reading
Nominet Expanding Online Services To Include Registrant Transfers
Nominet has been working on developing and improving their “online services” over the past year. The “online services” are available to both registrants and registrars and allow both user types to manage various aspects of their interactions with the UK registry. Next month the registry plans to take the domain transfers / trades online. The… Continue reading Nominet Expanding Online Services To Include Registrant Transfers
Fun and Games In the ccTLD World
There must be something in the air. I’m not sure exactly what it is, but there are a lot of things going on in the ccTLD world at the moment. In the UK Nominet’s AGM is being held this week. This would normally provoke a yawn from most people – it’s an AGM – how… Continue reading Fun and Games In the ccTLD World
Nominet Issues Spoofing Warning
In common with many domain registries Nominet relies heavily on email for communication to registrars AND registrants. Unfortunately they seem to have been the target of some spoofing in recent days It sounds like they’ve been the victims of a “Joe Job”, where a spammer basically “hijacks” a person or organisation’s domain when sending mails.… Continue reading Nominet Issues Spoofing Warning
Scottish Nationalists Seek TLD
The Sunday Times carried a story this weekend that Scotland is seeking its own TLD. DotSco plans on presenting its case to ICANN later this year. There has been some heated discussion of the topic on one of the Nominet private members’ lists, but whether this will translate into the kind of reasoned argument that… Continue reading Scottish Nationalists Seek TLD