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New DNS Abuse Tool Launched

June 9, 2022 by Michele Neylon

PIR's DNS Abuse Institute has launched "NetBeacon" their new DNS abuse tool. The tool is aimed at both reporters of DNS abuse as well as registrars and registries. I signed up for an account yesterday and was walked through the onboarding process as a registrar. Registrars can have multiple users on the system and can tweak settings so that multiple email addresses get … [Read more...] about New DNS Abuse Tool Launched

PIR Gets Two New Board Directors

April 8, 2022 by Michele Neylon

PIR (Public Interest Registry) run the .org domain name registry. They're owned by the Internet Society and it's ISOC who handle appointments to the PIR Board. Yesterday ISOC announced two new appointments to the PIR Board: Lena Beck Rørvig and Michael Silber. Here's the full release: The Internet Society today announced the appointment of Lena Beck Rørvig and … [Read more...] about PIR Gets Two New Board Directors

PIR Adds Multiple Domain Extensions to Portfolio

December 8, 2021 by Michele Neylon

PIR, the company that runs the .org domain extension, has announced that it is to expand its portfolio of domain extensions. Up until now PIR ran .org which is one of the oldest and best established top level domains. More recently they added both .ngo and .ong, which were meant to serve the NGO sector though take-up hasn't been exactly "amazing" with just over 4 thousand names … [Read more...] about PIR Adds Multiple Domain Extensions to Portfolio

PIR (.org) Hiring CTO

August 15, 2021 by Michele Neylon

PIR aka the .org registry, is hiring for the role of Chief Technology Officer (CTO). Up until 2018 PIR did not have a CTO, which is when they hired DNS veteran Joe Abley to fill the role. Fast forward three years and Abley has moved on to pastures new (he's now over at Neustar / GoDaddy registry doing funky DNS stuff) and so the role is up for grabs again. The job is being … [Read more...] about PIR (.org) Hiring CTO

PIR Hiring for DNS Abuse Role

December 4, 2020 by Michele Neylon

A couple of days ago I posted about PIR hiring for a role in their business development team. They're also hiring for a position that is newly created in the company that of "Director, DNS Abuse Policy and Outreach". It's a fairly senior position reporting to the registry's general counsel. So what does the job entail? By the sounds of things PIR has created the role to … [Read more...] about PIR Hiring for DNS Abuse Role

Warren and Other US Senators Weigh in on .Org Sale

January 19, 2020 by Michele Neylon

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It's almost inevitable that any "meaty" ICANN related story will involve some kind of interaction with government. More often than not it's the US government, though as Kevin posted not always. Several US senators, including US presidential hopeful Elizabeth Warren, have written to ICANN's CEO and Board to demand that the sale of PIR and .org be stopped. Why? There … [Read more...] about Warren and Other US Senators Weigh in on .Org Sale

IP Numbers Types Flex Muscles in PIR Debacle

December 31, 2019 by Michele Neylon

The sale of PIR, the company that runs the .org domain name registry, has attracted a lot of interest since it was first announced back in mid-November. The latest group to enter the fray is the Number Resource Organisation (NRO) which represents the interests of the five regional internet registries (RIRs) for IP addresses. As a general rule the NRO does not usually … [Read more...] about IP Numbers Types Flex Muscles in PIR Debacle

ISOC to Hold Webinar on the PIR Sale

November 28, 2019 by Michele Neylon

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This week at the IGF in Berlin one of the hot topics being discussed both in hallways and various sessions is the sale of PIR by ISOC. Yesterday at lunchtime Access Now organised a "town hall" in the hallway where several current and former ISOC board members were in attendance. Several of the ISOC board members spoke at the event and tried to explain their thinking. … [Read more...] about ISOC to Hold Webinar on the PIR Sale

ISOC CEO Releases Statement on .Org Sale

November 26, 2019 by Michele Neylon

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ISOC's CEO Andrew Sullivan has put out a statement on the sale of .org which tries to address the points raised by the Save Dot Org campaigners. The statement addresses the concerns about pricing, rights protection mechanisms as well as how ISOC ended up running .org in the first place. It's worth a read, though it's clear from some of the very passionate interventions … [Read more...] about ISOC CEO Releases Statement on .Org Sale

PIR and Ethos Capital Answer Key Questions About ORG Sale

November 24, 2019 by Michele Neylon

PIR and Ethos Capital, as well as ISOC, have obviously been coming under a lot of pressure since the announcement of the sale of PIR and the .org domain registry. Since the announcement of the acquisition there has been coverage not only in the domain and internet industry news sites, but also in more mainstream publications. As I mentioned yesterday a group of nonprofits also … [Read more...] about PIR and Ethos Capital Answer Key Questions About ORG Sale

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