Friday morning's ICANN board meeting was quite eventful with the board finally voting on the signing of a contract for .xxx Here's an interview with Rod Beckstrom and Peter Dengate Thrush about that decision (and other matters): https://youtu.be/mcu0IAwTJvU … [Read more...] about XXX To Go Ahead (really)
ICANN 41 To Go To Singapore?
ICANN's meeting in June 2011 was scheduled to be held in Jordan. They have since cancelled it due to concerns about the region's stability and a new location has not been formally announced.One of the locations rumoured to be playing host is Singapore, so this tweet from the ccTLD operator of Jordan this evening may be based on more than rumour:ICANN Amman officially cancelled … [Read more...] about ICANN 41 To Go To Singapore?
Nominet Pushing Forward With DNSSEC
Nominet, the registry operator for co.uk, is pushing forward with the deployment of DNSSEC. They plan to "go live" with DNSSEC in March 2011 with the signing of co.uk. The more "public' aspect of it will be available from April 2011. More information in their monthly tech update … [Read more...] about Nominet Pushing Forward With DNSSEC
IE Domain Registry DNSSEC Task Force
Over the last couple of years DNSSEC has become one of "the" topics for registry operators and DNS people. The registry operator for .ie, the IEDR, has been working on their DNSSEC deployment plans for well over a year and earlier this morning opened up their "task force" to accredited registrars. They would also appear to be interested in getting input from other members of … [Read more...] about IE Domain Registry DNSSEC Task Force
Alexa Raad Unveils New Business
Alexa Raad, who used to be the CEO of PIR (.org), unveiled her new business' site earlier today. Architelos describes itself as: .. a strategy and marketing consultation company that focuses on growth, brand and positioning as well as business development for clients within the Internet and DNS sector. Our mission is to employ the wisdom of experience to help you reach your … [Read more...] about Alexa Raad Unveils New Business
IE Domain Registry Suffers WHOIS and website outage
The IEDR, which is the registry operator for the Irish ccTLD, has been having issues all morning today with its website, whois and backend. … [Read more...] about IE Domain Registry Suffers WHOIS and website outage
Kinect.com Now Owned By Microsoft
A couple of domain industry bloggers were speculating about Microsoft and the domain kinect.comAccording to WHOIS the domain is now registered via corporate registrar MarkMonitor and lists Microsoft as the registrant: Domain Administrator Microsoft … [Read more...] about Kinect.com Now Owned By Microsoft
Indom Acquired By Group NBT
French domain name registrar Indom has been acquired by Group NBT. The NBT Group of companies owns a number of webhosting and domain name registration companies including Ascio and NetBenefit. … [Read more...] about Indom Acquired By Group NBT
ICM Registry Launch Founder Program
I'm not sure when this was launched, but ICM Registry are promoting a "founders" program similar in style to that run by CoInternet in the run up to the .co launch.The program seems to be aimed primarily at existing Adult webmasters, though I could have simply misread the information. … [Read more...] about ICM Registry Launch Founder Program
ICANN Finally Speaks Out On Website and Domain Takedowns
ICANN CEO, Rod Beckstrom, has posted on the ICANN blog in relation to the ICE domain takedowns. … [Read more...] about ICANN Finally Speaks Out On Website and Domain Takedowns