Norid, the domain name registry for Norway (.no), has a page on their site about co.no which is worth reading.While most of it is "normal" ie. co.no is a domain and subdomains off it are being sold etc., etc., what is vaguely worrying is the last part of the page:The domain co.no is on a "prohibited/reserved"-list (Appendix A in the domain name policy). This means that while … [Read more...] about Norid Trying To Scare Prospective Registrants of co.no domains?
Belgian Registry Launch DNSSEC
The Belgian domain name registry, dns.be, has enabled DNSSEC starting today. DNSSEC uses cryptography to digitally sign DNS data to help avoid fraudulent attacks on users, such as cache poisoning and others. You can read more about the technology here … [Read more...] about Belgian Registry Launch DNSSEC
SE Registry Breaks One Million Name Mark
The Swedish domain name registry has announced that they have breached the one million domain name mark. Danny Aerts, CEO of the .se registry, is obviously delighted with the milestone: Achieving one million is confirmation that we have succeeded in making .se the obvious top domain choice in Sweden Full story on their site … [Read more...] about SE Registry Breaks One Million Name Mark
Russian ccTLD Breaks 3 Million Mark
The Russian ccTLD, .ru, has broken the 3 million mark in terms of domains registered. At time of writing there are over 3 million active domain registrations. While any milestone is impressive the fact that this comes after the Russian registry tightened controls on domain registrations renders this news particularly noteworthy. … [Read more...] about Russian ccTLD Breaks 3 Million Mark
ICANN 40 In San Francisco
ICANN's 40th meeting will be held in San Francisco from 13-18 March 2011. Expect more details including the venue and more to be made public in the coming days and weeks ... … [Read more...] about ICANN 40 In San Francisco
Co.no To Launch November 1st
The .no registry has very restrictive rules governing both who can register domain names and how many they can register. Only Norwegian companies can register .no domain names and they are limited to registering a maximum of 20 domain names. From November of this year there will another option - co.no. Sunrise opens on November 1st, with Go Live scheduled for February 22nd … [Read more...] about Co.no To Launch November 1st
Nominet To Release Short Names
Nominet, the UK domain registry, has been investigating how to handle the release of short domain names ie. 1 and 2 character domains. While a number of short names had been registered prior to the formation of Nominet there are still a large number that have not been assigned. Nominet has now announced the process for the assignment of the short names, as well as a full list … [Read more...] about Nominet To Release Short Names
One.com Suspended By Swedish Registry For 30 Days
According to an announcement on the Swedish domain registry's site one of their registrars, One.com AS, is being suspended for 30 days from September 14th 2010. The registry claims that One.com registered domain names using their clients' data without their knowledge: During the summer, One.com registered a large number of domain names without being asked to do so by … [Read more...] about One.com Suspended By Swedish Registry For 30 Days
ICANN Updates Registrar Accreditation Application
ICANN announced last night that a new application form for potential registrars had been put live. The new application form reflects changes made to the Registrar Accreditation Agreement (RAA) in 2009, as well as making the terminology used more international. The previous version of the form was very US-centric in its wording and did not take into account a company's activity … [Read more...] about ICANN Updates Registrar Accreditation Application
Is Godaddy For Sale?
According to an article in the Wall Street Journal the GoDaddy group might be up for sale. Godaddy's founder, Bob Parsons, had toyed with taking the company a couple of years ago, but in the end pulled away. … [Read more...] about Is Godaddy For Sale?