The site and registration for the next ICANN meeting is now online.Cartagena de Indias will play host to the 39th public ICANN meeting this December. … [Read more...] about ICANN 39 Launched
DotOrg Puts DNSSEC Live
At the ICANN meeting in Belgium today PIR announced that they have started signing their zone.ORG, The Public Interest Registry (PIR) today announced that the .ORG domain is now in full production with Domain Name System Security Extensions (DNSSEC) by accepting second level signed .ORG zones. In launching signed delegations, .ORG - the third largest domain - takes its final … [Read more...] about DotOrg Puts DNSSEC Live
Nominet Election Time Again
It's that time of the year again - Nominet election time! This year there aren't any elections for the policy board, as they've changed how it's composed. So the elections this time round are for the board. In typical fashion, however, some of the candidates have managed to make a relatively banal election a bit more interesting .. Check Andrew Bennett's blog for more details - … [Read more...] about Nominet Election Time Again
Eurid DNSSEC Goes Live Tomorrow
Eurid, the registry operator for .eu, will be signing the .eu zone from tomorrow at 10am Central European Time. They expect that the full signing of the zone will take about two hours to complete. … [Read more...] about Eurid DNSSEC Goes Live Tomorrow
Facebook Trials IPv6
Facebook is currently trialling an IPv6 version of their social network site. If you have access to IPv6 go to: http://www.v6.facebook.com/ … [Read more...] about Facebook Trials IPv6
AFNIC Survey About .Fr
AFNIC, the body that runs .fr, is currently conducting a survey about people's views on the .fr domain extension.The survey covers a number of areas including people's perception of .fr and what kind of services they expect to get with a .fr domain name.UPDATE: It transpires that the survey was not meant to be public! … [Read more...] about AFNIC Survey About .Fr
.tv Price Promo
Blacknight are offering .tv domain registration for €9.99 / year.Full details here … [Read more...] about .tv Price Promo
DAG4 Released
ICANN have published the 4th version of the DAG. The DAG - Draft Applicant Guidebook - is like the "bible" for anyone aspiring to run a new TLD. Unfortunately the new TLD launch cannot take place until the DAG has been finalised - a point that seems to be always just over the horizon. … [Read more...] about DAG4 Released
High Profile DNS Still Vulnerable To Kaminsky Exploit
Image via Wikipedia Dan Kaminsky's discovery of a nasty bug in DNS rocked the security world in 2008. It's now 2010, so you would be forgiven for thinking that most DNS servers should have been updated, patched or configured in such a manner as to render the Kaminsky hole null and void. Unfortunately that is not the case. Several medium sized DNS providers, … [Read more...] about High Profile DNS Still Vulnerable To Kaminsky Exploit
IE Domain Registry Finally Introduces Contracts
Over the last couple of months the IE Domain Registry has been in negotiations with its resellers in order to introduce an actual contract and establish a registry / registrar relationship. As of today most of the IE resellers have signed a version of the contract, so you can probably expect a formal announcement from the IEDR in the next few weeks. … [Read more...] about IE Domain Registry Finally Introduces Contracts