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
Russian Cyrillic ccTLD Launched
Russian Internet Governance Forum Originally uploaded by veni markovski Russia has become the first country to launch a Cyrillic ccTLD. .рф (rf for Russian Federation in Cyrillic) ICANN CEO, Rod Beckstrom, did the honours during the Russian internet forum this week … [Read more...] about Russian Cyrillic ccTLD Launched
Telnic Launch Treasure Hunt Competition
Telnic, who operate the .tel domain extension, have launched an online competition in the form of a treasure hunt.To start the treasure hunt simply go to http://thejourneystarts.tel/ and follow the instructions.The competition, which runs for the next ten weeks, is open to UK and US residents.Further information on the competition site. … [Read more...] about Telnic Launch Treasure Hunt Competition
ICANN Ignoring Deadlines
ICANN set a deadline for public comments on .xxx of May 10th 2010.However, for reasons that they have not explained so far, the comment period is still wide open.As of 10am this morning 12778 comments had been received.Unfortunately, as has been covered elsewhere, a very large portion of the comments are automated submissions that bring little value to the process ie. a … [Read more...] about ICANN Ignoring Deadlines