Afilias has announced that they'll start offering a "registry lock" service for all 28 owned or operated TLDs on the Afilias registry system. "Registry Lock" is a service that appeals primarily to bigger brands, governments, high profile websites or financial institutions. With a registry lock applied it makes it incredibly difficult for a domain to be hijacked, its DNS … [Read more...] about Afilias to Offer Registry Lock for 28 Domain Extensions
DNS Belgium Reports Renewal Rate of 86%
DNS Belgium, which runs both the .be ccTLD as well as the new TLDs .brussels and .vlaanderen, has published their annual report. Unlike most of the other domain name registries DNS Belgium have opted to take a much more interactive approach, so you can play around with the data and interact with it over on the report site. The trend of recent years was confirmed in 2018. We … [Read more...] about DNS Belgium Reports Renewal Rate of 86%
Afnic Annual Report Shows 84% Renewal Rate
Afnic, the .fr domain name registry, has released their annual report for 2018. The report covers the organisation's activities during 2018, which included hosting the IGF in Paris last November, as well as winning the contract to provide backend registry services to the .museum domain extension. They've also produced a nice simple graphic that highlights some of their … [Read more...] about Afnic Annual Report Shows 84% Renewal Rate
The Puma IE Domain Dispute is Disturbing
People and companies register domain names all the time. Sometimes you know exactly why you're registering a domain name and you have very specific plans for it. Other times you don't. However it's a pretty safe bet that if somebody registers a domain that is an exact or very close match to their company name that they're going to use it at some point. It's also very clear to … [Read more...] about The Puma IE Domain Dispute is Disturbing
Nominet Releases Data on Right of Registration Release
When Nominet decided to offer "direct' registrations under .uk they made the decision to reserve the right of registration (ROR) for existing *.uk registrants for a 5 year period. What that meant was that if you had johndoe.co.uk then you had first call on johndoe.uk and you had the right to exercise that "call" for 5 years. Personally while I liked the idea of the "right of … [Read more...] about Nominet Releases Data on Right of Registration Release
Brand & Domains Event to be Held in Montréal
The Brand Registry Group (BRG) will be holding a one day conference on the sidelines of the upcoming ICANN meeting in Montréal. The event is aimed at brand owners who either have a TLD of their own or who might be considering applying for one in the future. While the full schedule for the event is not available yet the overview is: Come and find out how dotBrands are … [Read more...] about Brand & Domains Event to be Held in Montréal
New Zealand’s ccTLD Opens Consultation on Disputes
The .nz ccTLD's policies are managed by the Domain Name Commission, who I've mentioned previously. They're currently conducting an open consultation on dispute resolution in the .nz name space. The consultation is made up of both online and offline options, so that stakeholders get plenty of opportunity to provide input. You can read about the current policy and process … [Read more...] about New Zealand’s ccTLD Opens Consultation on Disputes
Cloudflare Suffers Outage Caused by Software Glitch
Cloudflare powers an ever growing percentage of the world's websites and online services. So when Cloudflare has snaffu a lot of other services are impacted, including ones that you might not even realise were using CloudFlare. Yesterday afternoon Cloudflare had an outage that lasted about 30 minutes. During that time period a lot of sites and services that use Cloudflare … [Read more...] about Cloudflare Suffers Outage Caused by Software Glitch
ICANN 66 Montreal Registration Open
While the most recent ICANN public meeting only drew to a close at the end of last week the details of the next meeting are already available. ICANN's next public meeting will be ICANN 66 which will run from November 2nd to November 8th in Montreal and it is also the organisation's AGM. It'll be a bigger meeting than the last one and it'll probably also have quite a bit … [Read more...] about ICANN 66 Montreal Registration Open
Hungary to Host National Internet Governance Forum
While the main IGF event is being held in Berlin in November many countries are organising their own national IGFs. This September will see Hungary play host to its very first IGF in Budapest. The event, which will be held on September 12th, will be held in the Hungexpo in Budapest. The event will be free to attend, though registration will be required. What will be on … [Read more...] about Hungary to Host National Internet Governance Forum