World Hosting Days aka WHD has rebranded itself as "Cloud Fest". They're describing themselves as: CloudFest is a world-leading conference geared toward the cloud, hosting, and service provider industries. Focusing on three distinctive pillars – growth, connectivity and learning – our festivals provide cloud professionals access to the latest technologies, innovations, and … [Read more...] about World Hosting Days Rebrands as Cloud Fest
IEDR Opens Consultation on Removing DNS Checks
The IEDR has opened a consultation on removing DNS checks during registrations, transfers and other operations. At the moment when a .ie domain name registration is requested the IEDR will check if it passes the policy requirements and then does a technical check. If it fails the technical check the registration can fail. The same thing can happen when there's a transfer … [Read more...] about IEDR Opens Consultation on Removing DNS Checks
ICANN 61 Welcome Video Is Quite Powerful
ICANN 61 is scheduled to be held in Puerto Rico early next year. As most people know, however, the region was very badly hit during recent storms and many parts of the country are still without power, drinking water or internet. This is not ignored in the welcome video produced by the local host for the upcoming meeting: https://youtu.be/l7ooF2Xwf04 The official … [Read more...] about ICANN 61 Welcome Video Is Quite Powerful
DNS Belgium Looking For Registrar to Join Registrar Forum
DNS Belgium, who run .be as well as .brussels and .vlaanderen, have been running a "Registrar Forum" for the last few years. The forum has 15 members drawn from DNS Belgium's management and the registrars. Due to one of the member's terms expiring there is now an opening on the forum. If you're a .be registrar then you can apply to join. Full information is available … [Read more...] about DNS Belgium Looking For Registrar to Join Registrar Forum
CENTR Awards Held in Brussels. EURid Wins Registry of the Year
The 3rd CENTR awards were held last night in Brussels' Bibliothèque Solvay. Each of the finalists had a short video to explain what their project was about. The winners were: Marketing Campaign Excellence Category: .CA Product Marketing team for its brand awareness and lead generation campaign (CIRA) Safe and Sound DNS Category: Barbara Povše (Registry.si) & … [Read more...] about CENTR Awards Held in Brussels. EURid Wins Registry of the Year
Country Code Registry Managers Furious With ICANN’s NomCom
The ccNSO which represents country code domain registries within ICANN such as .fr, .uk and many others is furious with ICANN's NomCom. In a letter dated September 29th 2017 the ccNSO outlines the issues they have. They're pretty clear. The Nomcom has chosen to appoint someone to the ccNSO council whose profile is at odds with the CCNSO council's selection criteria. … [Read more...] about Country Code Registry Managers Furious With ICANN’s NomCom
Catalan Referendum Sites Blocked by Court Order
Websites associated with the upcoming referendum in Catalonia are being blocked by ISPs in Spain. While several of the domain names used by advocates of the Catalan referendum have been seized by authorities others are being blocked by the ISPs in Spain. For those of us outside Spain the blocking has zero impact on us, so we can see the sites without any issue, but for users … [Read more...] about Catalan Referendum Sites Blocked by Court Order
Catalan Government Claims Spanish Online Censorship Breaching EU Laws
The Catalan government has written to the European Commission claiming that the Spanish government is in breach of EU law. In a letter from Jordi Puigneró Secretary of Telecommunications, Cybersecurity and the Digital Society at the Government of Catalonia addressed to Andrus Ansip, European Commissioner for Digital Economy and Society, the Catalan government calls out the … [Read more...] about Catalan Government Claims Spanish Online Censorship Breaching EU Laws
DotEUS Registry Writes to ICANN in Solidarity with PuntCat
The situation in Barcelona and the .cat registry is still developing. One of the other gTLD registries based in Spain .eus, which is aimed at the Basque language and culture, has come out in solidarity with .cat. In a letter addressed to ICANN CEO Göran Marby the CEO of .EUS Josu Waliño raises concerns about the handling of .cat by the local authorities and calls on ICANN to … [Read more...] about DotEUS Registry Writes to ICANN in Solidarity with PuntCat
DotCat Registry Offices Raided by Spanish Police
The offices of the .cat registry were raided by Spanish police this morning. The Guardia Civil officers entered the .cat registry's offices around 9am local time this morning and have seized all computers in the domain registry's offices in downtown Barcelona. The move comes a couple of days after a Spanish court ordered the domain registry to take down all .cat domain … [Read more...] about DotCat Registry Offices Raided by Spanish Police