The US Republican party (GOP) , which currently dominates both houses, as well as controlling the White House, has a rather "different" 404 page. (They also have their own TLD .gop) A 404 page is one that a web server, such as Apache or IIS, displays when you click on a link to a non-existent page on a site or simply make a typo when putting the page address in to the … [Read more...] about US Republican Party’s 404 Page Takes Swipe at Clinton
Domain Name Nostalgia: Nominet Confirmation Letters
Once upon a time, several years ago, Nominet used to send out physical letters to confirm your domain registrations. They'd send out a confirmation letter to the registrant address for each and every registration. With thousands of domains being registered every month their postage bills must have been quite impressive! They also used to send out physical receipts for … [Read more...] about Domain Name Nostalgia: Nominet Confirmation Letters
DNS Belgium Moves Backend to the Cloud
DNS Belgium, who run the .be ccTLD domain registry, as well as .brussels and .vlaanderen, is moving its backend to the cloud. The domain registry announced last year that they would be migrating their backend to the cloud. Why? So they can focus on the software and services and not have to concern themselves with the hardware and colocation aspect of running clusters … [Read more...] about DNS Belgium Moves Backend to the Cloud
WHD Have Managed to Make ICANN Sound Exciting
Some clever editing of video footage, some dramatic music and a clever voiceover make ICANN and Internet Governance sound .. well, exciting I guess. Here's the teaser video: https://youtu.be/OgPQbeHWYP8 As I mentioned yesterday, ICANN CEO Göran Marby will be speaking at WHD Global next month. … [Read more...] about WHD Have Managed to Make ICANN Sound Exciting
ICANN CEO to Speak at WHD Global
ICANN CEO Göran Marby will be speaking at WHD Global next month in Germany. Marby is scheduled to speak on Wednesday March 29th. The title of his talk suggests that he'll be trying to get more of the hosting community to engage with ICANN: "Shape the future of the Internet: Your business depends on it." From the announcement this morning: ICANN CEO Göran Marby to … [Read more...] about ICANN CEO to Speak at WHD Global
ICANN to Hold DNS Symposium in Madrid in May
ICANN and a couple of other organisations are taking advantage of venue chosen for the 2017 GDD Summit. ICANN will be holding a "DNS Symposium" in the Hotel NH Collection Madrid Eurobuilding in Madrid on Saturday 13th May. It's the first time that ICANN organises this type of event. The focus of the event will be the technical types and it is being organised by office of … [Read more...] about ICANN to Hold DNS Symposium in Madrid in May
Domain Spotting at CES in Las Vegas
I'm at CES this week in Las Vegas, Nevada, This year is my 3rd year attending the event and it is, as usual, packed to the gills with people from the four corners of the globe. As I've been walking around the floors here (and there are multiple) I've been keeping an eye open for domains "in action". Here's a few that I spotted: From the show floor: The .audio … [Read more...] about Domain Spotting at CES in Las Vegas
ICANN Appoints Jamie Hedlund to Contractual Compliance & Consumer Safeguards Role
ICANN has announced a replacement for Allen Grogan. Grogan had been the head of Contractual Compliance, but announced several months ago that he was leaving the organisation. With today's announcement ICANN fills the position quite quickly, though whether or not the appointment of one of their existing senior staff makes sense or not remains to be seen. Jamie Hedlund had … [Read more...] about ICANN Appoints Jamie Hedlund to Contractual Compliance & Consumer Safeguards Role
United Internet Acquires Strato
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Want to Host the RIPE Meeting in October 2018?
RIPE is seeking hosts for their 77th public meeting in October 2018. The meeting is scheduled to take place between October 15th and October 19th 2018. There's full details about what is expected of a local host on the RIPE site here. Short version: lots of bandwidth. The venue will need to have a minimum of 300 Mbps, but ideally 1 Gps or higher. Good location … [Read more...] about Want to Host the RIPE Meeting in October 2018?