Senator Cruz' crusade against the IANA transition is back in full swing. With the deadline for the expiry of the IANA contract approaching both he and other anti-transition types have been working hard on their campaigns to block the transition. The latest addition to the Cruz website is a special lander page featuring a countdown clock: Yes, that's an image of … [Read more...] about Cruz Is Back Now With A Countdown Clock To “Doomsday”
Web Summit Acquire The .Com For Undisclosed Sum
Web Summit founder Paddy Cosgrave announced via Facebook and Twitter that the company had acquired websummit.com for an undisclosed sum. Apparently they'd been negotiating the acquisition for the last 5 years. The domain has been registered since November 2001, which is long before Web Summit's first event was held in Dublin. The domain had switched registrars several … [Read more...] about Web Summit Acquire The .Com For Undisclosed Sum
More Right-Wing Pushback On IANA Transition [Video]
Doing the rounds at the moment is the video below from a YouTube channel called "Black Pigeon Speaks". It's packed with the usual FUD, but has managed to get over 61 thousand views in the last week. Watch and listen: https://youtu.be/Fv1Wo9Eg40k Here's the transcript of the video with timestamps: 0:00the internet isn't broken 0:08so why fix it less than six … [Read more...] about More Right-Wing Pushback On IANA Transition [Video]
RIPE NRO Nominations Open
Due to term limits there will be a seat available on the NRO for the RIPE region. RIPE will be holding the election to fill the seat during RIPE 73 next month. Nominations are open until 2359 on September 23. You can nominate someone or self-nominate by sending an email to: nominations@ripe.net with: Name of nominee Nominee’s country of residence Nominee’s … [Read more...] about RIPE NRO Nominations Open
Vint Cerf On Why The IANA Transition Is Positive
Earlier this week Bloomberg's "Bloomberg West" spoke to Vint Cerf about the upcoming IANA transition. Obviously Cerf is supportive of the move and during the course of the interview he explains in simple terms what the US government was doing up until now and how that won't really change ie. nobody is going to notice the changes. You can see the segment with Cerf in the … [Read more...] about Vint Cerf On Why The IANA Transition Is Positive
WorldHostingDays Acquires NamesCon
Earlier today WHD announced that they'd acquired NamesCon: https://youtu.be/gD9edNueils The next NamesCon will be held in Las Vegas towards the end of January 2017 … [Read more...] about WorldHostingDays Acquires NamesCon
NTIA Gives IANA Transition Plan Green Light
While August might be a slightly quieter time of the year in some quarters, it most definitely has not been for either ICANN or NTIA. Earlier today NTIA formally notified ICANN that it had accepted the IANA transition plans and that it would (unless something terrible happened) let the contract expire on October 1st. Here's the letter: [spiderpowa-pdf … [Read more...] about NTIA Gives IANA Transition Plan Green Light
Neustar Using Their DotBrand For Registry Services
Neustar have had their dotbrand, .neustar, for a while. At the moment it's not very visible, but that could be changing. In an email to registrars the registry operator announced that they're switching the hostnames of some registry related services over to .neustar domain names. Currently more public facing domain names such as www.neustar redirect to the existing … [Read more...] about Neustar Using Their DotBrand For Registry Services
LAC DNS Forum To Be Held In Dominican Republic
The third LAC DNS forum will be held in the Dominican Republic, as part of the "Semana de Internet" (Internet Week). Internet Week runs from August 22nd to August 25th, with the LAC DNS forum being held on the 24th and 25th. The event covers a range of topics and themes related to domains, DNS and should be of interest to both registries, registrars and anyone with an … [Read more...] about LAC DNS Forum To Be Held In Dominican Republic
IEDR 2015 Annual Report Reveals Registrations Up 13%
The IEDR have published their annual report for 2015. Some key takeaways from it: IE ccTLD registration volumes are up 13% Domain renewal rate is 88.6% 54.34% of IE domains are registered by incorporated companies IEDR's expenditure on marketing and related activities has increased significantly Overall company turnover is up 5% One of the possible … [Read more...] about IEDR 2015 Annual Report Reveals Registrations Up 13%