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Vint Cerf On Why The IANA Transition Is Positive

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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

Neustar Using Their DotBrand For Registry Services

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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

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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%

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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%

Heritage Holding Anti-IANA Transition Event With Cruz

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The Heritage Foundation are conservative, in the American political sense. So it's not surprising that they've been linked to some of the anti-IANA transition stuff coming from Ted Cruz and Co. Tomorrow they're holding an event, which is clearly not aimed at bolstering support on Capitol Hill for the IANA transition. From the event description: But is the so-called "IANA … [Read more...] about Heritage Holding Anti-IANA Transition Event With Cruz

Network Hardware Company Forget To Renew Domains Used By Routers

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Got a wireless router or modem? If it's made by TP-Link you might run into an "interesting" issue. The company was using the domain tplinklogin.net for their configuration portal for users. Unfortunately for them and their users, they forgot to renew the domain name. Why they chose an external domain name instead of an IP address or a "fake" domain name is not … [Read more...] about Network Hardware Company Forget To Renew Domains Used By Routers

Eco to Address the Impact of Brexit On the Domain Industry

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Eco, which is the largest internet industry association in Europe, is holding a virtual meeting later this month to discuss Brexit. The meeting, which is scheduled for July 27th at 1200 UTC, will be the first of several dialogues among industry to discuss the potential impact of the UK's exit from the EU on the domain name industry. As I mentioned in a recent post, the … [Read more...] about Eco to Address the Impact of Brexit On the Domain Industry

TLDCON 2016 Registration Open

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This year's TLDCON will be held in Tbilisi, Georgia on September 7th and 8th. As with previous editions, the agenda will feature a mix of both technical, legal and marketing sessions. The current agenda lists the following sessions: IDN updates Legislative aspects of domain name registration Special ICANN section Marketing of IDN e-mail and new challenges … [Read more...] about TLDCON 2016 Registration Open