In common with several other European country code domain operators DNS Belgium runs a “registrar forum“. As the name suggests it’s a place where the registry and registrars are able to discuss potential changes to policies, products and operations. The forum meets 2 to 3 times a year, normally in Leuven or Brussels, though recently… Continue reading DNS Belgium Registrar Forum Seeking Members
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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… Continue reading DNS Belgium Reports Renewal Rate of 86%
DNS Belgium Issues Call for Forum Members
DNS Belgium, which runs the .be ccTLD registry, as well as .brussels and .vlaanderen, has been running a forum for registrars for several years. Membership is open to .be registrars and currently it has 15 members. Members “represent the full .be sales channel of 430 registrars. At the meetings you are the first to hear… Continue reading DNS Belgium Issues Call for Forum Members
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… Continue reading DNS Belgium Looking For Registrar to Join Registrar Forum
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… Continue reading DNS Belgium Moves Backend to the Cloud
EURid Web Award Nominations Open
EURid’s annual “web awards” are now open for nominations. The 2016 event will be the 3rd year that EURid runs the awards which are aimed at helping to raise the profile of European businesses and organisations that are actively using a .eu web address. The categories this year are: The Leaders: The website represents an established… Continue reading EURid Web Award Nominations Open
DNS Belgium Alerts Registrars and Registrants to Invoice Scam
DNS Belgium, the registry operator for .be, has sent out a notice to their registrars to raise awareness of an invoice scam. Here’s a sample of the dodgy invoices being sent: According to the registry “BE Domein Host” is not one of their accredited registrars, so apart from the pricing being more than a little… Continue reading DNS Belgium Alerts Registrars and Registrants to Invoice Scam
DNS Belgium To Offer Registry Lock
DNS Belgium, the operator of both the .be ccTLD as well as .brussels and .vlaanderen, has announced the upcoming launch of “Domain Guard”. The new service, which is comparable to other registries’ “registry lock” service, will be available from mid-November. The service, which will be offered via .be registrars, will offer registrants the ability to… Continue reading DNS Belgium To Offer Registry Lock
DNS Belgium Chooses Pool.com
DNS Belgium, which is running both .brussels and .vlaanderen have announced their choice of auction provider. They’ve chosen Canadian company Pool.com to handle their domain name auctions for situations where there are more than one applicants for the same domain: During the first phase (‘sunrise 1’) brand owners, authorities, companies and associations can register a… Continue reading DNS Belgium Chooses Pool.com
ccTLD Registries Under Attack?
In the past 24 hours both the .nl domain registry and .be domain registry have been attacked. The .be registry‘s public facing website was defaced, though the defacement had no impact on the registry data. As would be expected the registry data is not linked to the public facing website. DNS.be informed registrars that they… Continue reading ccTLD Registries Under Attack?