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French ISPs Ordered to Block 18 Video Streaming Sites

A Parisian court has issued an order in favour of media company beIN Group who run several paid TV channels in France and other markets. The order forces the main French ISPs to block 18 domain names from their users: The media company, which operates in multiple markets and also owns MiraMax, took a case… Continue reading French ISPs Ordered to Block 18 Video Streaming Sites

EU Issues Call for Proposals for DNS Resolution Service

The European Commission has issued a call for tender (PDF) for an EU DNS resolution service aka a DNS resolver. As a reminder, a DNS resolver is what computers and other devices use to find out where websites, domains and other services “live” on the internet. They’re most often accessed via their IP addresses. So… Continue reading EU Issues Call for Proposals for DNS Resolution Service

Host.ie Novara.ie and Digihost Go AWOL

Earlier today one of Ireland’s oldest hosting providers seems to have gone completely offline. The company in question is Host.ie, which is also known as Novara or Digihost. Over the better part of 20 years the provider has changed hands a couple of times, as well as its name. These days it’s known as “Hostopia… Continue reading Host.ie Novara.ie and Digihost Go AWOL

Facebook, Instagram & WhatsApp Suffer Outage

Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp have all suffered an outage this afternoon. Facebook owns all three platforms, so it looks like there’s an issue on Facebook’s side. It’s unclear at this juncture what is causing the outage, though previous outages impacting big platforms have usually been due to software updates gone wrong. However it is clear… Continue reading Facebook, Instagram & WhatsApp Suffer Outage

CIRA to Provide DoH to Canadian Firefox Users

CIRA, the .ca domain name registry, will be providing DNS over HTTPS for Firefox users in Canada. So what’s that all about? In common with many domain name registries, CIRA has diversified over the last few years. Offering DNS based services is a logical extension for a domain name registry, as the larger ones will… Continue reading CIRA to Provide DoH to Canadian Firefox Users

Middle East DNS Forum Goes Virtual for 2021

Last year the Middle East DNS Forum was meant to be taking place in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. Due to the pandemic the event was cancelled completely last year. For 2021 the Forum is being held online from April 5th to April 7th. It’s still officially being held in Saudi Arabia, but it’ll be 100% online.… Continue reading Middle East DNS Forum Goes Virtual for 2021

EURid Registry Platform Under Attack

EURid, who run the .eu domain name registry, have been having issues over the last few days which are the result of a number of denial of service attacks. The registry’s services were degraded from the morning of Friday 24th April through until Monday. Services returned to normal, but unfortunately it looks like either the… Continue reading EURid Registry Platform Under Attack

ICANN GDD Summit & Related Events Choose Paris for 2020 Event

Paris, France will be the venue for a week of domain related events next May. ICANN has chosen Paris as the venue for the ICANN GDD Industry Summit and The DNS Symposium next May. Both the Registrations Operations Workshop and DNS OARC will also be held in the same venue that week. It’ll be a… Continue reading ICANN GDD Summit & Related Events Choose Paris for 2020 Event

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