Today Nominet held their annual registrar conference. Unlike other year’s there was only one topic on the agenda: The Direct UK Consultation. I wrote about my issues with the proposal a while back and Edwin Hayward has collected pretty much all references to it in both blogs and mainstream media here. While I was not… Continue reading Transparency Fail – Nominet’s Registrar Meeting On Direct UK
Tag: Domain Name System Security Extensions
.Nz Registry Enables DNSSEC
The .nz domain registry has announced that they have enabled DNSSEC in the New Zealand namespace: New Zealanders will be able to better secure their web presence from today, thanks to a major technical security deployment by InternetNZ subsidiaries .nz Registry Services (NZRS) and the Domain Name Commission (DNCL). Following more than two years of… Continue reading .Nz Registry Enables DNSSEC
New TLD Event To Be Held In Bulgaria
With the countdown towards the opening of the application window on new TLDs next January draws closer the number of new TLD related events is growing. In November there will be a one day event on new TLDs in Sofia, Bulgaria. At the moment the timetable covers topics such as: intellectual property IDNs IPv6… Continue reading New TLD Event To Be Held In Bulgaria
Nominet Research Team Finds DNS Bug
Simon McCalla has posted some details on the Nominet management blog about how their research team and in particular Roy Arends were instrumental in finding the latest bug in BIND. Disclosure: As a registrar I was informed about the bug before it was made public, but couldn’t speak of it in public Related articles UK… Continue reading Nominet Research Team Finds DNS Bug
DotOrg Puts DNSSEC Live
At the ICANN meeting in Belgium today PIR announced that they have started signing their zone. ORG, The Public Interest Registry (PIR) today announced that the .ORG domain is now in full production with Domain Name System Security Extensions (DNSSEC) by accepting second level signed .ORG zones. In launching signed delegations, .ORG – the third… Continue reading DotOrg Puts DNSSEC Live