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Cruz Takes FUD To New Level With Emotive Speech

September 8, 2016 by Michele Neylon

Senator Cruz' campaign against the IANA transition is, in many ways, the gift that keeps on giving. Unfortunately, however, Cruz is an able orator. Earlier today Cruz addressed the US Senate and while his speech is full of misleading rhetoric, and some gross factual inaccuracies, you can see how a good orator could win over an audience. If you're already predisposed to … [Read more...] about Cruz Takes FUD To New Level With Emotive Speech

Cruz’ Crusade Against IANA Transition Continues With Senate Hearing

September 8, 2016 by Michele Neylon

Senator Cruz' against the IANA transition will continue next week with a senate hearing next week. The hearing is entitled: Protecting Internet Freedom: Implications of Ending U.S. Oversight of the Internet. While the hearing is being chaired by Cruz no indication of who else will be speaking has been made public so far. In a press release from Cruz' offices earlier … [Read more...] about Cruz’ Crusade Against IANA Transition Continues With Senate Hearing

Cruz Is Back Now With A Countdown Clock To “Doomsday”

August 31, 2016 by Michele Neylon

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”

Vint Cerf On Why The IANA Transition Is Positive

August 20, 2016 by Michele Neylon

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

NTIA Gives IANA Transition Plan Green Light

August 16, 2016 by Michele Neylon

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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

August 15, 2016 by Michele Neylon

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

Network Hardware Company Forget To Renew Domains Used By Routers

July 6, 2016 by Michele Neylon

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

Australian ccTLD Registry Advertises CEO Job

June 5, 2016 by Michele Neylon

Back in March of this year auDA announced that they weren't renewing their then CEO's contract. So after over 15 years in the role Chris Disspain was leaving the organisation. Obviously his position could not be left vacant indefinitely, so it's little surprise that they recently published a job advertisement. There's no indication of salary or benefits that come with the … [Read more...] about Australian ccTLD Registry Advertises CEO Job

LACTLD Politely Smacks ICANN Over Meeting Location Moves

May 4, 2016 by Michele Neylon

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Earlier this week LACTLD put out a statement about ICANN meetings. The statement, which is available in both Spanish and English, while very polite and diplomatic, expresses the organisation's concerns with ICANN moving meetings out of Latin America due to health concerns. So far this year the meeting scheduled for Panama (ICANN 56) has been relocated to Helsinki. ICANN … [Read more...] about LACTLD Politely Smacks ICANN Over Meeting Location Moves

Middle East DNS Forum On Today & Tomorrow

May 4, 2016 by Michele Neylon

The Middle East DNS Forum is being held today and tomorrow in Tunis. You can review the full agenda here. If you're interested in following the event there is a live stream you can access here. The event's speakers include a mix of local and international speakers, though the focus this year seems to be more on the region, which is a positive sign. … [Read more...] about Middle East DNS Forum On Today & Tomorrow

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