Domain names expire, drop and get re-registered all the time. It’s normal. However, governments are usually very conservative about how they handle domain names. A government department is more likely to hold on to a domain name for several years after they’ve stopped using it rather than “release” it too early. According to this article,… Continue reading Mauritius Government Gets Into Dispute Over Key Domain Name
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IEDR Reports Domain Registration Growth In 2013
The IEDR have today published their annual report for 2013. While the overall number of new domain name registrations was down on 2012, by the end of 2013 IEDR report an overall increase of 2.7%. Domain deletions during 2013 were slightly up on the previous year, 14.9% versus 14.1%. However the deletion rate is quite… Continue reading IEDR Reports Domain Registration Growth In 2013
ICANN Hires CTO
In the run up to the ICANN meeting in London, the organisation announced yesterday that they were hiring a CTO. It may seem a little bit odd that ICANN didn’t have a CTO, so filling that gap was long overdue. The new hire is an old hand in DNS industry circles – David Conrad: Conrad… Continue reading ICANN Hires CTO
Paul Vixie: The Openness of the Internet is Poisoning Us
Paul Vixie recently gave a presentation at a security conference in the Netherlands entitled “Defective by Design — How the Internet’s Openness is Slowly Poisoning Us ” It’s a provocative title for a talk and this interview he gave at the conference is well worth watching. Watch it and make up your own mind: Related articles… Continue reading Paul Vixie: The Openness of the Internet is Poisoning Us
Commonwealth DNS Forum at #ICANN50 Venue
If you’re heading to London for the ICANN meeting at the end of the month you might consider going over a couple of days early for the Commonwealth DNS Forum. The event is being organised by The Commonwealth Telecommunications Organisation (CTO), ICANN and Nominet. If you come from a Commonwealth country then the event is free, otherwise… Continue reading Commonwealth DNS Forum at #ICANN50 Venue
IEDR Launch New Site
IEDR have launched a new website (screenshot below). The new site also combines the former “why.ie” site’s content back into the main site.
DNS.com Rebrands as DNSbyComodo.com
Comodo, the SSL company, acquired DNS.com back in 2011. They rebranded it to “DNS by Comodo”, but they kept the premium .com domain name as their main site and everything else. Earlier this evening users were contacted with the news that Comodo is switching everything over to DNSbyComodo.com Users will need to update their nameservers… Continue reading DNS.com Rebrands as DNSbyComodo.com
High Profile Sports Site Suspended Due To 2013 RAA
Under the terms of the 2013 Registrar Accreditation Agreement registrars are obliged to conduct email verification both on new domain registrations and if there are any changes made to a domain’s registration details. For those of us in the industry we suspected and feared that the changes could and would lead to issues and headaches.… Continue reading High Profile Sports Site Suspended Due To 2013 RAA
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
Telnic Increasing Wholesale Price by $1
Telnic, the .tel registry, have informed registrars that the wholesale rate for .tel domain names will be increased by $1 per year from $8 / year to $9/year effective December 1 2013. How are they justifying such a hefty price increase? This increase takes into account inflation rates and the continuing maintenance, development and provision… Continue reading Telnic Increasing Wholesale Price by $1