The .hn (Honduras) country code top level domain is switching to CoCCA from Afilias in October. From October 1st all .hn domain names will be on the CoCCA platform. … [Read more...] about Honduran ccTLD Switching to CoCCA
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Dotless Domains Deemed A Bad Idea
ICANN's security and stability committee (SSAC) recently issued a report on "dotless" domain names. These would be where the domain name is the extension - so instead of having $thing.$extension you would find $extension by itself. As the report (PDF) explains, there are quite a few technical issues with the concept of no domain extension. Just polling a few users on … [Read more...] about Dotless Domains Deemed A Bad Idea
.Post Is In The Root
Yesterday a "new" domain extension was added to the root nameservers. It's not really "new", as it was approved ages ago, but hadn't been delegated. The .post TLD will be run for post offices and only post offices, so don't expect to see too many domain names using it.. It'll be interesting to see which ones actually do.. The "news" broke last night via Jeff Moss' … [Read more...] about .Post Is In The Root
.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 behind-the-scenes work, … [Read more...] about .Nz Registry Enables DNSSEC
Blacknight Offering Free and Discounted .Co and .Me Domains
Irish registrar and hosting provider are offering free .co or .me domain names with some of their hosting plans (Disclosure - I own the company) You can read full details about the offer on their blog. Related articles Blacknight now .co accredited (domainincite.com) Press Release: Blacknight Announce .CAT Super Summer Kickoff Promotion - The clock is … [Read more...] about Blacknight Offering Free and Discounted .Co and .Me Domains
Brazilian Registry: Another ccTLD Milestone
The domain registry for the Brazilian country code, .br, has passed the 3 million domain names mark. The milestone was reached at 22.52 GMT … [Read more...] about Brazilian Registry: Another ccTLD Milestone
DNS Industry Explained (Sort Of)
Quite an amusing video from JPRS (the .jp domain registry) that "explains" what they do .. or tries to ... With subtitles And now you know how your friends feel when you talk about domains :) … [Read more...] about DNS Industry Explained (Sort Of)
DotCo Celebrates 2 Years In Operation
CoInternet aka .co launched 2 years ago today. They've pushed out a nice infographic to highlight some of their achievements: Have you registered any .co domains? … [Read more...] about DotCo Celebrates 2 Years In Operation
Irony: Centralnic Create Brand Confusion With New Company Brand Name
I guess this was inevitable. There are a bunch of domain and internet related companies out there that have totally forgettable and unoriginal names. At some point there's going to be confusion between two or more of them. But you'd also think that any sane company would do a small bit of due diligence to avoid these kind of conflicts when registering a limited company … [Read more...] about Irony: Centralnic Create Brand Confusion With New Company Brand Name
Kids.us Goes The Way of the Dodo
.Kids.us is one of those domain extensions that sounds like a good idea, but when you look at it a bit more closely you end up having more questions than answers. Essentially the domain extension was designed to be a safe internet space for "kid friendly" content, but the restrictions on registration were incredibly tight. How many .kids.us domains were registered? No idea, but … [Read more...] about Kids.us Goes The Way of the Dodo