Is ICM Registry trying to win over domainers? According to an announcement earlier this afternoon ICM will be the overall Diamond Sponsor for T.R.A.F.F.I.C in October. The event's organiser, Rick Schwartz, obviously expects some negative backlash from the announcement as in his email he states: We know this may be met with some amount of controversy but you can't stop … [Read more...] about ICM Registry Getting Into Bed With Domainers?
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Registrar Stats Relaunchs With Paid Model
RegistrarStats, which is run by eNom / DemandMedia, re-opened yesterday. The site is no longer free (even though there's no indication of pricing on the site) with prices starting at $500 / month with a minimum commit of 3 months. Whether the reports being offered are any different or any better than those that were available previously is not clear. … [Read more...] about Registrar Stats Relaunchs With Paid Model
Tucows Acquires Epag
Tucows have announced the acquisition of German registrar Epag: EPAG, based in Bonn, Germany, is an ICANN-accredited registrar with over 400,000 domains under management and is notable for offering over 200 Top Level Domains (TLDs). Tucows plans to continue serving EPAG customers and resellers via existing EPAG tools and will also integrate EPAG’s domain services into its own … [Read more...] about Tucows Acquires Epag
Centralnic’s Gb.com In Dispute – gb.com now wildcarded
Centralnic's gb.com is no longer pointing to their nameservers and any domains in the zone are now being wildcarded to the main gb.com website which carries the following notice: You may be here because you have been sold a domain or email service using the gb.com domain that has ceased to work. You can restore that service swiftly by registering with GB.COM Ltd. GB.COM … [Read more...] about Centralnic’s Gb.com In Dispute – gb.com now wildcarded
ICANN Seeks Input On Issues Surrounding Domain Transfers
ICANN's domain name transfer policy, which is abbreviated to IRTP, is undergoing a series of reviews. To date two of those reviews have taken place. IRTP A is finished, while IRTP B's recommendations are currently being processed. The next review is, logically, "C" and the preliminary issues report is now available for public comment ie. feedback. This time round … [Read more...] about ICANN Seeks Input On Issues Surrounding Domain Transfers
Minds and Machines vs COCCA – Registry Software Still Open Source
COCCA, which runs the backend for over 30 ccTLDs, issued a clarification last week about its registry software. You can read it below, but the key takeaway is that: COCCA is 100% open source Minds and Machines has no control over COCCA Any developments made to COCCA were done without Minds and Machines Here's the statement: Public Notice, Clarification: … [Read more...] about Minds and Machines vs COCCA – Registry Software Still Open Source
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 Registry Opens Consultation on Registration Periods … [Read more...] about Nominet Research Team Finds DNS Bug
AFNIC Chief Happy With Results of New Rules
In the last few days, on July 1st, AFNIC, the registry for .fr, relaxed some of its domain registrati0n rules in accordance with the French government's wishes. The more relaxed rules meant that a large number of reserved names became available for registration on July 1st on a "first come, first served" basis. Daily lists of registered domains are now also being … [Read more...] about AFNIC Chief Happy With Results of New Rules
.Kz Registry Clarifies Position On Nameservers
The .kz registry (Kazakhstan) recently contacted domain registrants informing them that they needed to host their domains "in country". They have since clarified that the rules will only apply to new registrations and not to existing domains. (via MailClub) Seemingly this is their idea of how to develop their country's internet industry and infrastructure! Here's their … [Read more...] about .Kz Registry Clarifies Position On Nameservers
UK Registry Opens Consultation on Registration Periods
Nominet, the registry for the .uk namespace, has opened a consultation on domain name registration periods. At present *.uk domain names can only be registered and renewed for a period of 2 years. You cannot register a .co.uk domain name for more than 2 years (or for less than 2 years - even though some companies sell them yearly!) Nominet has agreed to consider how … [Read more...] about UK Registry Opens Consultation on Registration Periods