Image via Wikipedia Eurid, the organisation that runs the EU registry, announced the introduction of 24 / 7 support for its registrar community starting next week. With the large number of accredited registrars based in North America (and elsewhere) this change is sure to be welcomed.
Tag: Eurid
Eurid Goes Offline For Upgrade
Image via Wikipedia Eurid is expanding its technical infrastructure this weekend. According to notifications sent to Eurid registrars they are expanding into a new data centre space. Unfortunately the knock-on effect is that the registry backend will not be available to registrars for up to six hours on Saturday.
Eurid Drops The Ball on EPP
Eurid’s EPP service has been offline or unstable for most of today. The explanation provided was that the maximum number of concurrent connections had been reached… So why did it take them most of the day to increase the number in the configuration? The mind boggles!
Eurid and the failure to promote dotEU
In some ways the failure of .eu to capture hearts and minds makes me sad. I’m European. I’d like to think that a European namespace could be a success, but that seems to be a misplaced desire. As I mentioned some time ago, the only way to grow a namespace or TLD is through usage.… Continue reading Eurid and the failure to promote dotEU
Eurid Examining IDNs
Eurid, the organisation responsible for running .eu, is currently polling the public about their views on the introduction of IDNs. The poll maybe found here More information on IDNs maybe found on their site also
Eurid Quarterly Report – EU Usage Up
According to the latest report from Eurid to the EU Commission usage of .eu domains is up based on DNS query volumes. Seemingly registrants average 2.6 domains each! The full report is available for download as a PDF
Domain Registration Periods – What is Sane?
While it is possible to register a .com for up to 10 years the same is not true of many ccTLDs. In the case of .ie for example the only registration period currently supported by the registry is one year. With .eu, which might be better described as a regional TLD, the registration period is… Continue reading Domain Registration Periods – What is Sane?
China Leaps Ahead – EU Loses Ground
Verisign’s latest domain report makes for interesting reading. The Chinese domain registry launched an aggressive price promotion at the beginning of the year and has seen in excess of 6 million names registered so far. Of course this could be similar to the .be promotion and the level of renewals is the thing to watch… Continue reading China Leaps Ahead – EU Loses Ground
Eurid Registrar Possibly Implicated in Squatting
A few short days ago I mentioned that Eurid had taken action against a Chinese individual who had registered over ten thousand domains. While I initially did not expect to hear anything more about this story until the court made a declaration it seems that I was mistaken. According to a story published by French… Continue reading Eurid Registrar Possibly Implicated in Squatting
Eurid Suspends More Domains
Eurid, the entity charged with managing the .eu namespace, is reported to have taken action against an alleged cybersquatter based in China, Zheng Qingying. John over on WhoisIreland picked up the story from DomainsInfo. He’s also provided a list with some of the domains affected. The last suspension “en masse” was directed against Ovidio when… Continue reading Eurid Suspends More Domains