The IEDR websites are currently unavailable. However this time there is a holding page which carries a simple explanatory message: IEDR systems are currently unavailable. We apologise for the inconvenience to our customers. As you may be aware, there was a security incident on Tuesday 9th October, involving two high profile .ie domains. There was… Continue reading IEDR Take Website Offline Following High Profile Domain Hijacks
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IEDR Lose Google.ie?
This could prove to be quite embarrassing. It looks like IEDR have allowed the nameservers for the domain google.ie to be updated to point to a 3rd party and away from Google. Effectively this means that google.ie and any services that rely on it are currently not working. Here’s the current whois record for Google.ie.… Continue reading IEDR Lose Google.ie?
IEDR Data Dump
As regular readers probably know, I run Blacknight. Blacknight is Ireland’s largest hosting provider and domain name registrar. We’re also the only Irish company to ever have been accredited with ICANN. And we’re the single largest registrar of .ie domain names on the planet. If you peruse the archives here and on my personal blog… Continue reading IEDR Data Dump
IEDR Suffers Major Outage
IEDR is currently suffering a major outage. Since this afternoon none of the IEDR websites have been online, whois for the .ie cctld has been offline and all other services including registrations and updates have been unavailable. Existing .ie domain names continue to resolve. It’s unclear what the cause of the outage is or when… Continue reading IEDR Suffers Major Outage
Irish Country Code High Risk For Business
If you’re going to choose a country code for your business you might want to think long and hard about choosing the .ie ccTLD. Why? Because if you reorganise your business you might end up losing your domain. In several recent cases the IEDR have flatly refused to update the registrant details on domain names… Continue reading Irish Country Code High Risk For Business
IEDR To Change WHOIS Service
The IEDR will be changing how their whois server “rate limits” queries starting June 20th. From June 20th onwards they will be using an approach similar to that adopted by Nominet. The number of queries per IP will remain unchanged at 100 per day for the public.
IE Domain Registry DNSSEC Task Force
Over the last couple of years DNSSEC has become one of “the” topics for registry operators and DNS people. The registry operator for .ie, the IEDR, has been working on their DNSSEC deployment plans for well over a year and earlier this morning opened up their “task force” to accredited registrars. They would also appear… Continue reading IE Domain Registry DNSSEC Task Force
IE Domain Registry Suffers WHOIS and website outage
The IEDR, which is the registry operator for the Irish ccTLD, has been having issues all morning today with its website, whois and backend.
IEDR Launch Why.ie and Celebrate 150k Names Registered
Last Thursday evening the IEDR officially launched why.ie which has been setup as a neutral resource for potential registrants of .ie domain names. The event also saw the announcement of the 150 thousandth .ie domain name, which was localcomputerrepair.ie. Speaking at the event David Curtin, IEDR CEO, stated: “We’re delighted to have passed the 150,000th… Continue reading IEDR Launch Why.ie and Celebrate 150k Names Registered
IEDR Release Annual Report
The IEDR, the operator of the .ie ccTLD registry, have released their annual report for 2009. The document, which obviously cost quite a bit to design, covers various aspects of the organisation’s activities and is not limited to the domain registrations. In common with quite a few ccTLD operators IEDR is also involved in ENUM,… Continue reading IEDR Release Annual Report