Comreg, the Irish communications regulator, is starting a consultation process on the IE namespace. The consultation paper is ComReg 08/48. Unfortunately any links on the ComReg site to the aforementioned document are returning a 404 (not found) error at present, so it will probably be Monday before we will be able to see the document’s… Continue reading Consultation Period On IE Namespace Opening
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One and Two Character Domains? Dotmobi and dotcoop
Short domains are more memorable. You can’t really argue with that. However a lot of registries don’t allow them for a variety of reasons. The Isle of Man is one of the few exceptions that springs to mind, as they allow pretty much any length, but charge more for the shorter ones. The Irish domain… Continue reading One and Two Character Domains? Dotmobi and dotcoop
McAfee Report Not Good For IE ccTLD
Anti-virus vendor McAfee have released their second report on Malware (pdf) which tracks incidences of malware on a TLD basis. The previous report, which received a lot of press coverage, was very favourable for several ccTLDs, including .ie (Ireland). This time round the Irish ccTLD may not be listed in the “dangerous” list, but the… Continue reading McAfee Report Not Good For IE ccTLD
IE ccTLD Zone Reloads More Frequent
The IE Domain Registry has announced in the last few days that they are now doing rebuilds and reloads 7 days a week and that the frequency has been increased from twice a day to four times a day
Fun and Games In the ccTLD World
There must be something in the air. I’m not sure exactly what it is, but there are a lot of things going on in the ccTLD world at the moment. In the UK Nominet’s AGM is being held this week. This would normally provoke a yawn from most people – it’s an AGM – how… Continue reading Fun and Games In the ccTLD World
Should Registries Contact Registrants About Renewals?
I’ve always had mixed feelings about registries contacting registrants directly. On one level it doesn’t bother me in the least, but on another I can see how it causes confusion Over the past couple of years we’ve been dealing with an ever-growing number of registries and seen a wide variety of policies and implementations, but… Continue reading Should Registries Contact Registrants About Renewals?
Champagne.ie UDRP Decision
The former registrant of the domain champagne.ie probably doesn’t feel like celebrating, as he lost the UDRP against him. You can read the entire decision here on the WIPO site. “Champagne” and related terms have been the subject of domain disputes in several constituencies over the last few years, with the champagne.co.uk decision still being… Continue reading Champagne.ie UDRP Decision
IEDR Engages With Reseller / Registrar Community
While a lot of registries have been engaging actively in dialogue with registrars and resellers the IE Domain Registry has been avoiding it for the last few years. This finally changed with the launch of a private discussion forum for accredited IEDR resellers in the last few days. To date the activity on the forum… Continue reading IEDR Engages With Reseller / Registrar Community
Cybersquatters Hand Over Bebo.ie
I’ve spoken about cybersquatting in the IE namespace in the past. One of the domains that had been nabbed by EUBrowser was bebo.ie. While it’s still pointing to their feeble attempt at explaining their connection to the name the whois has been updated: whois bebo.ie % Rights restricted by copyright; http://www.domainregistry.ie/copyright.html% Do not remove this… Continue reading Cybersquatters Hand Over Bebo.ie
IEDR Adds More Information to Whois
The IE Domain Registry made some changes to their whois output before Christmas, though I didn’t get a chance to mention it until now. As some of you may know the IE registration system involves manual validation of each and every application request. Each application is valid for 30 days, however previously it was impossible… Continue reading IEDR Adds More Information to Whois