Nominet, the registry for *.uk, has opened a public consultation on the re-introduction of .uk domain names ie. domains directly under .uk such as businessname.uk The proposals from the registry, however, sound like they're heavily influenced by the law enforcement "asks" during the current RAA negotiations. They also ignore the recent Article 29 Working Party letter … [Read more...] about Nominet Sucking Up To Law Enforcement With New Proposals?
nominet
Nominet Doing Market Research On .Wales and .Cymru
Nominet, which won the contract for .wales and .cymru, is currently conducting market research on the two strings. Nominet have contracted Beaufort Research to help them garner feedback from their stakeholders on how they'd like to see the two Welsh extensions developed. The questionnaire covers a range of topics including policy, pricing and perceived demand. Oddly … [Read more...] about Nominet Doing Market Research On .Wales and .Cymru
UK Registry Launch Prize Draw To Celebrate 10 Million Registrations
The UK registry, Nominet, recently hit the 10 million domain mark and to mark the event they're running a prize draw. If you're a UK resident and you register OR renew a UK domain between now and April 26th you'll be entered into the daily draw for an iPad. Full details and terms and conditions are on the official site for the draw. (And as I'm obviously biased I'd … [Read more...] about UK Registry Launch Prize Draw To Celebrate 10 Million Registrations
Nominet Non-Executive Board Election 2012
Nominet's board elections for 2012 are kicking off today. Up for grabs are two non-executive board posts, though both of the current board members whose seats are being vacated are also standing for re-election. The timeline is pretty simple: Nominations open - 5 March Closing date for nominations - 19 March, 12.00 noon Voting commences - 16 April Voting closes … [Read more...] about Nominet Non-Executive Board Election 2012
Nominet To Apply For .Wales and .Cymru
In the run up to the launch of new TLDs there were a lot of rumours about which organisations would apply for which strings. Detractors might pick holes in the entire project, but it's very hard to argue against the merits of new TLDs specifically in the context of cultural linguistic communities that fall outside the realm of ccTLDs (country code top level domains). The … [Read more...] about Nominet To Apply For .Wales and .Cymru
Nominet Publish Draft Member Code
Nominet, the domain registry for the .uk ccTLD, has published a draft "member code". Nominet's structure means that its registrars are also "members" of the organisation, so this move is quite an interesting one. You can read the draft text on the Nominet site here. From an initial reading the "code" appears to be quite "light" and doesn't impose any onerous obligations … [Read more...] about Nominet Publish Draft Member Code
Nominet Now Offers Registry Services
Well I guess it wasn't really a secret that Nominet was going to be offering gTLD registry services.. However the new registry services site makes it very clear that they are "open for business" So far there have been rumours about Nominet's involvement in a number of UK based applications including .london and a .wales, though apart from .wales nothing has been … [Read more...] about Nominet Now Offers Registry Services
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
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
Nominet Pushing Forward With DNSSEC
Nominet, the registry operator for co.uk, is pushing forward with the deployment of DNSSEC. They plan to "go live" with DNSSEC in March 2011 with the signing of co.uk. The more "public' aspect of it will be available from April 2011. More information in their monthly tech update … [Read more...] about Nominet Pushing Forward With DNSSEC