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IEDR Take Website Offline Following High Profile Domain Hijacks

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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 an unauthorised … [Read more...] about IEDR Take Website Offline Following High Profile Domain Hijacks

.pw ccTLD Being Relaunched by Directi

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Directi have announced their plans to relaunch the .pw ccTLD officially next week at the ICANN meeting in Toronto. The country code .pw was originally assigned to Palau, which is a small island in the Pacific (I had to look it up!) Under DirectI's plans the .pw will be re-purposed as "professional web", though how it's meant to differentiate itself from the existing .pro … [Read more...] about .pw ccTLD Being Relaunched by Directi

IEDR Data Dump

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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 you'll see quite a few articles which are … [Read more...] about IEDR Data Dump

Chilean Registry Drops Registrant Update Fee

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NIC Chile has updated their domain  transfer policies. Changing the  registrant / holder of a .cl domain name is no longer a billable action effective October 1 2012. Previously the change of registrant / holder, sometimes referred to as a "trade", also prolonged the registration period by 2 years. This is no longer the case and the domain expiry will no longer … [Read more...] about Chilean Registry Drops Registrant Update Fee

Nominet Sucking Up To Law Enforcement With New Proposals?

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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?

IEDR To Offer More Frequent Zone Reloads

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IEDR have announced that from Monday September 24th at 1am the .ie zone will be reloaded once every two hours. In other words, name server changes, modifications, registrations and other activity will be faster and move much closer to the model employed by gTLDs, such as .com and most ccTLDs such as .me, .co, .co.uk and many many more.   Related articles IEDR … [Read more...] about IEDR To Offer More Frequent Zone Reloads

EU Registry Reports Strong Growth And High Renewal Rates

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Eurid, the registry for the .eu domain name, has released their quarterly results today. The registry's performance over the last quarter has been strong with registration rates up 7.6% compared to the same period last year. Renewal rates are also doing very well, with a rate of 85% being reported. As in previous reports, the growth in .eu domain registration is … [Read more...] about EU Registry Reports Strong Growth And High Renewal Rates

IEDR To Go Offline Again This Evening

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IEDR have informed registrars that they will be taking all registration services offline this evening from around 7pm until midnight. As with their unplanned outages in the last few days the .ie zone will continue to resolve as normal, but new registrations, modifications and whois lookups will be unavailable This will be the 3rd outage for .ie registry services in less … [Read more...] about IEDR To Go Offline Again This Evening

Cctld Conference In Budva

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The 5th International Conference for ccTLD registries and registrars of CIS, Central and Eastern Europe is being held in Budva, Montenegro this week. The event runs over two days and will feature speakers from several cctlds, ICANN and other experts in the area of domains. The full agenda is here. Related articles Yet Another Trip To Montenegro (michele.me) Press … [Read more...] about Cctld Conference In Budva