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Comments On CoCCA’s Proposals

September 10, 2011 by Michele Neylon

CoCCA have published a set of proposals under the title of "Best Practice Recommendations for Minimising Harm ( and increasing trust ) in small ccTLDs". While the spirit of the proposals is admirable I find the proposals themselves to be more than a little disturbing from both a registrant and registrar viewpoint. Since I'm not sure if the comments on the proposal will be … [Read more...] about Comments On CoCCA’s Proposals

French Registry Celebrates 25 Years With Full Rebranding

September 5, 2011 by Michele Neylon

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AFNIC, the French registry which runs .fr, is celebrating their 25th anniversary in style - literally. The registry has unveiled a new web identity including a new logo as well as launching a series of events to celebrate their quarter century of existence. Here's the new logo: And for .fr there's this new look as well: The new site is a significant upgrade … [Read more...] about French Registry Celebrates 25 Years With Full Rebranding

Canadian Domain Registry Embraces Video

August 25, 2011 by Michele Neylon

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ccTLD registry managers have been "upping their game" quite a bit over the last couple of years. Whether this was inevitable or is due to the oncoming "threat" of new TLDs isn't clear. In any case it's a positive move. Some of the registries have embraced social media, unveiled slick websites and done some interesting stuff with multimedia. The .ca registry operator (CIRA) … [Read more...] about Canadian Domain Registry Embraces Video

.ly Registry Defaced

August 22, 2011 by Michele Neylon

Kevin posted about this, but it's worth reposting .. The .ly registry has been defaced. Whether they've got any deeper than the frontpage isn't clear, but it just goes to show that any service hanging off the .ly cctld should be wary .. … [Read more...] about .ly Registry Defaced

Minds and Machines vs COCCA – Registry Software Still Open Source

July 22, 2011 by Michele Neylon

COCCA, which runs the backend for over 30 ccTLDs, issued a clarification last week about its registry software. You can read it below, but the key takeaway is that: COCCA is 100% open source Minds and Machines has no control over COCCA Any developments made to COCCA were done without Minds and Machines Here's the statement: Public Notice, Clarification: … [Read more...] about Minds and Machines vs COCCA – Registry Software Still Open Source

.Kz Registry Clarifies Position On Nameservers

July 5, 2011 by Michele Neylon

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The .kz registry (Kazakhstan) recently contacted domain registrants informing them that they needed to host their domains "in country". They have since clarified that the rules will only apply to new registrations and not to existing domains. (via MailClub) Seemingly this is their idea of how to develop their country's internet industry and infrastructure! Here's their … [Read more...] about .Kz Registry Clarifies Position On Nameservers

Neustar To Apply For .Neustar

June 21, 2011 by Michele Neylon

Neustar have announced that they intend to apply for their own .brand TLD ie. .neustar   … [Read more...] about Neustar To Apply For .Neustar

Some Considerations For New TLD Operators From A Registrar Perspective

June 12, 2011 by Michele Neylon

The "hot topic" at the upcoming ICANN meeting in Singapore will, of course, be whether or not the new TLDs will actually launch or not. Sure, they'll launch at some point, but ICANN has been pushing to make the big announcement at Singapore. There has been a lot written over the last couple of years about new TLDs over the last couple of years. We are now coming into what … [Read more...] about Some Considerations For New TLD Operators From A Registrar Perspective

Org Registry (PIR) CEO Resigns

August 26, 2010 by Michele Neylon

Alexa Raad has announced that she will be leaving PIR at the end of next month to "seek new challenges". In a press release issued yesterday the registry operator highlighted some of the achievements under Ms Raad's leadership, such as the growth of the registration base and the deployment of DNSSEC. Maarten Botterman will be interim CEO while the registry seeks a replacement … [Read more...] about Org Registry (PIR) CEO Resigns

.jobs Comment Period Attracts Negative Attention

July 16, 2010 by Michele Neylon

Over the last couple of years several of the gTLD registry operators have requested contractual changes with ICANN. In many cases the change was small enough that it fit into what is called the Registry Services Evaluation Process (RSEP), which is the case of "new services" such as Verisign's Registry Lock. In other cases, however, the requested change is much bigger and … [Read more...] about .jobs Comment Period Attracts Negative Attention

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