As I mentioned previously, talk about domain names of any kind in the Irish national parliament (Dáil) is not common. But it's happened again. Last time round was back in May of last year but an almost identical question was raised in the chamber by Fine Gael's Neale Richmond recently. The question he asked: Deputy Neale Richmond asked the Tánaiste and Minister for … [Read more...] about IE Domains Subject of Another Dáil Question
EURid Signs New Contract for EU
EURid operates the .eu registry under contract to the European Commission. It's a contract that they need to tender for every few years. Back in October of last year the EC awarded the contract to EURid again and they recently signed it. Under the terms of the new contract they'll be running .eu for 5 years and there is a possibility of the contract being extended by a further … [Read more...] about EURid Signs New Contract for EU
New DNS Abuse Tool Launched
PIR's DNS Abuse Institute has launched "NetBeacon" their new DNS abuse tool. The tool is aimed at both reporters of DNS abuse as well as registrars and registries. I signed up for an account yesterday and was walked through the onboarding process as a registrar. Registrars can have multiple users on the system and can tweak settings so that multiple email addresses get … [Read more...] about New DNS Abuse Tool Launched
OARC 38 Call for Contributions Open
OARC 38 will be held on July 30th and 31st as a "hybrid" event. It's being held alongside the IETF meeting in Philadelphia. They've opened a call for contributions, so if you're a hardcore DNS geek then maybe you should consider it? Topics they're interested in include: All DNS-related subjects and suggestions for discussion topics are welcome. For inspiration, we … [Read more...] about OARC 38 Call for Contributions Open
Channels Islands ccTLD Head Honcho to get Honorary Doctorate
The head honcho of Island Networks, the company which runs the country code domain names for The Channels Islands which includes both Jersey (.je) and Guernsey (.gg) is to be awarded an honorary doctorate from the University of Essex. Nigel Roberts, who has been an active participant in the ccTLD world for many years, is being awarded the doctorate in the summer graduation … [Read more...] about Channels Islands ccTLD Head Honcho to get Honorary Doctorate
Nominet NED Nominations Open
Nominations for this year's Nominet non-executive director (NED) elections have opened. This year there is one position to be filled. As usual the nomination and voting is only open to Nominet members, however non-members can be nominated and elected. Over the past year or so there's been quite a few changes at Nominet including the creation of several new ways that … [Read more...] about Nominet NED Nominations Open
Registering Domains in South Africa Could Become a Headache
The *.za namespace is going to be impacted by upcoming changes to policies and regulations. The .za ccTLD is run by ZADNA who in turn outsource the day to day operations to a registry operator, who is currently ZACR. However a few months ago the contract for running the registry was put out to tender. For now ZACR is still performing the functions, but it's not 100% clear … [Read more...] about Registering Domains in South Africa Could Become a Headache
IGF 2022 to be Held in Addis Ababa
The IGF for 2022 is to be held in Addis Ababa, Ethopia this year. The event is scheduled to take place at the end of November from 28th November until December 2nd 2022. The event organiser plan to run it as a hybrid event, with a mix of both "on site" and "online" attendees and participants. Further details will be announced on the official IGF website. The call … [Read more...] about IGF 2022 to be Held in Addis Ababa
DNS Abuse Trending Down Says ICANN
According to an ICANN press release DNS Abuse is trending downwards. The assertion is based on data from a recently published report (pdf) from ICANN's CTO office. Here's the full release: In a recently published report, the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) indicated that the global sum of DNS abuse dropped in "absolute terms and normalized … [Read more...] about DNS Abuse Trending Down Says ICANN
Nordic Domain Days Announces Schedule
Nordic Domain Days is being held in Stockholm next month on May 9th and 10th, with a kick off social event on the evening of May 8th. The event organisers have published the schedule for the two day event. The conference's first day is centred around the theme of "business", while day two has two tracks, one is an anti-abuse workshop, while the other is on the technical … [Read more...] about Nordic Domain Days Announces Schedule