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EURid Signs New Contract for EU

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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

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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

Channels Islands ccTLD Head Honcho to get Honorary Doctorate

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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

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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

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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

Nordic Domain Days Announces Schedule

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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