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2743d283.food goes live, and it’s a closed generic
The new gTLD .food went live in the DNS on Friday, but nobody except the registry will be able to register domains there. In what I would argue is one of the new gTLD program s biggest failures, .food will be a...
2743d295Afilias retains .org back-end deal
Public Interest Registry is sticking with Afilias to run the .org registry back-end. The announcement came yesterday after a open procurement process that lasted for most of 2016. Over 20 back-end providers from 15...
2743d306Nominet suspends over 8,000 “criminal” domains as IP...
Police claims of intellectual property infringement led to the number of .uk domains suspended doubling in 2016, according to Nominet. Statistics released today show that the .uk registry suspended 8,049 domains in the...
2744d284SoftHSM 1.3.8
Version 1.3.8 of SoftHSM has been released. Bugfixes: SOFTHSM-101: softhsm-keyconv creates files with sensitive material in insecure way. Also applies to softhsm-util when using export or optimize. SOFTHSM-104:...
2744d213How can I add a DNS server in the OpenVPN app for iOS?
I'm using the OpenVPN application for my VPN in iOS and I'm not trying to use Googles DNS as a fallback. Does anyone know if its possible to set another DNS server as a fallback? submitted by /u/hivecircuit [link]...
2744d222Deploy360@IETF97, Day 2: DNS, TLS & More IPv6
Tuesday at IETF 97 in Seoul represents something of a mixed bag, with sessions on IPv6 DNS and TLS. Each day we re bringing you blog posts pointing out what Deploy360 will be focusing on. First up is 6MAN on Tuesday...
2744d272GMO offers free SSL with .shop domains
GMO Registry is to offer .shop domain registrants a free one-year SSL certificate with every purchase. The company said yesterday that the deal, made via sister certificate company GMO GlobalSign, should be in place by...
2744d291Domaining Europe heading to Berlin next year
Next year s Domaining Europe conference will be held in Berlin, organizers announced today. The three-day event is slated to start May 14, 2016, at the Steigenberger Hotel, covering the usual mix of sales, development...
2745d211Need help
Trying to watch hobbit unexpected journey with my husband. It's only available in certain countries, I have tried endlessly for a DNS to English speaking countries that have the film in English but no DNS is working....
2745d215Configure bind not to make AAAA queries?
I have a bind 9.11 server running on Windows, on a network with no outbound IPv6 connectivity. Clients inside the network (a mix of Windows, Mac, Linux, and Android) do have both IPv4 and IPv6 stacks, but have no way of...
2747d337Verisign and Afilias in open war over $135m .web
Two of the industry s oldest and biggest gTLD registries escalated their fight over the .web gTLD auction this week, trading blows in print and in public. Verisign, accused by Afilias of breaking the rules when it...
2747d284Our Hot Topics @ IETF 97
Next week is IETF 97 in Seoul which is the second time the IETF has been held there. The Deploy360 team will be represented by Megan Kruse this time, along with ISOC s Chief Internet Technology Officer Olaf Kolkman. As...
2747d220451 4.4.0 dns query failed on exchange 2010 For all...
HELP PLEASE. im getting the 451 4.4.0 dns query failed for every domain. We can not send any outbound emails out. they are all sitting in the queue. The company got a ransom ware virus, and in the process of correcting...
2748d234How come ICANN doesn’t have control over country-code...
Why doesn't ICANN have control over country-code top-level domain name (ccTLD)? Who controls it, is it some organization in that particular country? Doesn’t this create a sort of confusion and disorder? submitted by...
2749d301New policy would ban President Trump from ICANN meetings...
Those who sexually harass fellow community members could be banned from ICANN meetings under a policy proposed this week. The proposal greatly expands upon an earlier version, published for comment in May, which would...
2749d206gTLD Recommendations & Theory
Because of recent flakiness in certain ccTLD authoritative nameservers, I need to create a reference document recommending that gTLDs such as com, net, org, and info be preferred to those with potentially flaky...
2749d200Amen DNS provider down ?
Hey there, Is anyone using the amen DNS registrar ? None of our domains hosted on Amen right now are answering. We cannot resolve any dns query on any hosted domains and the website seems down with a server not found...
2749d299Get ready for thousands of new two-letter domains
New gTLD registry operators have been given the right to start selling two-letter domains that match country codes. Potentially thousands of names could start being released next year, resulting in a windfall for...
2749d361RFC 8020: NXDOMAIN: There Really Is Nothing Underneath
Tout le monde apprend à l'école que les noms de domaine sont organisés en un arbre. (Et j'invite tout le monde à lire la section 3.1 du RFC 1034, pour dire moins de bêtises (parties-nom-domaine.html) sur les noms de...
2749d211Just discovered Now-DNS which is a free Dynamic DNS...
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