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4090d402Frank Schilling’s Uniregistry gets accredited as a...
Portfolio new gTLD applicant Uniregistry has taken the first step towards bringing its proposed new gTLDs to market by getting accredited as a registrar by ICANN. Uniregistrar Corp shares its Cayman Islands address with...
4091d449My portable data center
Since late last year, when I was pointed to Proxmox-VE , I've been very happy running it on a couple of machines back at the ranch, but that wasn't enough: I'm on the road frequently, and need lots of "machines" to play...
4091d375Log management made easy
I've talked about Logstash before , and I wish I'd had James' book when I started. If you want to deploy Logstash, get the new Logstash book ; it's worth it; trust me. :)
4091d384Verisign raises .name prices
Verisign plans to add 10% to the price of a .name domain name, judging by published correspondence. In a price list sent to ICANN last week, the maximum registry fee for a one-year registration at the second level in...
4091d367Go Daddy claims half-boobed Super Bowl ads success
Go Daddy reckons its two commercials broadcast in the US during the Super Bowl last night were the most successful in the company s history, according to two key metrics. The company said in a press release: Last night s...
4092d302NSD 3.2.15 released
RRL, ILNP RR types, improved TSIG initialization, bugfixes.
4094d365I love it when people say "Thank you"
Chris comments on my Logstash and Graylog2 notes : I'm glad I saved you some research. :-)
4094d524An exciting new feature in NSD4
NSD (version 3) is a blindingly fast authoritative DNS server created by NLnetLabs , the fine people who also created the Unbound recursive server. Quoting myself : NSD uses master zone files (the same files as those...
4094d413Jiwani quits as president of RegistryPro
Karim Jiwani, president of Afilias unit RegistryPro, has quit to explore new opportunities in the domain name business. Jiwani, whom we profiled in depth recently, joined Afilias when it acquired RegistryPro, the .pro...
4094d396IFFOR targets new gTLDs with policy service
The International Foundation For Online Responsibility, which sets policy for .xxx, wants to broaden its scope and is to launch a Policy Engine service for new gTLD registries. Kieren McCarthy, who has been working for...
4095d382Sorry, Unicodians, It’s All ASCII
4095d573Controlling back-end data for PowerDNS
Contrary to most DNS servers (such as BIND and NSD ) which "compile" (i.e. check) the data they will be serving before successfully loading a zone, PowerDNS has to make do with what it finds in one of its sundry back-end...
4096d26Tweets of January 31 2013
#zsh #shell #roulette SOURCE ~/.zsh_history Thu Jan 31 08:34:28 +0000 2013 I m using Source Code pro v 1.013, but 1.017 is out... So right now I m upgrading Thu Jan 31 08:37:26 +0000 2013 http://livestream.nucleus.be/...
4096d283Make me a sandwich, MAKE me a sandwich
We all know this comic: And now in zsh ! With the following snippet all commands that are started with an uppercase word will be prefixed with sudo and then executed. So MAKE me a sandwich , becomes sudo make me...
4096d289Make me a sandwich, MAKE me a sandwich
We all know this comic: And now in zsh ! With the following snippet all commands that are started with an uppercase word will be prefixed with sudo and then executed. So MAKE me a sandwich , becomes sudo make me...
4096d223Make me a sandwich, MAKE me a sandwich
We all know this comic: And now in zsh ! With the following snippet all commands that are started with an uppercase word will be prefixed with sudo and then executed. So MAKE me a sandwich , becomes sudo make me...
4096d213Make me a sandwich, MAKE me a sandwich
We all know this comic: And now in zsh! With the following snippet all commands that are started with an uppercase word will be prefixed with sudo and then executed. So MAKE me a sandwich, becomes sudo make me a...
4096d325Make me a sandwich, MAKE me a sandwich
We all know this comic: And now in zsh ! With the following snippet all commands that are started with an uppercase word will be prefixed with sudo and the executed. So MAKE me a sandwich , becomes sudo make me a...
4096d386ICANN has found a sub-$500 URS provider
ICANN has picked a provider for its Uniform Rapid Suspension anti-cybersquatting service, one that s willing to manage cases at under $500 per filing. The news came from new gTLD program manager Christine Willett during...
4096d881BlackBerry maker kisses goodbye to rim.jobs with corporate..
Research in Motion is to change its corporate name to BlackBerry, after the popular mobile devices it makes. The company reportedly announced the news at the launch of the Blackberry 10 in London today, Why mention this...
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