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Zone File Access is Crap, Security Panel Confirms
June 20, 2017 @ 3:11 AMICANN’s Centralized Zone Data Service has some serious shortcomings and needs an overhaul, according to the Security and Stability Advisory Committee. The panel of DNS security experts has confirmed what CZDS subscribers, including your humble correspondent, have known since 2014 — the system had a major design flaw baked in from day one for no…
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Oil Company Tupras is a Reverse Domain Name Hijacker
June 19, 2017 @ 5:15 AMCompany went after domain name Hexmon.com, which is owned by a fan of hex-based wargames. Do you watch TV or listen to the radio? If so, have you heard commercials for Tupras or Hexmon? My guess is you haven’t, especially if you live outside of Turkey. But Tupras Turkiye Petrol Rafinerileri A.S. made the claim…
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Jdm.com Subject of UDRP
June 16, 2017 @ 10:32 AMA UDRP has been filed against the JDM.com domain name at the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO). The UDRP filing is case #D2017-1182. JDM.com has a creation date of April 1995, making this domain name 22 years old. The domain name is earning advertising revenue via its Uniregistry parked page. As far as I am concerned (and as many UDRP panels have ruled), this is a legitimate business practice. Based on a DomainTools Whois History search (and article written by Jamie Zoch), it looks like the domain name may have recently changed registrants…
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Ombudsman Steps in After Harassment Claims in WHOIS Group
June 16, 2017 @ 3:32 AMICANN Ombudsman Herb Waye has started monitoring an ICANN mailing list after multiple complaints of disrespectful behavior. Waye this week told participants in the Registration Data Services working group that he is to trawl through their list archives and proactively monitor the group following “multiple complaints regarding behavior that contravenes the ICANN Expected Standards of…
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Ombudsman Steps in After Harassment Claims in WHOIS Group
June 16, 2017 @ 3:32 AMICANN Ombudsman Herb Waye has started monitoring an ICANN mailing list after multiple complaints of disrespectful behavior. Waye this week told participants in the Registration Data Services working group that he is to trawl through their list archives and proactively monitor the group following “multiple complaints regarding behavior that contravenes the ICANN Expected Standards of…
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US "Threatens" Costa Rica Over Pirate Bay Domains
June 16, 2017 @ 2:50 AMThe US government has been threatening to “close down” Costa Rica’s .cr registry over its refusal to take down a Pirate Bay domain name, according to the registry. Representatives of the US embassy in Costa Rica have been badgering NIC.cr to take down thepiratebay.cr since 2015, according to a letter from Pedro León Azofeifa, president…
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GoDaddy Launches Domain Investing Section On Website
June 15, 2017 @ 10:00 AMGoDaddy has launched a new domain investing section on its website. If you click on the “Domains” drop down menu on GoDaddy’s website, you can see the “Domain Investing” category on the bottom right section (with the word “New” next to it). Clicking on this link takes you to a section of the website that will provide educational materials about domain name investing….
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Verisign Files Name Spinning Patent Application
June 15, 2017 @ 9:10 AMApplication for name spinning patent published today. .Com domain name registry Verisign has filed a patent application (pdf) with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office that covers various aspects of generating domain name alternatives, aka name spinning. The application was filed in December 2015 and just published today. Abstract: Provided are methods, devices, and computer-readable…
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Snapchat Loses Dispute Over "geofilters" Term
June 15, 2017 @ 8:10 AMCompany claimed registrant of GeoFilters.com domain name was cybersquatting. Snap, Inc., maker of the SnapChat app, has failed to convince a World Intellectual Property Organization panel that the registrant of the GeoFilters.com domain is cybersquatting. Back in 2014, Snap introduced Geofilters that overlay time and location data on pictures. The current registrant, Primary Knowledge, Inc,…
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.club Hits 1 Million Registrations
June 15, 2017 @ 5:27 AMThe .Club registry has hit a milestone – 1 million .Club domain name registrations. According to .Club registry CEO Colin Campbell, the milestone was reached at 3:15 this morning: At 3:15 am last night .CLUB joined the million domain club. Congrats to the team and thanks to all the supporters. pic.twitter.com/OQ9TNUD8Bc — Colin.club (@ColinDotClub) June 15, 2017 According to nTLDStats.com, there are just 5 new gTLD extensions that have one million or more registered domain names: .XYZ, .Top, .Loan, .Win and now .Club….
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