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Domain Name Wire
Armored car company tires reverse domain name hijacking
Attempted domain name hijacking thwarted. How’s this for irony: a company that builds armored vehicles to help people protect themselves from attacks has tried hijacking three domain names. 1141931 Ontario Inc., dba INKAS Group of Companies, fi...
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Armored car company tires reverse domain name hijacking
Attempted domain name hijacking thwarted. How’s this for irony: a company that builds armored vehicles to help people protect themselves from attacks has tried hijacking three domain names. 1141931 Ontario Inc., dba INKAS Group of Companies, fi...
Discussion
September 24, 2024, 11:11 am
Sully's Blog
Discovering Quality Expired Domains for Profitable Investment
There are only so many avenues to find good domains, right? Expired domains present a golden opportunity for domain investors. Every day, thousands of domain names are not renewed, returning to the market where savvy domainers can snatch them up. The...
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Discovering Quality Expired Domains for Profitable Investment
There are only so many avenues to find good domains, right? Expired domains present a golden opportunity for domain investors. Every day, thousands of domain names are not renewed, returning to the market where savvy domainers can snatch them up. The...
Discussion
September 23, 2024, 8:52 pm
Domain Name Wire
ICANN sends breach notice to registrar for shirking DNS abuse requirements
ICANN asks a Tencent domain registrar to clean up its business. ICANN has sent a breach notice (pdf) to domain name name registrar Aceville Pte Ltd. While Aceville might not be a household name, it’s part of the large Chinese conglomerate Tence...
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ICANN sends breach notice to registrar for shirking DNS abuse requirements
ICANN asks a Tencent domain registrar to clean up its business. ICANN has sent a breach notice (pdf) to domain name name registrar Aceville Pte Ltd. While Aceville might not be a household name, it’s part of the large Chinese conglomerate Tence...
Discussion
September 23, 2024, 4:42 pm
Domain Name Wire
Inside the new Epik – DNW Podcast #501
Epik is under new ownership. What will customers think? Epik is under new ownership. Is that enough to make former customers willing to give it another shot? On today’s show, Chris Ambler, director of domains for the registrar, provides an upda...
Discussion
Inside the new Epik – DNW Podcast #501
Epik is under new ownership. What will customers think? Epik is under new ownership. Is that enough to make former customers willing to give it another shot? On today’s show, Chris Ambler, director of domains for the registrar, provides an upda...
Discussion
September 23, 2024, 3:30 pm
The Domains
Google calls for halting use of WHOIS for TLS domain verifications
ArsTechnica.com reported that Google wants to stop using of WHOIS for TLS domain verifications. From the article: Certificate authorities and browser makers are planning to end the use of WHOIS data verifying domain ownership following a report that ...
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Google calls for halting use of WHOIS for TLS domain verifications
ArsTechnica.com reported that Google wants to stop using of WHOIS for TLS domain verifications. From the article: Certificate authorities and browser makers are planning to end the use of WHOIS data verifying domain ownership following a report that ...
Discussion
September 20, 2024, 11:36 pm
Domain Name Wire
Seattle childcare company tries to hijack a domain name
Company filed a cybersquatting complaint against a childcare company in New York. A World Intellectual Property Organization panelist has found (pdf) that Seed of Life Center for Early Learning and Preschool, Inc. tried to reverse hijack the domain n...
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Seattle childcare company tries to hijack a domain name
Company filed a cybersquatting complaint against a childcare company in New York. A World Intellectual Property Organization panelist has found (pdf) that Seed of Life Center for Early Learning and Preschool, Inc. tried to reverse hijack the domain n...
Discussion
September 20, 2024, 3:49 pm
DomainSherpa
DomainSherpa Review – September 19, 2024 – Nothing But Net
What do successful domain name investors think when they value domain names?In this show:• The Sherpas focus a bit on .net domain names and discuss their value, recent sales, and what it means for the domain space.• They play The Domain Gam...
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DomainSherpa Review – September 19, 2024 – Nothing But Net
What do successful domain name investors think when they value domain names?In this show:• The Sherpas focus a bit on .net domain names and discuss their value, recent sales, and what it means for the domain space.• They play The Domain Gam...
Discussion
September 19, 2024, 11:09 pm
Domain Name Wire
ICANN hires new ombuds
Elizabeth Field has experience at Amnesty International and WIPO. ICANN announced yesterday that it has selected Elizabeth Field as its next ombuds. Field served in a similar capacity at Amnesty International for more than a decade. She recently func...
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ICANN hires new ombuds
Elizabeth Field has experience at Amnesty International and WIPO. ICANN announced yesterday that it has selected Elizabeth Field as its next ombuds. Field served in a similar capacity at Amnesty International for more than a decade. She recently func...
Discussion
September 19, 2024, 3:53 pm
Domain Name Wire
Bruce Tonkin promoted to CEO of Australia’s .au namespace
auDA promotes from within to replace outgoing CEO. auDA, the organization responsible for Australia’s .au country code top level domain, has named Bruce Tonkin its next CEO. Tonkin will take over the role in January. He has been with auDA since...
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Bruce Tonkin promoted to CEO of Australia’s .au namespace
auDA promotes from within to replace outgoing CEO. auDA, the organization responsible for Australia’s .au country code top level domain, has named Bruce Tonkin its next CEO. Tonkin will take over the role in January. He has been with auDA since...
Discussion
September 18, 2024, 8:23 pm
Domain Name Wire
Dan.com account migration is now available
Users have four weeks to decide what to do with their Dan.com account. Dan.com users can now migrate their accounts to Afternic as part of Dan’s sunsetting. After logging in, users will see “Migration Center” on the left panel in th...
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Dan.com account migration is now available
Users have four weeks to decide what to do with their Dan.com account. Dan.com users can now migrate their accounts to Afternic as part of Dan’s sunsetting. After logging in, users will see “Migration Center” on the left panel in th...
Discussion
September 18, 2024, 5:21 pm
