One of the few things that Eurid seem to have done properly is providing a DAS server to supplement whois lookups. While a whois query on a .eu domain will return none too verbose results the das query is simplistic: whois -h das.eu:4343 get 1.0 mneylon % .eu Domain Availability Server 1.0 % % (c) 2005 (http://www.eurid.eu) % %% RC = 0 Domain: mneylon Status: REGISTERED No … [Read more...] about Whois vs DAS
Domains & DNS
Domain Discussion Forum Opened
If you are interested in talking about domain names then maybe the new TalkDomains.eu site may be of interest :) A lot of the existing domain discussion forums have a US focus, while this forum will hopefully cater more to the European market. As always feedback is welcome … [Read more...] about Domain Discussion Forum Opened
ICANN Looking For Bodies
ICANN are looking for people to fill a number of roles: * Three members of the ICANN Board of Directors * One member of the Council of the Generic Names Supporting Organization (GNSO) * One member of the Council of the Country-Code Names Supporting Organization (ccNSO) * Two members of the At Large Advisory Committee (ALAC) Further details on the ICANN site … [Read more...] about ICANN Looking For Bodies
Irish Cybersquatters?
So how many .eu domains are being squatted by Irish cybersquatters? While the nationality of a cybersquatter normally wouldn't be of that much interest, the .eu cybersquatters seem to be following some interesting patterns. The only thing is that many of them do not seem to realise how much trouble they are going to cause themselves. … [Read more...] about Irish Cybersquatters?
Parsons on Eurid – part two
Bob Parsons, CEO of Godaddy, has posted again about the .EU sunrise fiasco with an analysis of the "phantom registrars" It seems that my suspicions about Delaware LLCs were well founded.. So, the question now is will someone do anything about this? Is it acceptable that london.eu and dublin.eu are ceded to opportunistic cybersquatters? Will the EU take action or will our … [Read more...] about Parsons on Eurid – part two