Nominet has just launched an online portal for registrars (tag holders) and other clients. It's quite similar to the IEDR reseller console in some respects, though it allows you to edit a wide variety of details associated with your account. For example, you can now easily edit where the various notification emails are sent to without having to ring them. This is handy, though … [Read more...] about Nominet Launchs New Online Services
Domains & DNS
Blacknight Blog
Following on from comments and conversations with bloggers, customers and other people we've decided to put an official Blacknight blog online. I would have announced it sooner, but I was in the Hilton :) So the Blacknight blog is here, while my blog will obviously not be going anywhere What will this mean? Basically I will keep blogging about the things that I'm interested in … [Read more...] about Blacknight Blog
Verisign Deal – Who Voted?
If you are wondering who voted in favour of the Verisign deal then pop over to Bret Fausett's blog Interesting to see that Vint Cerf voted in favour of it..... … [Read more...] about Verisign Deal – Who Voted?
Should there be a Blacknight Blog?
Anyone who visits this blog more than once is probably aware of who I am and some people would consider this blog to be the "official" Blacknight blog. I've always disagreed with that, though I fully understand why people get that feeling. While speaking to a client, and fellow blogger, the other week it was brought home to me that while this blog maybe visible to those "in the … [Read more...] about Should there be a Blacknight Blog?
DNS Rant
Why oh why oh why do people get DNS so wrong? I'm really tired of other providers' incompetence when it comes to setting up DNS entries for clients. There are two basic things you need to setup reverse DNS. Without them it simply will not work: A dns server Delegation There's no point making entries unless you have delegation. This article explains it in quite simple and … [Read more...] about DNS Rant