The Association Française pour le Nommage Internet en Coopération (AFNIC) is well known to registrars as the registry that manages, among other things, the .fr… Read More »Identity Theft: AFNIC Wins UDRP Case on afnic.report
Beneath the shine of promotions, risks intensify. Each year, Black Friday and Cyber Monday trigger a sharp rise in scams, counterfeit goods, and brand impersonation.… Read More »Black Friday and Cyber Monday: When the Light Also Draws the Shadows
In 2012, the launch of the New gTLD Program quietly introduced a distinct category of extensions: the .BRANDs, top-level domains reserved for a single company.… Read More ».BRAND: When a TLD Becomes Your Own Digital Architecture
From hosts.txt to the upcoming 2026 round, the Domain Name System (DNS) has undergone successive waves of expansion, transforming a technical addressing tool into a… Read More »Forty Years of DNS: From symbolics.com to the Dawn of the 2026 Round
Between October 19 and 20, an outage at Amazon Web Services (AWS) caused service interruptions affecting approximately 2,000 AWS client companies, according to the website[1],… Read More »A DNS error caused the AWS outage on October 19, 2025
On May 30, ICANN published a full draft version of the New gTLD Program: Next Round Applicant Guidebook (AGB). In our previous rundown of considerations… Read More »New gTLD program: analyzing new rules and their relevance for prospective dotBrand applicants
Few international registrars continued offering services for Russia’s .ru domain following the 2022 sanctions. Now, in addition to a shrinking pool of .ru registrars, international… Read More »Russia may soon require local hosting for .ru websites. Government confirms through State Media that it’s exploring the move
In today’s digital world, online security is more important than ever. Whether you’re shopping online, banking, or simply browsing your favourite websites, your personal data… Read More »Choosing the Right SSL Provider to Strengthen Your Online Security
Back in January, we published a comprehensive preview[1] of the types of changes that domain managers could expect, as European country-code registries began to adapt… Read More »NIS2 for domain name managers: first update
Email security is crucial in combating spoofing and phishing. SPF, DKIM, and DMARC help authenticate messages, while BIMI enhances trust by displaying verified brand logos.… Read More »Increase trust from your email recipients with the VMC certificate
