A joint European-United States operation has seen 30,506 domain names seized that distributed counterfeit and pirated items over the internet during the tenth iteration of Operation In Our Sites (IOS X). The counterfeit and pirated items distributed included counterfeit pharmaceuticals and pirated movies, illegal television streaming, music, software, electronics and other bogus products. IOS X…
News
DENIC Enables Newly Registered .DE Domains Within 5 Minutes
With an “optimised technical procedure”, newly registered .de domain names are now live within 5 minutes from registration DENIC has announced. The changes also apply to changes to domain name registrant data. It means should there be the desire of the registrant, they can get started with creating email addresses and uploading websites, as well…
Saxx.com Tops Quiet Weekly Domain Sales Chart
It was one of those weeks where there were no big sales, nothing topping the 6-figure mark. So it was left to saxx.com to top the Domain Name Journal chart of top reported sales for the week ending 10 November, selling for a nice $65,000 through Sedo. Coming in second and third were were oli.com…
They Think It’s All Over. It Is Now. RIPE Allocates Final IPv4 Addresses.
Yesterday it happened. The RIPE NCC ran out of IPv4 addresses. It’s been anticipated for some time and on 25 November 2019, RIPE made their final /22 IPv4 allocation from the last remaining addresses in their available pool. The IPv4 run-out has long been anticipated and planned for by the RIPE community, the Regional Internet…
IG Radar: DENIC Information Platform Explains Internet Governance Processes
For the first time in the IGF history, Germany will be hosting the Annual Meeting of the United Nations’ Internet Governance Forum this year. Under the overarching theme ‘One World. One Net. One Vision.’ several thousand delegates of governments and international organisations will come together from all parts of the world with international representatives from…