3+ day, 1+ hour ago   (334+ words) 2029 is three years away. Whether you see that time as long or short probably depends on what you intend to do by then. Success is a function of expectations. Worth writing down what Niel Harper expects. Which is why the…...

3+ day, 3+ hour ago   (299+ words) CircleID ICANN has published a new set of guidelines for advancing Universal Acceptance, shifting its decade-long effort to make all valid domain names and email addresses work across Internet applications toward more systematic implementation and measurement. The September 9 publication follows…...

3+ day, 21+ hour ago   (331+ words) The U.S. Federal Communications Commission is preparing to open 1,050 MHz of spectrum in the 12.7 GHz and 42 GHz bands to expanded satellite use, potentially adding capacity for broadband connections to homes, aircraft and ships as well as satellite ground networks. The rules…...

5+ day, 13+ hour ago   (366+ words) Your organization may know who owns its domains. But does it know where every subdomain points—and whether the resource behind it still exists? A dangling Domain Name System (DNS) record is a threat vector that’s going to become more…...

6+ day, 2+ hour ago   (214+ words) The Registration Operations Workshop (ROW) is an informal industry conference that brings together professionals from across the domain name and DNS ecosystem to discuss the technical and operational aspects of domain name registration, maintenance, and IP addressing. Since its inception…...

1+ week, 23+ hour ago   (1240+ words) CircleID A border used to be something you crossed. On today’s Internet, a border can follow you. It can be inferred from an IP address, reproduced inside a cloud platform, embedded in an automated compliance system and ultimately revealed by…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (416+ words) CircleID NASA has selected Blue Origin to build and operate a telecommunications network around Mars, awarding the company a contract worth up to approximately $700 million for infrastructure intended to relay communications and navigation data for future missions. The first network…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (424+ words) CircleID Hungarian telecommunications group 4iG and SpaceX have signed agreements to introduce Starlink direct-to-device mobile service in Hungary and parts of the Western Balkans, alongside a separate secured satellite communications service aimed at governments. The companies expect the latter service to…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (274+ words) A Cold War ccTLD nobody can switch off is about to be pulled into a Russian identity system—and it will not be the last legacy domain this happens to. We have spent recent months mapping that namespace—WHOIS, DNS,…...

2+ week, 22+ hour ago   (332+ words) ICANN has terminated the accreditation agreements of two domain name registrars in successive days, including Estonia-based Trustname.com after repeated findings that it failed to respond promptly to phishing and other DNS abuse. A third registrar, Beijing Zihai Technology, received…...