This morning I received the following email: Classification: NOT PROTECTIVELY MARKED Dear Sir or Madam, Re: Website domain name suspension request #2 On the 24th September 2013, EasyDNS Technologies was emailed a domain suspension request for the following domain(s) that to date we have not received a reply nor seen action taken: [redacted].com [IP redacted] […]
What the New Canadian Anti-Spam Legislation (CASL) Actually Means
[ Update: CASL is right around the corner, we have just posted “4 Key Things To Know About Being Compliant With CASL” ] Last week I became aware of a flurry of attention around forthcoming Canadian Anti-Spam Legislation. ITBusiness.ca ran a twitter round-up under the hashtag #BeCASLReady and suddenly it seemed this was the next […]
Scam Alert: Phone calls pretending to be from CIRA
We have received an alert from CIRA (who oversees the .CA namespace) that a boiler room is calling people using the CIRA name with the objective of gaining remote access to the recipient’s computer: Dear Registrars, CIRA would like to notify all Registrars of a recent phone call security scam using the CIRA name that […]
[RESOLVED] Main Toll-free line in limbo.
Our toll-free line 855-321-EASY is in limbo right now. This has to do with a porting to our new VOIP provider, it should be fixed soon. In the meantime, please use: 888-677-4741 Thx. [ Update – 2013-09-16 @ 3:33pm EST] We have a work around in place, and the 855-321-EASY toll free number is now […]
What We Are Doing About Chronic DDoS Attacks
[ Yesterday we started sending this in an email to all members on the system. We are posting it here for reference. ] The number of DDoS attacks directed against the easyDNS system (indeed across all DNS providers) has escalated this year and we wanted to bring you up to speed on measures we are […]
[Resolved] Shortened phone support hours today
Phone support will only be available until 4:30pm EST today instead of the usual 6:00pm on Saturdays. We will be back to regular noon – 6pm EST phone support hours for Sunday. We apologize for the inconvenience.