In the run-up to the much anticipated Xbox launch, the Microsoft Corporation all but disappeared off the internet as all of their key domains went dark: xbox.com, microsoft.com, outlook.com, etc. While techcrunch ran an article positing that it was their Azure Cloud Platform that was at fault, the chatter on both the dns-operations and mail-ops […]
Of Interest
TDRP proceedings initiated in response to UK police shakedown
easyDNS has filed an RFE (Request For Enforcement) with the .COM/.NET registry operator (Verisign) under the ICANN Tranfers Dispute Resolution Policy (TDRP) to transfer-out three domains currently locked down by Public Domain Registry in response to the City of London (UK) police shakedown requests. The domains in question were initially suspended, taking the domains down. […]
Registrars that complied with "shakedown" requests may now be in violation of ICANN Transfers Policy
At the time we posted Whatever Happened To Due Process we were unaware that we were just one of many registrars receiving these notices from the London (UK) Police. We have since been made aware that this was part of a larger initiative against the BitTorrent space as a whole, and that most if not […]
Whatever Happened to "Due Process" ?
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] […]
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 […]
Office Phone System Update.
We are currently in the process of transferring our office to a new phone system. As part of this we have had to port our 4165358672 number to a new provider. The port is scheduled to happen today. We have things configured on our end to ensure the number works as quickly as possible once […]
