As we all know, on Friday Oct 21, 2016 DNS provider Dynect was severely impacted by a big DDoS attack which has since been attributed to the Mirai Botnet. (interesting to note that “Mirai” means “future” in Japanese). Briefly: The Mirai Botnet is constructed by commandeering network connected Internet of Things (IoT) devices such as […]
What's New
WDRP, Whois Accuracy Program Notices now signed with our GPG Key
Some of you may have noticed that we are now signing WDRP (Whois Data Reminder Program), WAP (Whois Accuracy Program) and some renewal notices with our GPG key. This is phase one heading toward all system generated notices (login alerts, event notifications, renewal invoices, etc) being signed as well. We’ll be cleaning up any instances […]
ANAME records now support IPv6
Our root domain alias records (which we call ANAME records) now support IPv6 addresses. Any underlying AAAA records at the target host will automatically be added to the zone. In case you haven’t heard about ANAME records, here’s a quick explanation: normally you cannot create a CNAME or ‘alias’ record for a domain’s apex or […]
Never let your services slip into expiry again
We’ve had a lot of customers wishing they could set up their easyDNS account similar to other IT vendors: where they could store their billing info and have their domains and other services automagically renew or rebill as required or whenever new services are added. That time has now arrived. You will never have to […]
Le Programme d'Exactitude Whois ICANN (PEW)
Le Programme d’Exactitude Whois ICANN (PEW) s’applique à tous les bureaux d’enregistrement accrédités par l’ICANN sous l’AABE (Accord d’Accreditation des Bureaux d’Enregistrement) 2013. L’accréditation d’easyDNS se renouvelle automatiquement le 23 Juin 2015, et easyDNS sera soumis à l’application du Programme d’Exactitude Whois. Nous avons affiché à ce sujet sur notre blog: Malheureusement, nous avons renouvelé […]
The ICANN Whois Accuracy Program (WAP) FAQ has been posted
We’ve posted the mini-FAQ about the ICANN Whois Accuracy Program (WAP) in the knowledge base. It is available here: https://fusion.easydns.com/index.php?/Knowledgebase/Article/View/260/17/the-icann-whois-accuracy-program-wap Further Reading: Unfortunately, We have renewed our ICANN accreditation As Deadly as a DDoS, ICANN Unleashes the WAP
