# easyDNS AI-readable index

This supplemental index links to public, canonical content in AI-readable formats.

## Posts
- [Maintenance window – 22 JULY 2026 – Completed](https://easydns.com/blog/2026/07/21/maintenance-window-22-july-2026.md): On Wednesday, 22 July 2026, between 3PM and 5PM EDT (7PM to 9PM UTC), easyDNS’s registry partner will be doing maintenance to improve platform performance and make needed updates. This will likely cause some connectivity outages for registrations, renewals, nameserver and whois updates over the course of the 2-hour window. The domain’s DNS service will […]
- [Bought an expired startup domain. A few days later, I inherited their AWS Root account.](https://easydns.com/blog/2026/07/03/bought-an-expired-startup-domain-a-few-days-later-i-inherited-their-aws-root-account.md): The following was posted by u/eVal64 to Reddit’s r/sysadmin and for some reason was removed by moderators, why, I do not know (from what’s left of the comment thread, perhaps because they think it was written with AI, although the OP admits he used AI for translation). In any case, this is a highly on […]
- [Sporadic Email Delays – RESOLVED](https://easydns.com/blog/2026/06/18/sporadic-email-delays-resolved.md): Some clients may be experiencing sporadic email delays.  We are aware and are investigating the cause.
- [Dropping Zcash / ZEC payment support](https://easydns.com/blog/2026/06/05/dropping-zcash-zec-payment-support.md): Over the past day or so a serious bug in the Zcash Orchard shielded pool source code came to light which casts doubt over the overall integrity of the Zcash ecosystem. It is possible that ZEC was counterfeited within the Orchard shielded pool, and because of the privacy guarantees there is no definitive way to […]
- [GPG-encrypted email forwarding is back, and the mxcrypt relay is now open source](https://easydns.com/blog/2026/05/27/gpg-encrypted-email-forwarding-is-back-and-the-mxcrypt-relay-is-now-open-source.md): Back in 2013 we announced GPG-encrypted email forwarding a way to add your public GPG keys into an email forwarding path so that any mail coming through your mailmap would arrive at its destination GPG encrypted. It was never intended to be end-to-end encryption. What it does provide is encrypted data-at-rest. That means you can […]
- [Things Go Better With Crypto: Introducing GPG Encryption on Your Email Forwarding](https://easydns.com/blog/2013/12/04/behold-add-gpg-encryption-to-your-email-forwarding.md): We are happy to unveil a beta feature for email forwarding: You can now optionally add GPG keys to individual mailmaps so that your forwarded email arrives at its next hop encrypted. This means that if you are forwarding your email to your ISP, office, or third party email provider (including easyMail by easyDNS), the […]
- [New Contact Information Confirmation – Please Verify Your Details When You Log In](https://easydns.com/blog/2026/04/30/new-contact-information-confirmation-please-verify-your-details-when-you-log-in.md): At easyDNS, we are continuously strengthening account security to protect your domains and services. As part of this effort, we have introduced a new Contact Information Confirmation screen that appears when you log into your easyDNS account. What You Will See The next time you log in, you will see either: A Verify User Information […]
- [We screwed up and we own it: The eth.limo sh*tshow is on us.](https://easydns.com/blog/2026/04/18/we-screwed-up-and-we-own-it-the-eth-limo-shtshow-is-on-us.md): It’s never a good sign when you wake up on a Saturday morning and realize your phone has been blowing up since about 4am. Instead of spewing out the usual GPT-generated platitudes around “we take your security very seriously” (even though that is true), I’m just going to lay it out here. Eth.limo was hijacked […]
- [General email delays – RESOLVED](https://easydns.com/blog/2026/04/07/general-email-delays-resolved.md): We had reports from clients overnight of emails being delayed.  We checked into it and saw intermittent delays of a few minutes, up to an hour (in one case) on a small number of emails.  We’ve been keeping an eye on it, tweaked a setting and the delays have been resolved.
- [Email Delays to Outlook servers – RESOLVED](https://easydns.com/blog/2026/04/01/email-delays-to-outlook-servers.md): Clients are reporting delays (from only minutes, up to a few hours) in emails destined for Microsoft managed outlook.com addresses.  This seems to stem from Monday’s Spamhaus RBL block (which was resolved then) since Microsoft uses them along with their own algorithms, so it may take a bit longer to resolve.  We are working on […]
- [Age Verification Now Required For DNS Resolution](https://easydns.com/blog/2026/04/01/age-verification-now-required-for-dns-resolution.md): In anticipation various age verification legislation bills, both here in Canada and in the US, we’ve made the decision to unilaterally and proactively enforce age verification at the DNS resolution level across all services. How it Works: We’ve partnered with Palantir to provide fast ID/KYC services which can verify your age through a simple selfie. […]
- [Spamhaus RBL Block – RESOLVED](https://easydns.com/blog/2026/03/30/spamhaus-rbl-block.md): We are currently working on an issue affecting a few of our customers sending mostly to outlook.com addresses, who are receiving bounces due to a spamhaus block. UPDATE: The spamhaus block is no longer affecting users and we’re continuing to monitor the situation.
- [easyddns: A Mac OSX Dynamic DNS Client](https://easydns.com/blog/2010/10/29/easyddns-a-mac-osx-dynamic-dns-client.md): We’re happy to announce easyddns, a dynamic DNS client for Mac OSX. After noticing a distinct lack of options available from third-party vendors for Mac-based dynamic DNS clients, easyddns has been developed by easyDNS, for easyDNS members and is available here.
- [New Mac DDNS Client for Lion](https://easydns.com/blog/2011/11/21/new-mac-ddns-client-for-lion.md): The new dynamic DNS client for Mac OSX Lion (10.6+) is now available. For those who have been having any difficulties using the earlier client (designed for versions below 10.6), this one is now formatted specifically for use with Lion. Download it from https://kb.easydns.com/knowledge/dynamic-dns/  
- [easydns-mcp: Model Context Protocol server for the REST API now available](https://easydns.com/blog/2026/03/25/easydns-mcp-model-context-protocol-server-for-the-rest-api-now-available.md): We’re watching the rise of agentic computing happen in real time. Tools like OpenClaw and its derivatives are spreading like wildfire, and services from Anthropic and OpenAI are making it increasingly practical to automate interactive workflows.  This is the next big technology shift and it’s here, and it’s happening right now. As these agents move […]
- [Scheduled Maintenance: Outbound Mail Server Upgrade (March 16, 3:00am–6:00am EDT)](https://easydns.com/blog/2026/02/11/scheduled-maintenance-outbound-mail-server-upgrade-march-16-300am-600am-edt.md): On March 16th between 3:00am and 6:00am EDT, we will be performing a scheduled maintenance window affecting our outgoing mail server: mailout.easymail.ca What We’re Doing During this window, we will be upgrading the outbound mail flow so that all SMTP connections are routed through an enhanced spam filtering layer. This change is part of our […]
- [SSL Certificate Lifetimes Are Shrinking: What the New 47-Day TLS Certificate Rules Mean](https://easydns.com/blog/2026/03/09/ssl-certificate-lifetime-changes-47-day-certificates.md): The CA/Browser Forum has approved a plan to reduce SSL/TLS certificate lifetimes over the next few years. Here’s the timeline and what organizations should expect. Last updated: March 2026 The rules for SSL certificate lifetimes are changing again. The CA/Browser Forum — the industry body that sets the policies for publicly trusted TLS certificates — […]
- [Scheduled Maintenance: cPanel Database Server Restarts](https://easydns.com/blog/2026/02/17/scheduled-maintenance-cpanel-database-server-restarts.md): We will be performing scheduled updates on a number of our cPanel servers over the coming days. As part of this work, the database service will be restarted on each server. During the restart, there will be a brief service interruption affecting database-driven websites and applications. Maintenance Window:Monday–Friday, somewhere between 3:00am–5:00am ESTWe will complete 1–2 […]
- [Google Is Ending POP “Check Mail from Other Accounts” — Here’s What It Means for easyMAIL Users](https://easydns.com/blog/2026/01/14/google-is-ending-pop-check-mail-from-other-accounts-heres-what-it-means-for-easymail-users.md): Google has announced that Gmail will no longer support the “Check mail from other accounts” feature that fetches messages from third-party mailboxes via POP into your Gmail account. You can read Google’s official notice here:https://support.google.com/mail/answer/16604719?hl=en What’s Changing? If you currently use Gmail on the web to pull mail from your easyMAIL (or any third-party) mailbox […]
- [Policy Cleanup: Same Rules, Clearer Wording](https://easydns.com/blog/2026/02/06/policy-cleanup-same-rules-clearer-wording.md): At easyDNS, we believe policies should be readable by actual humans. So we’ve recently done a cleanup of our Terms of Service, Privacy Policy, and Takedown Policy to make them clearer, better organized, and easier to navigate. To be crystal clear: nothing about how we operate has changed — this is strictly a documentation refresh. […]
- [Registrations (except .ca) on pause – RESOLVED](https://easydns.com/blog/2026/02/03/registrations-except-ca-on-pause-resolved.md): Currently new domain registrations are on pause due to increased latency and error rates in one of our upstream vendor’s API.  It is being investigated and we’ll update this post when new information is available. UPDATE at 17:12 EST: Registrations are working again.
- [Can x402 save the Open Source Software movement?](https://easydns.com/blog/2026/01/10/can-x402-save-the-open-source-software-movement.md): How this forgotten result code can redefine the Internet. It is impossible to overstate the importance of Open Source Software in our lives today. Open source initiatives like Unix, Linux, *BSD power somewhere north of 75% to 90% of the net connected servers worldwide, same goes for the vast majority of web servers (Apache, nginx), […]
- [easyDNS now accepts Zcash (ZEC) payments](https://easydns.com/blog/2025/12/31/easydns-now-accepts-zcash-zec-payments.md): Yes — easyDNS now accepts Zcash (ZEC). If you’re looking for a domain registrar or web host that accepts Zcash, you can now pay for easyDNS services using ZEC at checkout. A long tradition of crypto “firsts” at easyDNS Adding Zcash follows our track record of firsts in the emerging cryptocurrency space, with real-world utility […]
- [easyDNS Holiday Hours 2025](https://easydns.com/blog/2025/12/18/easydns-holiday-hours-2025.md): Here are the hours of our Support team during this holiday season. 22 December – normal business hours (8:30am-6pm EST) 23 December – normal business hours (8:30am-6pm EST) 24 December – we are closing at 3pm EST 25 December – CLOSED 26 December – open from 8:30am to 3pm EST 27 December – normal business […]
- [Maintenance Update: PDU Replacement Completed](https://easydns.com/blog/2025/11/20/maintenance-update-pdu-replacement-completed.md): The PDU replacement maintenance has been successfully completed with no service interruptions. All systems are back to normal operation. If you notice any issues, please contact support. Thank you for your understanding.
- [Maintenance Update: PDU Replacement Beginning](https://easydns.com/blog/2025/11/20/maintenance-update-pdu-replacement-beginning.md): We are now starting the scheduled PDU replacement maintenance in our data center at approximately 5:00 PM today. As a reminder, this involves replacing power units to enhance infrastructure reliability. Systems have redundant power, so no interruptions are expected, but we’ll monitor closely for any issues. We’ll provide an update once complete. Thank you for […]
- [Scheduled Maintenance: Power Distribution Unit (PDU) Replacement](https://easydns.com/blog/2025/11/20/server-maintenance-power-distribution-replacement.md): We will be performing scheduled maintenance to replace power distribution units (PDUs) in one of our data centers today at approximately 5:00 PM EST. This work involves disconnecting, replacing, and reconnecting the units to ensure continued reliability of our infrastructure. All systems are equipped with redundant power supplies, so we do not anticipate any service […]
- [PIR Registry Schedule Maintenance (completed)](https://easydns.com/blog/2025/11/18/pir-registry-schedule-maintenance-today-18-nov-25.md): PIR (Public Interest Registry) will conduct scheduled maintenance today, Tuesday, November 18, 2025. This will occur from 21:00 to 23:30 UTC (4:00PM to 6:30PM Eastern). The affected TLDs include .ORG, .ONG, .FOUNDATION, .GIVES, .CHARITY, .NGO and .GIVING. During this maintenance window, the following will be affected and likely offline: Registrations & renewals WHOIS – availability […]
- [DDoS affecting our Control Panel – RESOLVED](https://easydns.com/blog/2025/11/04/ddos-affecting-our-control-panel.md): Our control panel (cp.easydns.com) is currently under a DDoS attack.  We are aware and are working on resolving the issue.
- [easyMAIL Maintenance Window – 2025-11-11](https://easydns.com/blog/2025/11/03/easymail-maintenance-window-2025-11-11.md): WHAT: Spam filtering improvement upgrade WHEN: 2025 November 11th between 19:00 and 20:00 ET (23:00-00:00 UTC) IMPACT: No email services will be impacted. Spam filtering will be improved, reducing false negatives and false positives.  
- [easyMAIL Maintenance Window – 2025-10-21](https://easydns.com/blog/2025/10/20/easymail-maintenance-window-2025-10-21.md): WHAT: Spam filtering improvement upgrade WHEN: 2025 October 21st between 19:00 and 20:00 ET (23:00-00:00 UTC) IMPACT: No email services will be impacted. Spam filtering will be improved, reducing false negatives and false positives.
- [\[RESOLVED\] URL Forwarding and Control Panel Degradation](https://easydns.com/blog/2025/09/26/url-forwarding-and-control-panel-degradation.md): We are currently investigating an outage in web forwarding – both secure and non-secure forwarders on easyDNS. There is some spillover affect to the control panel due to degradation in connection throughput. All other services are unaffected. The team is working on restoring URL forwarding ASAP. Update: 6:35pm ET: Situation resolved. Have a great weekend everyone.
- [No Spaces In Your Domains in Real World Signage](https://easydns.com/blog/2025/09/10/no-spaces-in-your-domains-in-real-world-signage.md): Yesterday I was talking with a tech editor about “call-to-action” domains (piece, forthcoming) and I cited a mistake I see all too often in real-world signage – and that’s adding a space to your domain name thinking it improves readability: In this signage, AirVoel.ca has added a space for readability. Were somebody to get back […]
- [Guess what small businesses do that drives this user crazy](https://easydns.com/blog/2019/06/20/guess-what-small-businesses-do-that-drives-this-user-crazy.md): A customer tweeted us this yesterday….
- [Partial easyWEB Maintenance Window – 2025-08-21](https://easydns.com/blog/2025/08/20/partial-easyweb-maintenance-window-2025-08-21.md): WHAT: Resource increase for one easyWEB server (cpanel7) WHEN: 2025 August 21st between 6:00am and 7:00am ET (10:00am-11:00am UTC) IMPACT: There’ll be a brief (1-3 minutes) downtime while the server reboots
- [Updates to domain Whois](https://easydns.com/blog/2025/08/20/updates-to-domain-whois.md): On 21 August 2025, ICANN updated the Registration Data Policy (RDP), which changes how your domain contact information is collected and stored. Moving forward, this industry-wide policy change means registrars will be collecting and retaining a minimum (& mandatory) amount of data for domains. In most cases, domains will only need the name, address, country, […]
- [easyPRESS Maintenance Window – 2025-07-19](https://easydns.com/blog/2025/07/18/easypress-maintenance-window-2025-07-19.md): WHAT: Resource increase for easyPRESS servers WHEN: 2025 July 19th between 5:00am and 6:00am ET (9:00am-10:00am UTC) IMPACT: There’ll be a brief (1-3 minutes) downtime while the servers reboot
- [Grappling With Existential Panic Over AI](https://easydns.com/blog/2025/07/16/grappling-with-existential-panic-over-ai.md): If There’s an SOP, You’re SOL From the desk of Mark E. Jeftovic, easyDNS CEO. Some time over the Christmas holidays, I experienced what I called a moment of “existential clarity” about AI and it’s ramifications – when I realized that in the not-so-distant future, it was entirely possible that most of easyDNS’ customers would […]
- [Roundcube Maintenance Window](https://easydns.com/blog/2025/06/23/75558.md): On Wednesday, 25 June, from 6AM Eastern (10AM UTC) until 7AM Eastern (11AM UTC), easyDNS will conduct a quick maintenance window on Roundcube (https://messages.easymail.ca/), which will only affect Roundcube users managing their easyMAIL services. This maintenance window will result in a few minor upgrades to Roundcube. The new version will have a slightly different UI, […]
- [Maintenance of Email Backend database](https://easydns.com/blog/2025/06/12/maintenance-of-email-backend-database.md): WHAT: Update of the Email Backend database WHEN: 2025 June 16th between 8:00am and 9:00am ET (12pm-1:00pm UTC) IMPACT: Email delivery may be delayed for a few minutes during the update We will be updating this post once completed.  
- [Canada’s “Strong Borders Act” (Bill C-2) Contains Four Mass Surveillance Trojans](https://easydns.com/blog/2025/06/05/canadas-strong-borders-act-bill-c-2-contains-four-surveillance-trojans.md): A ban on cash, the post office can open your letters, and warrantless data taps, oh my! The recently re-elected Liberal government has tabled Bill C-2, “The Strong Borders Act”, ostensibly to tighten up border security after the Trump Tariff Tantrums that threw a monkey-wrench into Canada’s political landscape and economy. But nestled within this […]
- [Increase In Phish Emails Pretending To Be easyDNS](https://easydns.com/blog/2025/05/27/increase-in-phish-emails-pretending-to-be-easydns.md): We have received questions from our clients regarding notices that they have received that pretend to be from us (until you see the From: address).  They use our logo and seem to use generic TO: addresses (like info@, contact@, contactus@….), either guessed or scraped from the website they send to. We are exploring what we […]
- [easydns.com website maintenance](https://easydns.com/blog/2025/05/26/easydns-com-website-maintenance.md): WHAT: Maintenance of easydns.com website WHEN: 2025 May 27th between 5:00am and 6:00am ET (09:00am-10:00am UTC) IMPACT: Website easydns.com might be unavailable for few minutes during maintenance window We will be updating this post once completed.
- [Maintenance Window for the Dashboard – 2025-05-27](https://easydns.com/blog/2025/05/23/maintenance-window-for-the-dashboard-2025-05-27.md): WHAT: Update to the easyDNS account control panel servers WHEN: 2025 May 27th between 10:00am and 11:00am ET (2:00pm-3:00pm UTC) IMPACT: Some users MAY get logged out during the update so please plan your changes accordingly. We will be updating this post once completed.
- [Maintenance Window for Email Defence System](https://easydns.com/blog/2025/05/13/maintenance-window-for-email.md): WHAT: Update to the Email Defence System WHEN: 2025 May 17th between 5:00am and 8:00am ET (9am-12:00pm UTC) IMPACT: Email delivery may be delayed for a few minutes during the update We will be updating this post once completed. UPDATE: Maintenance was slightly delayed but completed at 10:00am
- [Domains Locked in London Police Takedown Ordered To Be Transferred.](https://easydns.com/blog/2014/01/09/domains-locked-in-london-police-takedown-ordered-to-be-transferred.md): The National Arbitration Forum has just handed down its decision in respect to the three domain names locked down at Public Domain Registry in response to the City of London Police Intellectual Property Crime Unit takedown requests. The decision is in favour of easyDNS and orders the three names to be transferred to us. The […]
- [Webmail slowness (resolved)](https://easydns.com/blog/2025/04/15/webmail-slowness-3.md): We are currently experiencing intermittent slowness with easyMAIL via webmail. Our team is looking into this and expects to have it resolved shortly. RFO is latency introduced during a database upgrade. No email or data is impacted – just access to the back end. All other IMAP clients are unaffected – this is just the […]
- [easyDNS First To Use AI To Answer All DNS Queries](https://easydns.com/blog/2025/04/01/easydns-first-to-use-ai-to-answer-all-dns-queries.md): As is customary for the most bleeding-edge DNS provider in existence – easyDNS notches another industry first in being the first (and currently only) DNS provider to exclusively answer ANY and all DNS queries using Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Natural Language Processing. That means the Stone Age RFC-1035 DNS messages have been obsoleted – instead […]
- [URL Forwarding – Resolved](https://easydns.com/blog/2025/03/27/url-forwarding-2.md): easyDNS is experiencing issues with URL forwarding and is actively seeking a solution. We expect to have this resolved very soon. We apologise for any inconvenience. Update: We have implemented a workaround, which is now in place, and everything will return to normal as the DNS cache expires.
- [Maintenance Window for Email Defence System (completed)](https://easydns.com/blog/2025/02/25/maintenance-window-for-email-defence-system.md): Starting at 8PM until 10PM Eastern today (1:00AM – 3:00AM UTC 26 FEB), easyDNS will be conducting a maintenance window as we switch over to our Email Defense System. For more information on our Email Defense System (EDS), please visit here. We will be updating once completed. UPDATE 9:02PM: Maintenance COMPLETED successfully.  
- [Post Maintenance Window Problems – Resolved](https://easydns.com/blog/2025/02/26/post-maintenance-window-problems-resolved.md): Last night’s maintenance window of our spam filter upgrade completed at 9:00pm ET. Unfortunately, the upgrade introduced an unforeseen issue that affected some mailmaps causing messages to bounce back to the sender. We identified the issue at around 12:30am ET (but likely affected messages beforehand), and was resolved before 3:00am ET. We apologize for any […]
- [Service Update: Canada Post Strike Impact on Mail Delivery](https://easydns.com/blog/2024/11/25/service-update-canada-post-strike-impact-on-mail-delivery.md): Due to the ongoing Canada Post strike, mail delivery services across the country are experiencing significant delays. This disruption may affect the timely processing of payments sent by cheque. If you have mailed a payment to us, please be aware that it may not arrive or be processed as expected. This delay could impact services […]
- [CyberWeek at easyDNS: 20% Off Deals to Boost Your Hosting Game](https://easydns.com/blog/2024/12/02/cyberweek-at-easydns-20-off-deals-to-boost-your-hosting-game.md): CyberWeek has officially landed, and at easyDNS, we’re celebrating with a sale that’ll make your digital life a whole lot easier—and 20% more affordable. From today (Cyber Monday) to Sunday at midnight, you can enjoy a 20% discount on: Anycast DNS: DNS Standard, DNS Pro, and Enterprise. The discount will also apply to the DNS […]
- [Maintenance Window December 10 2024 – (completed)](https://easydns.com/blog/2024/12/04/maintenance-window-december-10-2024.md): Scheduled Maintenance Alert: We will be updating the easyMail system on Tuesday, December 10th, from 8:00 PM to 10:00 PM Eastern Time (1AM-3AM UTC DEC 11th). No service interruptions are expected, and we will monitor the system to ensure everything works smoothly. Update: This maintenance has been completed.
- [.COM & .NET Scheduled Maintenance (completed)](https://easydns.com/blog/2024/12/06/com-net-scheduled-maintenance.md): On Saturday 14 December, the registry of .COM & .NET will be doing scheduled system maintenance starting at 8PM Eastern Time (1AM UTC, on 15 December) for 45 minutes. Services such as whois lookups, domain registrations and renewals, and domain updates may be affected during this short window. Please wait, if possible, until 8:45PM EST […]
- [easyDNS Holiday Hours 2024](https://easydns.com/blog/2024/12/19/easydns-holiday-hours-2024.md): Here are our Support team’s hours over the holiday season. 23 December – normal business hours (8:30am-6pm EST) 24 December – we are closing at 3pm EST 25 December – CLOSED 26 December – open from 8:30am to 3pm EST 27 December – normal business hours (8:30am-6pm EST) 28 December – normal business hours (12pm-6p […]
- [Upcoming Configuration Testing for New Email Defense Service (completed)](https://easydns.com/blog/2025/02/10/upcoming-configuration-testing-for-new-email-defense-service.md): Hello easyMail Users, we will be performing configuration testing at 8:00PM EST TODAY  (1:00AM UTC Tuesday FEB 11th) for approximately one hour as part of the upcoming Email Defense Service launch later this month. Since this testing focuses only on spam filtering, no disruption to normal email delivery is expected. We appreciate your patience and […]
- [Set your BlueSky Handle to your own domain name using DNS](https://easydns.com/blog/2024/12/03/set-your-bluesky-handle-to-your-own-domain-name-using-dns.md):   There’s a lot of activity on BlueSky lately, one of the Twitter/X alternatives. Like Mastodon (another Twitter/X alternative, we’ve been following for awhile), your identifier is based on a hostname – which opens the door to integrating with it a custom domain via the DNS. A nice feature they have over there on BlueSky […]
- [URL Forwarding with “Drop Path” and “Drop Query String” options](https://easydns.com/blog/2024/11/27/url-forwarding-with-drop-path-and-drop-query-string-options.md): By default, our URL forwarding and redirection always preserved the full pathname and query strings in all requests. It means that if you were forwarding: https://example.com to https://example.net  Then all requests to the old URL that had path info or query strings, like: https://example.com/document/name?param=value Would have the /document/name?param=value preserved when forwarded: https://example.net/document/name?param=value But sometimes you […]
- [Mail Forwarding To Yahoo Is Hindered – RESOLVED](https://easydns.com/blog/2024/11/07/mail-forwarding-to-yahoo-is-hindered.md): According to email logs, forwarded email to Yahoo addresses is being bounced with an error: Remote-MTA: dns; mta6.am0.yahoodns.net Diagnostic-Code: smtp; 554 Message not allowed [PH01] Email not accepted for policy reasons This also affects Rogers customers as Rogers has outsourced their email to Yahoo. If you’re affected, there are a few things you can try, […]
- [How SOPA Will Destroy The Internet](https://easydns.com/blog/2011/12/22/how-sopa-will-destroy-the-internet.md): As you read this, please keep in mind that I say it all with a track record of nearly 14 years of being proactive and having a zero-tolerance policy towards criminal activity and network abuse on our system. We have great relationships with Law Enforcement Agencies both here in Canada and abroad. We are always […]
- [The new TLD Buyers-Strike Starts Now](https://easydns.com/blog/2011/09/07/the-new-tld-buyers-strike-starts-now.md): Today is the day, .xxx sunrise begins. Here’s an offer we should all refuse: Wanna protect your good name from having somebody erect a pornographic website on yourname.xxx? Then fork over $300 and you’ll be “protected” against that happening for 10 years. It’s called a non-adult sunrise blocking registration and the .xxx registry expects those […]
- [DOS Attacks and DNS: How to Stay Up If Your DNS Provider goes DOWN](https://easydns.com/blog/2010/08/19/dos-attacks-and-dns-how-to-stay-up-if-your-dns-provider-goes-down.md): [ The original article was a bit “wordy” and appears in its entirety after the page break. ] Nameservers and DNS services are one of the most popular attack vectors for Denial of Service Attacks. Since we wrote the original article, the types of attacks against DNS infrastructure have since bifurcated into two distinct types. […]
- [Let the barrage of updates begin.](https://easydns.com/blog/2010/05/06/let-the-barrage-of-updates-begin.md): We will be cutting over to the new front end website on Monday, at 11:00am EST. Interested parties can have a look at it now: https://easydns.com although there are still a few wrinkles to iron out. As most of you know, the new member user interface has been live for awhile and is accessible now. […]
- [\[AxisOfEasy\] Get Ready For Mandatory Coronavirus App Tracking And Social Credit](https://easydns.com/blog/2020/04/20/axisofeasy-get-ready-for-mandatory-coronavirus-app-tracking-and-social-credit.md): Weekly Axis Of Easy #142 Last Week’s Quote was  “It takes something more than intelligence to act intelligently” was Fyodor Dostoevsky.  Winner was James R who emailed me the answer because there was some confusion around where the blog was last week. This Week’s Quote:  “To sin by silence, when they should protest, makes cowards of men.” …by ???? THE […]
- [Lessons Learned from the Namejuice/DROA/DROC Outage](https://easydns.com/blog/2018/09/17/lessons-learned-from-the-namejuice-droa-droc-outage.md): Last week an ICANN registrar, Namejuice, went off the air for the better part of the day – disappearing off the internet at approximately 8:30am, taking all domains delegated to its nameservers with it, and did not come back online until close to 11pm ET. That was a full business day and more of complete […]
- [.ME Top Level Domain launch indicative of new TLD rollouts](https://easydns.com/blog/2008/07/17/me-top-level-domain-launch-indicative-of-new-tld-rollouts.md): We’ve gotten a few invitations to apply to be a .ME top-level domain registrar, to which we assigned no urgency after we took a straw poll internally and found that pretty well zero of our customers were asking for it. Today, Techcrunch reports that the .ME landrush, at least through one large operator, had degraded […]
- [\[easyDNS\] Supermicro Hacked For Years, Big Tech Supply Chain Compromised By China](https://easydns.com/blog/2021/02/16/easydns-supermicro-hacked-for-years-big-tech-supply-chain-compromised-by-china.md): Weekly Axis Of Easy #183   Last Week’s Quote was   “Every great cause begins as a movement, becomes a business, and eventually degenerates into a racket” was Eric Hoffer, nobody got it. This Week’s Quote: “There’s no fever like gold fever, except maybe silver fever”… by??? THE RULES: No searching up the answer, must be posted to […]
- [\[AxisOfEasy\] Patriot Act Author Now Runs Facebook’s Legal Operations](https://easydns.com/blog/2019/04/29/axisofeasy-patriot-act-author-now-runs-facebooks-legal-operations.md): Weekly Axis Of Easy #95 Last Week’s Quote was  “”Every decent man is ashamed of the government he lives under.” By H. L. Mencken, nobody got it. This Week’s Quote: “The Cosmos is about the smallest hole that a man can hide his head in” by…. ? THE RULES: No searching up the answer, must be posted in […]
- [Hacking, Social Engineering and Your EasyDNS Account](https://easydns.com/blog/2012/08/15/hacking-social-engineering-and-your-easydns-account.md): You may have heard by now how Wired‘s Mat Honan was hacked. If you haven’t, you can read about it here, but in a nutshell: hackers got into his Twitter and Gmail account after easily obtaining the last four digits of his credit card from his Amazon account. With that information, they were able to […]
- [Optimizing DNS Performance: TTL Strategies to Reduce Query Count on a DNS Zone](https://easydns.com/blog/2024/08/12/optimizing-dns-performance-ttl-strategies-to-reduce-query-count-on-a-dns-zone.md): In terms of DNS (Domain Name System) management and optimizing DNS performance, one of the primary concerns is reducing the query load on DNS servers while maintaining performance and reliability. A key factor in this balancing act is the Time to Live (TTL) setting for DNS records. TTL determines how long a DNS record is […]
- [\[easyDNS\] Stop What You’re Doing: Patch Sudo Now Edition](https://easydns.com/blog/2021/02/02/easydns-stop-what-youre-doing-patch-sudo-now-edition.md): Sudo’s Baron Samedit flaw allows local privilege escalation, Data breach impacts nearly entire population of Brazil, Netwalker ransomware dark web seized, charges laid and more in Axis of Easy #181
- [\[AxisOfEasy\] Facebook rebrands Libra as Novi to try again](https://easydns.com/blog/2020/06/09/axisofeasy-facebook-rebrands-libra-as-novi-to-try-again.md): Weekly Axis Of Easy #149 Last Week’s Quote  was  “Uncertainty is an uncomfortable position. But certainty is an absurd one”  winner was Michael Sierchio         This Week’s Quote:  “Emergencies have always been the pretext on which the safeguards of the individual have been eroded” …by ???       THE RULES:  No searching up the […]
- [NS2 now deployed as a second anycast strand](https://easydns.com/blog/2008/04/16/ns2-now-deployed-as-a-second-anycast-strand.md): We are pleased to announce that NS2.EASYDNS.COM has now been deployed as an anycast strand with an initial four nodes as follows: Miami Phoenix London, UK Hong Kong The new IP address for NS2 is 72.52.2.1 This compliments our earlier deployment of NS1.EASYDNS.COM as an anycast strand with nodes in Chicago San Jose Amsterdam Tokyo […]
- [NS1 deployed as anycast strand](https://easydns.com/blog/2008/02/19/ns1-deployed-as-anycast-strand.md): We are happy to report that NS1.EASYDNS.COM has been redeployed as a four-node anycast cluster with the following nodes: Chicago, Illinois San Jose, California Amsterdam, Netherlands Tokyo, Japan What does this mean? For starters, the IP address of NS1.EASYDNS.COM is now 66.225.199.10, the old NS1 (in the Q9 datacenter in Toronto) is still answering queries […]
- [Allow Zone Transfers and our network defense system](https://easydns.com/blog/2007/07/12/allow-zone-transfers-and-our-network-defense-system.md): The Allow Zone Transfer functionality enables your slave name servers to transfer zone information from our system to yours; giving you web-based domain management while also offering you the independence to run your own secondary name servers. You can enter the IP addresses of any third-party name servers you wish to also slave this zone […]
- [ANAME records now support IPv6](https://easydns.com/blog/2016/01/03/aname-records-ipv6.md): 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 […]
- [10 easyDNS tools and features you always wished for but didn't know you already had.](https://easydns.com/blog/2013/11/25/10-amazingly-useful-things-you-didnt-know-you-could-do-for-your-domains-with-easydns.md): There are numerous functions, utilities and features built into the system that you may not realize are there. In the interest of giving you more power and freedom and making sure you know about all the options, tools and shortcuts available in the never ending quest to coherently manage your domain assets, we’ve compiled a […]
- [Understanding TTL in DNS: What Does TTL Mean in DNS?](https://easydns.com/blog/2024/10/24/what-does-ttl-mean-in-dns.md): The Domain Name System (DNS) is often referred to as the internet’s phonebook, translating human-readable domain names like www.example.com into IP addresses that computers use to identify each other on the network. The most overlooked component of DNS, even among the technically adept, is the Time to Live (TTL) value. Understanding what TTL means and […]
- [Big Changes Coming to easyDNS](https://easydns.com/blog/2010/02/01/big-changes-coming-to-easydns.md): We will soon be launching our new member interface, a ground up rewrite of the current members.easydns.com website. It has been a long time in coming, like all complex projects, it always goes over-budget and takes longer than expected. The current user interface works, but it’s pretty stale. There are so many layers of upgrades, […]
- [\[Axis of Easy\] Hackers Taunt Families Via Compromised Ring Cameras, Podcast It Live](https://easydns.com/blog/2019/12/17/axis-of-easy-hackers-taunt-families-via-compromised-ring-cameras-podcast-it-live.md): Weekly Axis Of Easy #126 Last Week’s Quote was  “The only thing useful banks have invented in 20 years is the ATM.” by former Fed chairman, the last of his kind, Paul Volcker, who died last week. Nobody got it, closest guess was Milton Friedman.  This Week’s Quote:    “Every plane crash makes the next one less likely, […]
- [\[AxisOfEasy\] Is WeWork ringing the bell at the top of the tech bubble?](https://easydns.com/blog/2019/09/23/axisofeasy-is-wework-ringing-the-bell-at-the-top-of-the-tech-bubble.md): Weekly Axis Of Easy #114 Last Week’s Quote was:  “Deception is a state of mind and the mind of the state”….by US counter-intelligence czar, James “Jesus” Angleton. Nobody got it.  This Week’s Quote:  “We’ll know our disinformation program is complete when everything the American public believes is false” ….by ???? THE RULES: No searching up the answer, must be posted below.  The […]
- [\[AxisOfEasy\] Nevermind Y2K, Here Comes “768K” Day](https://easydns.com/blog/2019/04/22/axisofeasy-nevermind-y2k-here-comes-768k-day.md): Weekly Axis Of Easy #94 Last Week’s Quote was  “The great danger is that the excess of speculation may bring its usual punishment” by W. Stanley Jevons (1835 – 1882). This one was tricky,  I lifted it from the latest issue of Marc Faber’s GloomBoomDoom report. This Week’s Quote: “Every decent man is ashamed of the government […]
- [smtp.easydns.com and smtp2.easydns.com now rejecting mail from clients with no reverse lookups or bogus reverse lookups](https://easydns.com/blog/2009/03/06/smtp-easydns-com-and-smtp2-easydns-com-now-rejecting-mail-from-clients-with-no-reverse-lookups-or-bogus-reverse-lookups.md): Greetings everyone, Due to a breathtaking number of new compromised PCs hitting our primary and secondary mail hubs, we are now rejecting e-mail from hosts that have no reverse lookup, or a bogus reverse lookup. This means that if the IP address of your mail server does not have a legitimate reverse “PTR” record, we […]
- [Post-Mortem of the Jan-07 DDoS Attack](https://easydns.com/blog/2012/01/09/post-mortem-of-the-jan-07-ddos-attack.md): On Saturday, Jan 07 commencing at approximately 3:30pm EST (almost the exact moment I hit “publish” on a post about Save The Elephants, which we’ll repost later) we were hit with a multi-faceted DDoS Attack across three anycast constellations: dns1, dns2 and dns3. The attack was a combination SYN, ICMP and DNS Flood, in excess […]
- [Update on status of nameservers](https://easydns.com/blog/2006/11/01/update-on-status-of-nameservers.md): For the most part, things have levelled out on the DOS attack. Again, I note that most of the pain was felt by members using third party registrars who didn’t have the full 6 nameservers in their DNS delegation. Status as follows, all servers are functioning normally except certain parts of the net may have […]
- [Is Your Domain Name Safe From Nefarious Interests?](https://easydns.com/blog/2014/08/02/is-your-domain-name-safe-from-nefarious-interests.md): The following post was originally run as a guest editorial for The Dollar Vigilante. The soft underbelly of everything you do online are your domain names and DNS. (Briefly, your domain names are the labels people use to reach your website or send you email: i.e dollarvigilante.com. DNS is the mechanism computers use to map where […]
- [Another DDoS attack against Web Forwarding](https://easydns.com/blog/2012/07/26/another-ddos-attack-against-web-forwarding.md): We have been hit with a second DDoS attack against our web forwarding pool. For the moment it is mitigated, however, Cogent has added a second null route to our web forwarding pool. So if you were impacted by that yesterday, you will also be impacted today (most likely). In other words, for MOST of […]
- [Secondary DNS From Godaddy: Things To Know](https://easydns.com/blog/2012/09/18/secondary-dns-from-godaddy-things-to-know.md):   There are a lot of people moving their domains here from Godaddy lately. In addition to simply moving their DNS over to us completely – there are also many who are opting to stick with Godaddy and adding us on as secondary / additional DNS. We remain advocates of “multi provider” DNS solutions but […]
- [Web Forwarding during recent DDoS Attacks \[Updated\]](https://easydns.com/blog/2012/07/25/web-forwarding-during-recent-ddos-attacks.md): (27/07/12) Update : Mitigation of the attack continues and webforwarding solutions have been implemented. Please see https://easydns.com/2012/07/26/another-ddos-attack-against-web-forwarding/ for details (26/07/12) Update : the DDoS has moved on to the new servers, and both are now being affected. We regret any inconvenience, and continue to work to mitigate the attack. —————————————————– Our apologies if this sounds a […]
- [Prevent Domain Theft by Using Access Control Lists and Login Restrictions](https://easydns.com/blog/2011/12/09/prevent-domain-theft-by-using-access-control-lists-and-login-restrictions.md): The other day Arnon forwarded me a blog post about the ordeal some poor guy went through with his registrar account getting hacked (not here, someplace else), and the thief transferred-out his domain name and changed the ownership of it. His particular story had a happy ending for a number of reasons: The thief left […]
- [New email policies at Gmail, Yahoo et al will require DMARC enabled domains](https://easydns.com/blog/2024/01/19/new-email-policies-at-gmail-yahoo-et-al-will-require-dmarc-enabled-domains.md): As of February 1st, Gmail and Yahoo will start enforcing a requirement for Domain-based Message Authentication, Reporting and Conformance (“DMARC“). DMARC is an IETF protocol as specified in RFC7489. It will initially affect large senders, defined as domains originating more than 5K emails per day into the Gmail system (this is the shape of things […]
- [\[AxisOfEasy\] Amazon’s Newest Director Is Ex-NSA And Wanted To Surveil All Data, Everywhere](https://easydns.com/blog/2020/09/15/axisofeasy-amazons-newest-director-is-ex-nsa-and-wanted-to-surveil-all-data-everywhere.md): Wordpress File Manager plugin bug exposes millions of sites to compromise Aussie cops arrest and cuff pregnant woman in her home for Facebook post Amazon spikes job posting for union-busting intel analysts...and more in AofE #162
- [\[AxisOfEasy\] Kazakhstan Begins Intercept Of TLS (SSL) Traffic For All Citizens](https://easydns.com/blog/2019/07/22/axisofeasy-kazakhstan-begins-intercept-of-tls-ssl-traffic-for-all-citizens.md): Weekly Axis Of Easy #105   In this issue:   Kazakhstan begins intercept of TLS (SSL) traffic for all citizens Slack hack in 2015 was worse than originally disclosed US Bill to block big tech from finance surfaces  Equifax to pay $700M in data breach settlement Sea Turtle hackers breach registrar to hack .GR TLD […]
- [\[AxisOfEasy\] Are You Unknowingly Paying For An Apple Music Subscription?](https://easydns.com/blog/2019/07/01/axisofeasy-are-you-unknowingly-paying-for-an-apple-music-subscription.md): Weekly Axis Of Easy #103 Last Week’s Quote was  “You never know how strong you are until being strong is your only choice”, ja, it was Bob Marley mon. Winner, Paul Packbier This Week’s Quote:  “Everything we hear is an opinion, not a fact. Everything we see is a perspective, not the truth.” … by ???? THE RULES: […]
- [rr.com e-mail address usage and mail forwarding](https://easydns.com/blog/2007/04/06/rr-com-e-mail-address-usage-and-mail-forwarding.md): Greetings everyone, As users of Road Runner High Speed’s e-mail services may be aware, Road Runner has a fairly strict but simplistic e-mail blocking policy that targets medium to high volume e-mail senders. Some background Road Runner has a series of e-mail servers across the United States. Unlike other providers, Road Runner breaks up their […]
- [Greylisting control now available](https://easydns.com/blog/2010/06/10/greylisting-control-now-available.md): Like most ISPs, we’ve been employing the tactic of greylisting to cut down on the amount of spam and viruses we get and forward to our customer email addresses via their mailmaps or backup mail spools.
- [\[AxisOfEasy\] Police Use Twitter’s Dataminr To Surveil #BlackLivesMatter Protestors](https://easydns.com/blog/2020/07/14/axisofeasy-police-use-twitters-dataminr-to-surveil-blacklivesmatter-protestors.md): Ex security advisor: China’s hacking of Nortel was the beginning of the end Canadians can opt-out of facial recognition DB by opting into DB LinkedIn sued for iOS clipboard spying Police use Twitter’s Dataminr to surveil BlackLivesMatter protestors
- [\[Axis of Easy\] Google’s Secret Program To Gather Health Data On Millions](https://easydns.com/blog/2019/11/11/axis-of-easy-googles-secret-program-to-gather-health-data-on-millions.md): Weekly Axis Of Easy #121 Last Week’s Quote was  “The greatest barrier to progress is not ignorance, but the illusion of knowledge.’ …by Daniel Boorstin, which nobody got. H/t to Jonathan Harder who suggested it. I didn’t know who Boorstin was, but by some weird coincidence I have since picked up his book “The Image: A Guide to Pseudo-Events in […]
- [Phishing emails directed to easyDNS members](https://easydns.com/blog/2015/10/21/phishing-emails-directed-to-easydns-members.md): Be on the lookout for a phishing email a la: From: "Easy DNS" Reply-To: mark***@easydns.com Subject: , Your account was hacked! Hey, Your account was hacked. To change your password, please click here. The link goes to hxxp://pasilpowers.com/r/easydns/EMAIL, where EMAIL is the email address the message was delivered to. (Update) How it happened Some […]
- [The issuemail tag for CAA records is now supported](https://easydns.com/blog/2024/09/25/the-issuemail-tag-for-caa-records-is-now-supported.md): easyDNS has recently added support for the ‘issuemail’ tag in CAA (Certification Authority Authorization) DNS records. This new feature allows domain owners to specify which Certificate Authorities (CAs) are permitted to issue S/MIME (Secure/Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions) certificates for email addresses associated with their domain. By implementing this tag, domain administrators gain greater control over […]
- [\[AxisOfEasy\] Never Mind Gene Edited Babies, Here Come The Human-Monkey Chimeras](https://easydns.com/blog/2019/08/12/axisofeasy-never-mind-gene-edited-babies-here-come-the-human-monkey-chimeras.md): Weekly Axis Of Easy #108 Last Week’s Quote was  “Beware of he who would deny you access to information, for in his heart he dreams himself your master.” …by Pravin Lal, nobody got it. H/t to Piers Steel for the quote. This Week’s Quote:  “he man who reads nothing at all is better educated than […]
- [\[AxisOfEasy\] DoJ Announces Anti-Trust Investigation Into Big Tech](https://easydns.com/blog/2019/07/29/axisofeasy-doj-announces-anti-trust-investigation-into-big-tech.md): Weekly Axis Of Easy #107   Last Week’s Quote was  “”The real problem of humanity is the following: we have paleolithic emotions; medieval institutions; and god-like technology.” By E. O. Wilson, winner was Manfred Haase. (Note, some pointed out that Kenroy Henderson won twice, he did not, I lost track and put him as the winner twice. Somewhere I’ve lost […]
- [\[AxisOfEasy\] Zoom 0-day: Up to 4 Million Mac Cameras Exposed To Remote Execution](https://easydns.com/blog/2019/07/08/axisofeasy-zoom-0-day-up-to-4-million-mac-cameras-exposed-to-remote-execution.md): Weekly Axis Of Easy #104 Last Week’s Quote was “Everything we hear is an opinion, not a fact. Everything we see is a perspective, not the truth.”, was Marcus Aurelius, winner Gary Henrichs, we also awarded a renewal to Rick Bernstein for some detective work on the quote itself (maybe not Marcus Aurelius as much […]
- [Paypal phish sent to easyDNS & Zoneedit customers](https://easydns.com/blog/2019/07/15/paypal-phish-sent-to-easydns-zoneedit-customers.md): On Saturday July 13 we became aware that some easyDNS and Zoneedit customers were receiving Paypal phishes via the host iem.easydns.com: Subject: RE : Supicious Transaction July 14, 2019, 12:07 am test198@m****r.**  
- [\[AxisOfEasy\] Western Tech Giants Helping To Build China’s Surveillance State](https://easydns.com/blog/2019/07/15/axisofeasy-western-tech-giants-helping-to-build-chinas-surveillance-state.md): Weekly Axis Of Easy #105 Last Week’s Quote was  “What a caterpillar calls the end of the world, a master calls a butterfly” … by Richard Bach, winner was Kenroy Harrison This Week’s Quote:  “The only cure for grief is action.” … by ???? THE RULES: No searching up the answer, must be posted in the comments below: The Prize: […]
- [\[AxisOfEasy\] Facebook Introducing Their Own Crypto-Currency Called Libra](https://easydns.com/blog/2019/06/17/axisofeasy-facebook-introducing-their-own-crypto-currency-called-libra.md): Weekly Axis Of Easy #102 Last Week’s Quote was  “To undeceive men is to offend them” …closest guess was Winston Churchill. Sounds like something he’d say. Right up there with what he called history: “It’s one damn thing after another” But no, it was Queen Christina of Sweden (1632 – 1654), This Week’s Quote: “You never know how strong you are until being […]
- [\[AxisOfEasy\] “Pinko Commie” Protester Doxxed By RCMP, Watchdog Finds](https://easydns.com/blog/2019/06/10/axisofeasy-pinko-commie-protester-doxxed-by-rcmp-watchdog-finds.md): Weekly Axis Of Easy #101 Last Week’s Quote was  “For the great majority of mankind are satisfied with appearances, as though they were realities, and are often more influenced by the things that seem than by those that are.” …by Niccolo Machiavelli (possibly one of the most misunderstood political commentators in history) Nobody hazarded a guess. This Week’s Quote: […]
- [\[AxisOfEasy\] Are You Running WhatsApp? Update It Now](https://easydns.com/blog/2019/05/20/axisofeasy-are-you-running-whatsapp-update-it-now.md): Weekly Axis Of Easy #98 Last Week’s Quote was  “If I am not asked I know what time is; but if I am asked, I do not.” …many said Einstein, no, sorry. At least the answer I was looking for was St. Augustine of Hippo. Winner was Christopher. This Week’s Quote:  “He who knows nothing is closer to the truth […]
- [\[AxisOfEasy\] The End Of An Era For easyDNS](https://easydns.com/blog/2019/05/27/axisofeasy-the-end-of-an-era-for-easydns.md): Weekly Axis Of Easy #99 Last Week’s Quote was  “He who knows nothing is closer to the truth than he whose mind is filled with falsehoods and errors.” ….by Thomas Jefferson, winner David. I was worried because so many of you said Plato, or Plato quoting Socrates that I thought I had it wrong. This quote was once […]
- [\[AxisOfEasy\] Guess Which Nobel Economist Is Calling For A Ban On Bitcoin](https://easydns.com/blog/2019/05/06/axisofeasy-guess-which-nobel-economist-is-calling-for-a-ban-on-bitcoin.md): Weekly Axis Of Easy #96 Last Week’s Quote was  “The Cosmos is about the smallest hole that a man can hide his head in” by…. G.K Chesterton, nobody got it, again. This Week’s Quote: “Don’t retaliate. Just get stronger” by….?? THE RULES: No searching up the answer, must be posted in the comments below: The Prize: First […]
- [\[AxisOfEasy\] Deluded, Out-Of-Touch Congressman Calls For Total Ban On Bitcoin](https://easydns.com/blog/2019/05/13/axisofeasy-deluded-out-of-touch-congressman-calls-for-total-ban-on-bitcoin.md): Weekly Axis Of Easy #97 Last Week’s Quote was  “Don’t retaliate. Just get stronger” by Robert Kiyosaki, author of the “Rich Dad / Poor Dad” series, advice given to him by Buckminster Fuller (nobody got it, third week now). This Week’s Quote: “If I am not asked I know what time is; but if I am asked, I […]
- [Network Solutions’ scammy bullshit signup funnel](https://easydns.com/blog/2019/05/03/network-solutions-scammy-bullshit-signup-funnel.md): It remains to be seen whether by the time I finish venting into this post, cooler heads will prevail and I will just byte my tongue and not post it, or at least go back and take the f-bombs out and clean up the title. Going negative against competitors runs somewhat contrary to our nature […]
- [\[AxisOfEasy\] Russia Passes Law Against “Fake News” And/Or Criticizing The Government](https://easydns.com/blog/2019/03/18/axisofeasy-russia-passes-law-against-fake-news-and-or-criticizing-the-government.md): Weekly Axis Of Easy #89 This week’s quote: “Your digital identity will live forever… because there’s no delete button” …by ????? Last Week’s Quote was   “Love your country, but never trust its government.” by Robert Heinlein. Winner was Stacey Zoll (sorry the email had the previous week’s quote, the real quote was on the blog) THE RULES: No searching up the answer, must […]
- [\[AxisOfEasy\] Never Use The Word “WishList” When Dealing With ICANN](https://easydns.com/blog/2019/04/08/axisofeasy-never-use-the-word-wishlist-when-dealing-with-icann.md): Weekly Axis Of Easy #92 Last Week’s Quote was  “I will fight for your right to be weird, as I know you will fight for mine ”  by Hunter S. Thompson, baby. Winner was Jennifer. This week’s quote: “Mankind is governed more by their feelings than by reason” by…. ? THE RULES: No searching up the answer, […]
- [\[AxisOfEasy\] Your Smartphone Apps Sell Data About You To Facebook](https://easydns.com/blog/2019/02/25/axisofeasy-your-smartphone-apps-sell-data-about-you-to-facebook.md): Weekly Axis Of Easy #87 This week’s quote: “Congress truly is America’s only native criminal Class” by ????? Last Week’s Quote was   “all modern trends point to the spectre of a terrifying, bigger, and more pitiless conformity” by Erik von Kuehnelt-Leddihn, winner was Andrew Wells THE RULES: No searching up the answer, must be posted in the comments below: […]
- [\[AxisOfEasy\] Stop What You’re Doing and Update Chrome. Do It Now.](https://easydns.com/blog/2019/03/06/stop-what-youre-doing-and-update-chrome-now.md): Weekly Axis Of Easy #88 This week’s quote: “Love your country, but never trust its government” by ????? Last Week’s Quote was   “Congress truly is America’s only native criminal Class” by Mark Twain. Winner was Roger Loeb. THE RULES: No searching up the answer, must be posted in the comments below: The Prize: First person to post, […]
- [\[AxisOfEasy\] Big Tech Merging With Big Brother Is Big Trouble](https://easydns.com/blog/2019/01/28/axisofeasy-big-tech-merging-with-big-brother-is-big-trouble.md): Weekly Axis Of Easy #83 This week’s quote:  “Propaganda is to a democracy what the bludgeon is to a totalitarian state.” …by ???? Last Week’s Quote was   “I guess I should warn you, if I turn out to be particularly clear, you’ve probably misunderstood what I said”, was Alan Greenspan, winner was Paul M. THE RULES: No […]
- [\[AxisOfEasy\] Then: David vs Goliath. Now: DuckDuckGo vs Google](https://easydns.com/blog/2019/02/04/axisofeasy-then-david-vs-goliath-now-duckduckgo-vs-google.md): Weekly Axis Of Easy #84 This week’s quote:  “If you are not willing to risk the unusual, you will have to settle for the ordinary.” …by ???? Last Week’s Quote was   “Propaganda is to a democracy what the bludgeon is to a totalitarian state.”, was Noam Chomsky, winner was Vik S. THE RULES: No searching up the answer, […]
- [\[AxisOfEasy\] Your Home Router Probably Sucks](https://easydns.com/blog/2018/12/17/axisofeasy-your-home-router-probably-sucks.md): Weekly Axis Of Easy #79 This week’s quote:  “Uncertainty is an ineradicable fact of existence” …by ???? Last Week’s Quote was  “Do you know what amazes me more than anything else? The impotence of force to organize anything.” …by Napoleon Bonaparte. Winner was Joe. THE RULES: No searching up the answer, must be posted in the comments below: The […]
- [\[AxisOfEasy\] Amazon’s Face Rekognition Suite Goes Full Orwell](https://easydns.com/blog/2019/01/07/axisofeasy-amazons-face-rekognition-suite-goes-full-orwell.md): Weekly Axis Of Easy #80 This week’s quote:  “Because things are the way they are, things will not stay the way they are” …by ????   Last Week’s Quote was  “Uncertainty is an ineradicable fact of existence” …by Dan Gardner (nobody got it, but it’s from the book Future Babble: Why Expert Predictions Fail, and Why We Believe Them Anyway) […]
- [\[AxisOfEasy\] When Your Smart Car Monitors You And Sells The Data…](https://easydns.com/blog/2019/01/14/axisofeasy-when-your-smart-car-monitors-you-and-sells-the-data.md): Weekly Axis Of Easy #81 This week’s quote:  “In prosperity prepare for change; in adversity hope for one” …by ???? Last Week’s Quote was  “Because things are the way they are, things will not stay the way they are” by Bertolt Brecht, winner: Kevin. (and one win per user per year, “The Gus Rule”. Sorry). THE RULES: No searching up […]
- [\[AxisOfEasy\] Australian Government Passes Mandatory Encryption Back-Doors](https://easydns.com/blog/2018/12/10/axisofeasy-australian-government-passes-mandatory-encryption-back-doors.md): Weekly Axis Of Easy #78 This week’s quote:  “Do you know what amazes me more than anything else? The impotence of force to organize anything.” …by ???? Last Week’s Quote was  “The most important product of science is knowledge. However, the most important product of knowledge is ignorance” …by David Gross, won once again by Gus, who is on […]
- [\[AxisOfEasy\] Scientists Propose Massive Centralized DNA Database Will Protect Your Privacy](https://easydns.com/blog/2018/12/03/axisofeasy-scientists-propose-massive-centralized-dna-database-will-protect-your-privacy.md): Weekly Axis Of Easy #77   This week’s quote:  “The most important product of science is knowledge. However, the most important product of knowledge is ignorance” …by ???? Last Week’s Quote was  “We are almost entirely incapable of predicting the future, yet economics strangely purports to be exempt from this fact of life. ” …by George Gilder, winner was David […]
- [\[AxisOfEasy\] A Heretic’s Guide to Deplatforming](https://easydns.com/blog/2018/11/05/axisofeasy-a-heretics-guide-to-deplatforming.md): Weekly Axis Of Easy #73 This week’s quote:  (was another apocryphal one, update to follow) – markjr Last Week’s Quote was  “He who despairs of the human condition is a coward, but he who has hope for it is a fool.” …by Albert Camus, winner was Gus THE RULES: No searching up the answer, must be posted to […]
- [\[AxisOfEasy\] Silicon Valley Insider Confesses: Start-up Culture Is A Ponzi Scheme](https://easydns.com/blog/2018/11/12/axisofeasy-silicon-valley-insider-confesses-start-up-culture-is-a-ponzi-scheme.md): Weekly Axis Of Easy #74 This week’s quote:  “Far Better it is to dare mighty things, to win glorious triumphs even though checkered by failure, than to take rank with those poor spirits who neither enjoy much nor suffer much because they live in the grey twilight that knows not victory nor defeat.” …by ???? Last Week’s […]
- [\[AxisOfEasy\] What Spammers Can Do With All That Breached Facebook Data](https://easydns.com/blog/2018/10/23/axisofeasy-what-spammers-can-do-with-all-that-breached-facebook-data.md): Weekly Axis Of Easy #71 This week’s quote:  “The essence of strategy is choosing what not to do” by ….????? (Hint, it wasn’t Elon Musk) Last Week’s Quote was   “The secret of happiness is freedom. The secret of freedom is courage.” …by Thucydides. Solved by Gus. THE RULES: No searching up the answer, must be posted to the comments […]
- [\[AxisOfEasy\] The Internet Will Split In Two By 2028](https://easydns.com/blog/2018/09/24/axisofeasy-the-internet-will-split-in-two-by-2028.md): Weekly Axis Of Easy #67 This week’s quote:   “It is said that power corrupts, but actually it’s more true that power attracts the corruptible. The sane are usually attracted by other things than power.” …by ??? Last Week’s Quote was  “In the end, they wanted security more than they wanted freedom.” By Edward Gibbons, in the Decline and Fall […]
- [\[AxisOfEasy\] Beware Of Voice Phishing Calls From Your Bank](https://easydns.com/blog/2018/10/01/axisofeasy-beware-of-voice-phishing-calls-from-your-bank.md): Weekly Axis Of Easy #68 This week’s quote:   “Everything has been figured out, except how to live.” …by ??? Last Week’s Quote was   “It is said that power corrupts, but actually it’s more true that power attracts the corruptible. The sane are usually attracted by other things than power.” …by David Brin. Winner was Jody Lemoine. It is from the […]
- [\[AxisOfEasy\] Google Wants To Get Rid Of The URL](https://easydns.com/blog/2018/09/10/axisofeasy-google-wants-to-get-rid-of-the-url.md): Weekly Axis Of Easy #65 This week’s quote: “The only permanent truth in finance is that people will get bullish at the top and bearish at the bottom.” by ???? Last Week’s Quote was “Out on the edge you see all kinds of things you can’t see from the center. Big undreamed-of things — the […]
- [\[AxisOfEasy\] My Life As A Stock Photo](https://easydns.com/blog/2018/08/14/axisofeasy-my-life-as-a-stock-photo.md): Weekly Axis Of Easy #62 This week’s quote: “The bureaucracy is expanding to meet the needs of an expanding bureaucracy” by ???? Last Week’s Quote was “Show me the incentives and I’ll show you the outcome” — by Charlie Munger. Many got this one, Mike Peric was first. THE RULES: No Googling the answer, must be posted below in […]
- [\[AxisOfEasy\] Who Needs Libraries When We Have Amazon?](https://easydns.com/blog/2018/07/30/axisofeasy-who-needs-libraries-when-we-have-amazon.md): Weekly Axis Of Easy #60 This week’s quote:  “There is no such thing as a future fact” — by ???  Last Week’s Quote was “True religion is the life we lead, not the creed we profess ”  —by Louis Nizer, winner David Martyn. THE RULES: No Googling the answer, must be posted below in the comments. The Prize: First person to […]
- [\[AxisOfEasy\] What Can Small Companies Do About Patent Trolls?](https://easydns.com/blog/2018/08/06/what-can-small-companies-do-about-patent-trolls.md): Weekly Axis Of Easy #61 This week’s quote:   “Show me the incentives and I’ll show you the outcome” — by ??? Last Week’s Quote was “There is no such thing as a future fact” —by Jason Apollo Voss, in “The Intuitive Investor” , nobody got it. THE RULES: No Googling the answer, must be posted in the comments below. The Prize: First […]
- [\[AxisOfEasy\] Study: Social Media Manipulation Rising Globally](https://easydns.com/blog/2018/07/23/axisofeasy-study-social-media-manipulation-rising-globally.md): Weekly Axis Of Easy #59 This week’s quote: “True religion is the life we lead, not the creed we profess ” —by ???? Last Week’s Quote was “Two hundred years from now, when the great companies and billionaires and revolutionaries of our age are crushed down below the horizon of history, it is the movements of states and populations, the […]
- [\[AxisOfEasy\] Google Enables Developers To Inspect Your Email](https://easydns.com/blog/2018/07/02/axisofeasy-google-enables-developers-to-inspect-your-email.md): Weekly Axis Of Easy #56 Sorry we’re late this week, it was Canada Day, eh? To our American clientele, please have a great 4th of July.  This week’s quote: “Where there is official censorship it is a sign that speech is serious. Where there is none, it is pretty certain that the official spokesmen have all the […]
- [\[AxisOfEasy\] Deceived by Design: How Google and Facebook Give You The Illusion of Privacy](https://easydns.com/blog/2018/07/09/deceived-by-design-how-google-and-facebook-give-you-the-illusion-of-privacy.md): Weekly Axis Of Easy #57 This week’s quote: “Man’s habits change more rapidly than his instincts ” —by ???? Last Week’s Quote was “Where there is official censorship it is a sign that speech is serious. Where there is none, it is pretty certain that the official spokesmen have all the loudspeakers.”, was Paul Goodman, winner John Biddle. […]
- [Why Should Non-Euro Companies Care About GDPR?](https://easydns.com/blog/2018/05/28/why-should-non-euro-companies-care-about-gdpr.md): Weekly Axis Of Easy #51 In this issue: Amazon’s Alexa sent this couple’s private conversations to somebody else Google shuts down entire company after one employee triggers AUP violation Company buying location data from telecoms was also leaking it via security flaw  Hackers target home routers and IoT devices  Emergency brakes disabled on Uber autonomous […]
- [Impending "Fake News" Bill Brings Censorship, Free Speech Concerns](https://easydns.com/blog/2018/06/11/impending-fake-news-bill-brings-censorship-free-speech-concerns.md): Weekly Axis Of Easy #53 This week’s quote: “Sooner or later, everybody sits down to a banquet of consequences”. —by ???? Last Week’s Quote was “The future is already here, it’s just unevenly distributed” by William Gibson. Winner: Marc Dacey THE RULES: No Googling the answer, must be posted to this blog post below The Prize: First person to post […]
- [Why should any non-Euro companies care about the GDPR?](https://easydns.com/blog/2018/05/28/gdrp-why-should-any-non-euro-companies-care.md): Admittedly we’ve been largely silent on the topic of the new European General Data Protection Rules (GDPR)  because frankly, we don’t really know how to deal with it. The reality is,  nobody really knows how to deal with it. The Registrar Stakeholders Group (RRSG) has been very frustrated, and ICANN, never missing an opportunity to […]
- [86% Of All Passwords Are Already Compromised. Are Yours?](https://easydns.com/blog/2018/05/07/86-of-all-passwords-are-already-compromised-are-yours.md): Weekly Axis Of Easy #48 In this issue:   Facebook using AI to remove “bad stuff” before it’s even reported Cambridge Analytica bytes the dust NSA warrantless data collection soars in 2017 Amazon threatens to shutdown Signal over censorship workaround Chinese factories using brain scanners on workers to preempt mistakes France.com seized by France in domain […]
- [Google Removes “Don’t be Evil” Clause From Code of Conduct](https://easydns.com/blog/2018/05/21/google-removes-dont-be-evil-clause-from-code-of-conduct.md): Weekly Axis Of Easy #50   This issue contains nothing about Meghan Markle. It contains this:   Google removes “Don’t be Evil” clause from Code of Conduct   New European data privacy rules kick in this week Bell meets with CRTC to push FairPlay after denying same US cell carriers sell real time location data […]
- [Crypto Thieves Hijack Amazon's Route53 DNS](https://easydns.com/blog/2018/04/30/crypto-thieves-hijack-amazons-route53-dns.md): Weekly Axis Of Easy #47 In this issue: DDoS-for-Hire Service operators arrested Crypto thieves  hijack Amazon’s Route53 DNS Drupalgeddon2 saga continues: 2nd patch released Twitter sold data to same researcher behind Facebook scandal Transcription service leaked medical records Iranian LGBTQ activist wins defamation suit against Canadian Canadian music industry seeks more money and content blocking […]
- [Google’s Dossier On You Is Much Larger Than Facebook’s](https://easydns.com/blog/2018/04/16/googles-dossier-on-you-is-much-larger-than-facebooks.md): Weekly Axis Of Easy #45 In this issue: Krebs: Don’t give up historical info about yourself online Drupalgeddon2 critical patch update Largest Black Lives Matter page on Facebook is actually fake Google’s dossier on you is much larger than Facebook’s YouTube illegally collects data on children Wozniak deletes his Facebook page Apple to kill iTunes […]
- [Do You Know Palantir? They Know You.](https://easydns.com/blog/2018/04/23/do-you-know-palantir-they-know-you.md): Weekly Axis Of Easy #46  In this issue: Private intelligence agency leaks scraped data of 48 million people Do you know Palantir? They know you. Breached chat service leaks data of K-Mart, Best Buy customers New fileless malware eludes antivirus scanners Honduran government unveils new cyber censorship laws Facebook plays shell game with Euro Privacy […]
- [Special Update on the Spectre/Meltdown Intel Chipset Vulnerability](https://easydns.com/blog/2018/01/04/special-update-on-the-spectre-meltdown-intel-chipset-vulnerability.md): Axis Of Easy Special Update   In this issue: The Intel chipset bug What and who is affected What to do about it   The Intel chipset bug A security research team discovered two separate vulnerabilities in Intel chips that exploit weaknesses in the isolation between the operating system and the application layer in one […]
- [Critical Drupal Vulnerability Allows Remote Code Execution](https://easydns.com/blog/2018/04/02/critical-drupal-vulnerability-allows-remote-code-execution.md): Weekly Axis Of Easy #43  In this issue: Critical Drupal vulnerability allows remote code execution Facebook funding anti-privacy efforts while apologizing for privacy violations US Gov to gain access to social media of all visa applicants Under Armour data breach affects 150 million MyFitnessPal users Criminal group who executed 1 Billion euro cybertheft arrested in […]
- [Do You Trust This Computer?](https://easydns.com/blog/2018/04/09/do-you-trust-this-computer.md): Weekly Axis Of Easy #44  In this issue: Documentary: Do You Trust This Computer? Google employees revolt over military drone program US Feds seize Backpage.com domain Rogue network of cellphone snoopers discovered in Washington DC DHS building database to monitor media influencers More Facebook shenanigans: health records, political contributions & pay-for-privacy Telus jumps on Canadian […]
- [Bell Canada Pushes Website Blacklist](https://easydns.com/blog/2017/12/11/bell-canada-pushes-website-blacklist.md): Weekly Axis Of Easy #29 In this issue: Bell Canada pushes website blacklist  Satori Botnet feared larger than Mirai  Canadian spy agencies datamining ordinary citizens’ data in bulk Arizona using facial recognition on all citizens with a drivers license  Don’t try this at home: Couple cashes in life savings to mine bitcoin   Bell Canada […]
- [Mirai Botnet Creators Headed For Prison](https://easydns.com/blog/2017/12/18/mirai-botnet-creators-headed-for-prison.md): Weekly Axis Of Easy #30   In this issue: Today is “The Purge” day on Twitter. Industrial hack illustrates infrastructure vulnerabilities  California voter database hacked Mirai botnet creators headed for prison FCC repeals “Open Internet” legislation  “This time is Different” What Bitcoin really is… Today is “The Purge” day on Twitter. In a recent ToS […]
- [Net Neutrality Wasn't All It Was Cracked Up To Be](https://easydns.com/blog/2017/11/27/net-neutrality-wasnt-all-it-was-cracked-up-to-be-2.md): Weekly Axis Of Easy #27   This week’s edition is longer than usual as all kinds of scary Orwellian stuff happened last week! FCC to kill “net neutrality”. Internet goes insane. Telus blocks access to union website (in 2005! *facepalm*) Uber caught paying hackers to cover-up 57 million record data breach Google admits tracking users’ location […]
- [TD Whistleblower: Bank offshoring work & data without customers knowledge](https://easydns.com/blog/2017/10/30/td-whistleblower-bank-offshoring-work-data-without-customers-knowledge.md): Weekly Axis Of Easy #23 In this issue: Facebook feed change will leave independent news out in the cold Baby *do* Fear The Reaper: new botnet bigger than Mirai  BadRabbit Ransomware spreading from Eastern Europe TD Whistleblower: Bank offshoring work & data without customers knowledge Facebook feed change will leave independent news out in the […]
- [Canada Revenue Agency Orders Paypal To Disclose Data](https://easydns.com/blog/2017/11/13/canada-revenue-agency-orders-paypal-to-disclose-data.md): Weekly Axis Of Easy #25 In this issue: Canada Revenue Agency orders Paypal to disclose data PSA: Canada Revenue Agency does not take Bitcoin Former founder: Facebook exploits psychology to make site “addictive” LockCrypt Ransomware spreading via compromised mail servers Krebs: How to opt-out of Equifax selling your salary history Ethereum smart contract bug locks […]
- [Russia Threatens To Ban Facebook](https://easydns.com/blog/2017/10/02/russia-threatens-to-ban-facebook.md): Weekly Axis Of Easy #19 In this issue:     • Deloitte scrambles as entire internal email system compromised • Russia threatens to ban Facebook over data privacy laws • Iceland’s .IS TLD latest to kick Daily Stormer • Bell Canada calls for government web blocking and copyright criminalization Deloitte scrambles as entire internal email system […]
- [Major WIFI Vulnerability Discovered: KRACK Attack](https://easydns.com/blog/2017/10/16/major-wifi-vulnerability-discovered-krack-attack.md): Weekly Axis Of Easy #21 In this issue: All your WIFI are belong to us: Major vulnerability in WPA2 to be released Equifax website to address data breach infected with malware Mobile phone companies sell your name & location data Russia introduces “crypto-ruble” All your WIFI are belong to us: Major vulnerability in WPA2 to […]
- [Equifax Breach Exposes Millions Of Customers Data](https://easydns.com/blog/2017/09/11/equifax-breach-exposes-millions-of-customers-data.md): Weekly Axis Of Easy #16 This is your #AxisOfEasy Weekly Briefing for the week of September 11, 2017, wherein easyCEO Mark E. Jeftovic sends out a short briefing on the state of the ‘net and how it affects your business, security and privacy. Sorry for the lag between issues! I was traveling. First I was in London, UK, […]
- [DNS On Blockchain, Ethereum Name Service (ENS), VRM and Governance (oh my)](https://easydns.com/blog/2017/09/19/dns-on-blockchain-ethereum-name-service-ens-vrm-and-governance-oh-my.md): Last month I had the good fortune to be invited to the first Ethereum Name Service (ENS) Workshop in London, UK. Ever since I became first exposed to crypto-currencies with Bitcoin, I have been enthusiastic about the possibilities of using blockchain technology to underpin DNS. To be clear, I don’t envision blockchain ever replacing DNS, I […]
- [FBI Pays Geeksquad To Inform On Its Customers](https://easydns.com/blog/2018/03/12/fbi-pays-geeksquad-to-inform-on-its-customers.md): Weekly Axis Of Easy #40 Aloha from Oahu… In this issue: Have you checked your credit report since the Equifax hack? FBI pays Geeksquad to inform on its customers Researcher discovers “Killswitch” to neutralize the memcache DDoS Google’s AI is helping military drones get better at their job Why the DoD works with Hollywood to […]
- [Who Is Cambridge Analytica?](https://easydns.com/blog/2018/03/19/who-is-cambridge-analytica.md): Weekly Axis Of Easy #41 In this issue: Who is Cambridge Analytica? EFF Warns CLOUD Act end-runs 4th Amendment Same as it ever was: Flash player needs patching. Again. Web inventor says it’s time to regulate Big Tech New Orleans tries its hand at tech powered “pre-crime” Sierra Leone runs world’s first election using blockchain […]
- [Should You Delete Your Facebook Page?](https://easydns.com/blog/2018/03/26/should-you-delete-your-facebook-page.md): In 1994 Wired magazine ran a short story entitled “Hack the spew” . This was back when Wired was actually cutting edge and not the insufferable Silicon Valley stroke job it became after Conde Naste acquired it. In it our antihero “Stark” finds himself inexplicably recruited as a kind of data scout, looking for viable consumer trends […]
- [Firefox flaw allows remote code execution](https://easydns.com/blog/2018/02/05/firefox-flaw-allows-remote-code-execution.md): Weekly Axis Of Easy #35 In this issue: YAAF0D: Yet Another Adobe Flash 0-Day Firefox flaw allows remote code execution Privacy app Telegram dropped from iTunes Store after content violation Bell Canada Data Breach (again) Google abandons “Fact Checking” system Cargill invests in facial recognition software – for bovines  Welcome to Bitcoin’s Trough of Disillusionment  […]
- [Apple To Store iCloud Private Keys In China](https://easydns.com/blog/2018/02/26/apple-to-store-icloud-private-keys-in-china.md): Weekly Axis Of Easy #38 In this issue: Apple will store iCloud private keys in China New Zealand spills the beans: releases full text of TPP Twitter purges thousands of “Russian bot” accounts, Conservatives scream “foul” Hackernoon: Your Facebook data is creepy as hell TIL that the Italian Government has an automated “tax snitch” software […]
- [NSA Has Deleted Data It Was Supposed To Preserve For A Lawsuit](https://easydns.com/blog/2018/01/22/nsa-has-deleted-data-it-was-supposed-to-preserve-for-a-lawsuit.md): Weekly Axis Of Easy #33 In this issue: NSA has deleted data it was supposed to preserve for a lawsuit Twitter notifies 677,775 users that they’ve interacted with Russian bots during election Concerns mounting over social media addictiveness and censorship Amazon opens first fully automated, unmanned grocery store City of Toronto counsellor advocates accepting Bitcoin […]
- [We are now checking SPF data for hotmail.com on smtp2](https://easydns.com/blog/2006/06/16/we-are-now-checking-spf-data-for-hotmail-com-on-smtp2.md): We have found it necessary to turn on SPF checking for the hotmail.com on the smtp2 (backup MX) pool after a massive dictionary attack on a customer domain using forged hotmail.com addresses got us blackholed at hotmail’s servers. This meant we were not able to send over legitimate hotmail.com mail from the smtp2 pool. Now […]
- [The DNS Attack: What It Means, "Who Did It?" and How To Deal](https://easydns.com/blog/2016/10/24/the-dns-attack-what-it-means-who-did-it-and-how-to-deal.md): 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 […]
- [New Ransomeware Will Share Your Browser History](https://easydns.com/blog/2017/07/17/new-ransomeware-will-share-your-browser-history.md): Weekly Axis Of Easy #13 In this issue: LeatherLocker Ransomware spills the beans on your browsing history China successfully “teleports” a photon into outer space .IO TLD traffic partially hijacked by well aimed domain registration Mt Gox head denies stealing $500 million in bitcoin as trial starts LeatherLocker Ransomware spills the beans on your browsing […]
- [DoublePulsar: The Leaked NSA Exploit Kit Spreading In The Wild](https://easydns.com/blog/2017/05/02/doublepulsar-the-leaked-nsa-exploit-kit-spreading-in-the-wild.md): This is your #AxisOfEasy Weekly Briefing for the week of May 1, 2017, wherein Mark sends out a short briefing on the state of the ‘net and how it affects whatever your business, security and privacy. Comments always appreciated, just hit “reply” or leave a comment below. In this issue: DoublePulsar: The Leaked NSA Exploit Kit Spreading in the wild Uber employs private […]
- [Facebook Ads Targeting Teens Based On Emotional State](https://easydns.com/blog/2017/05/08/facebook-ads-targeting-teens-based-on-emotional-state.md): In this issue: Facebook ads targeting teens based on emotional state Hackers hit French President-elect Marcon in massive document dump Over 1 billion user logins and passwords leaked in Anti Public and Exploit.In dumps   Facebook ads targeting teens based on emotional state Last week a report surfaced that Facebook told advertisers it could deliver highly […]
- [#cloudbleed and how it affects easyDNS members](https://easydns.com/blog/2017/02/24/cloudbleed-and-how-it-affects-easydns-members.md): The big news this morning is #cloudbleed, a bug in Cloudflare’s web service that was discovered by a Google researcher to be leaking sensitive data, including authentication credentials in plaintext. Due to the size of the Cloudflare user base, this affects a huge swath of the internet, including many easyDNS customers. There are three main […]
- [Introducing "Fake News", The Fifth Horseman of the Internet Apocalypse](https://easydns.com/blog/2016/11/21/introducing-fake-news-the-fifth-horseman-of-the-internet-apocalypse.md): VP-Elect Pence issuing execution proclamation. The fifth horseman of the internet apocalypse is here. It changed the course of the election. It’s enabling Russia to control our minds. Behold the spectre of “Fake News” …and what helps “fake news” sites undermine our democracy? According to some, whois privacy. Before this idea gathers too much steam I wanted […]
- [Bill C-30… Awful Access (especially for ISPs)](https://easydns.com/blog/2012/02/16/bill-c-30-awful-access-especially-for-isps.md): Given our previous opposition to various legislative proposals aimed at the Internet such as our take on SOPA, the short lived Verisign Takedown Proposal, we would be remiss if we did not comment on Bill C-30, “Lawful Access”. I read it a couple nights ago and I think it’s one of the worst legislative proposals […]
- [What the New Canadian Anti-Spam Legislation (CASL) Actually Means](https://easydns.com/blog/2013/09/30/what-the-new-canadian-anti-spam-legislation-casl-actually-means.md): [ 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 […]
- [Hub Nation: The Scandal of Money](https://easydns.com/blog/2016/05/16/hub-nation-the-scandal-of-money.md): I just finished reading Dan Lyon’s “Disrupted”. I devoured it in a little over 2 days and took frequent breaks to email various friends and colleagues (many of them tech CEOs of non-unicorns, go figure) that they had to read it. The story of Lyon’s tumultuous ride at Hubspot, a tech unicorn which has never […]
- [RFO (Reason For Outage) October 30/15 Service Outage](https://easydns.com/blog/2015/10/30/intermittent-connectivity-issues-october-30th.md): At approximately 11:50 am ET the primary link to our Markham datacenter failed. Our datacenter facility has a backup link with another provider, however our BGP advertisements were not accepted via the new data route. Services impacted included: easyMail, easyWEB, easy.Press and outbound mail. The main easyDNS platform was available but impacted due to degraded […]
- [Confessions of an ex-opponent of Whois Privacy](https://easydns.com/blog/2015/07/02/confessions-of-an-ex-opponent-of-whois-privacy.md): The following is the easyDNS response to ICANN’ public comment period on GNSO Privacy & Proxy Services Accreditation Issues Working Group Initial Report. The public comment period is open until July 7, 2015. We strongly urge you to make your voice known by signing the petition over at Save Domain Privacy. I submit these comments […]
- [Unfortunately, we have renewed our ICANN Accreditation](https://easydns.com/blog/2015/05/20/unfortunately-we-have-renewed-our-icann-accreditation.md): [ NOTE: We will be posting a follow-up to address the many questions that have come up out of this. One thing we’ll mention now since it’s the most asked question: .CA domains are not affected by this (they already undergo a validation process by CIRA – more on that in the follow up) ] […]
- [Additional Record Types](https://easydns.com/blog/2015/01/20/additional-record-types.md): We often get requests to support less common DNS record types. We’ve added a new section in the control panel to manage ‘Other’ resource record types. The following record types are currently supported: AFSDB CERT KEY LOC RP SSHFP TLSA The preference for ‘Show Advanced DNS Records’ needs to be enabled: In the ‘DNS Settings’ […]
- [Changes to Terms of Service](https://easydns.com/blog/2015/01/23/changes-to-terms-of-service.md): We have just modified Item #5 of our Terms of Service as follows: Old Version 5. Having said that: We are typically vigorous advocates for our clients. We require a court order to take down your domains or websites and we notify of you of any attempts to take down your domains or websites or […]
- [Three Reasons Small Independent Web Businesses Are Massively Outgunned](https://easydns.com/blog/2014/11/20/three-reasons-small-independent-web-businesses-are-massively-outgunned.md): The other day I read this article over on ZeroHedge from a small business owner in the US on why businesses like his were the dwindling exception. He cited 9 reasons the deck is stacked against the owner-operated small business, they were mainly specific to bricks-and-mortar shops in the U.S., but it resonated with me […]
- [There Are Two Types of Businesses…](https://easydns.com/blog/2014/11/21/there-are-two-types-of-businesses.md): I reread yesterday’s post. It seemed a bit of a suckfest. Sure it’s all true. So what do you do about it? A couple years ago I started writing a book, working title, Punch Above Your Weight:  How To Survive & Thrive Going Toe-to-Toe Against the 800lb Gorilla In Your Space. I got a fair […]
- [7 Great Web Hosting Screwings To Watch Out For](https://easydns.com/blog/2014/02/21/7-great-web-hosting-screwings-to-watch-out-for.md): [ This is a reprint of the “Why Choose easyWEB” page from over on, you know, easyWEB ] Why easyWEB?   While we may be latecomers to the web hosting space, in the course of helping you manage your domains and DNS for over 15 years we’ve seen pretty well every trick in the book, […]
- [Verisign punts: easyDNS To Appeal Decision of "No Decision"](https://easydns.com/blog/2013/11/26/verisign-punts-easydns-to-appeal-decision-of-no-decision.md): The never-ending odyssey of the London Police shakedown requests against numerous file sharing and bittorrent domains worldwide, it looks like we’ll have to push this all the way up to a TDRP panel to decide the fate of 3 domains locked-down at Public Domain Registry without valid grounds. To review, the London Police sent out […]
- [Security response to an attempted data breach](https://easydns.com/blog/2012/10/15/security-response-to-an-attempted-data-breach.md): Last Thursday we mitigated an attempt to breach customer data. No customer data was obtained, and no domains or services were impacted, however in the wake of the attempt we have elected to accelerate our already planned security enhancements. This is why, when you log in today and from now onwards you will be forced […]
- [Update on Intermittent DNS issues on legacy platform. \[resolved\]](https://easydns.com/blog/2011/07/12/update-on-intermittent-dns-issues-on-legacy-platform.md): We’ve made further adjustments to the system. While symptoms disappeared quite quickly, we continue to monitor the situation. If, perchance, this recurs and you happen to be near a shell, please run this command: dig +trace [domain] and then email us those results. If you also include a “traceroute” it may be helpful as well. […]
- [\[RESOLVED\] Sporadic resolution issues with "dns2.easydns.net"](https://easydns.com/blog/2012/08/16/resolved-sporadic-resolution-issues-with-dns2-easydns-net.md): Earlier this morning, some customers may have experienced sporadic DNS resolution errors when querying “dns2.easydns.net”. This was the result of one of the nameservers in the Anycast cluster that makes up “dns2.easydns.net”, and we have worked with our upstream provider to have it removed. During this time, the nameserver would have been inaccessible, and queries […]
- [DNS Anomaly on Saturday – transient lookup issues \[resolved\]](https://easydns.com/blog/2011/07/11/dns-anomoly-on-saturday-transient-lookup-issues.md): On Saturday, July 9, between 5:30pm EST and 6:30pm EST (21:30 – 22:30 UTC) we had a spike in users reporting response issues on  some domains. Service degraded for the better part of an hour for some domains or (more likely) some parts of the world. As much as we hate to use the “regional […]
- [Update: Intermittent issues appearing \[resolved\]](https://easydns.com/blog/2011/07/12/intermittent-issues-appearing.md): We’ve had some intermittent reports in the past short while about problems similar to the ones on Saturday. All hands are on deck working on it, and we’ll update as soon as we have more info. Our sincere apologies for any inconvenience, and thanks for the understanding. Update 22:00 EST: We’ve made further adjustments to […]
- [The easyDNSSEC roadmap.](https://easydns.com/blog/2011/01/26/the-easydnssec-roadmap.md): We’ve been getting an increasing number of queries regarding the rollout of DNSSEC, the security extensions for DNS. We have been testing DNSSEC internally and plan to have it available for members ahead of the key deployments this year. Some of the deployments are as follows: .CA plans to sign the root on March 31, […]
- [easyRoute53: Nameserver Integration and DNS Management Layer for Route53](https://easydns.com/blog/2011/01/18/easyroute53-nameserver-integration-and-dns-management-layer-for-route53.md): In December, Amazon Web Services announced the addition of Route53 DNS to their cloud computing environment. What this meant was that developers using other AWS components, such as EC2 cloud computing or S3 storage, could extend their toolkits to include Amazon’s own DNS hosting. For some of us in the DNS biz, it was viewed […]
- [First they came for the file-sharing domains…](https://easydns.com/blog/2010/11/27/first-they-came-for-the-file-sharing-domains.md): [easyDNS did not terminate wikileaks DNS, that was everyDNS. See this ] (Background: as you may or may not be aware, earlier in the year the US Department of Homeland Security began seizing domain names of various filesharing websites. Suddenly the agency tasked with protecting the United States from further terrorist attacks was now seizing […]
- [Ok, here's what happened (with that DNS timeout thing this morning)](https://easydns.com/blog/2010/09/27/ok-heres-what-happened-with-that-dns-timeout-thing-this-morning.md): This morning around 8:30am EST monitoring services around the world, things like DNSStuff, Pingdom, etc began reporting DNS timeout errors for easyDNS back to their respective users. Oddly, most of the time a human check (like trying to get to a website in a web browser) would succeed. Not always. To compound the weirdness, none […]
- [Why we do not offer Whois masking at easyDNS](https://easydns.com/blog/2008/11/20/why-we-do-not-offer-whois-masking-at-easydns.md): Update: we have since flip-flopped on this. Please See: The Official easyDNS Flip-Flop on Whois Privacy. We get asked this a alot: Why do you guys not offer whois masking or whois contact privacy? The brief background on this is: whenever you register a domain name, your contact details are published in a publicly visible […]
- [\[Axis of Easy\] #SaveDotOrg: Why ISOC Sold The .ORG TLD To A Private Equity Firm](https://easydns.com/blog/2019/12/09/axis-of-easy-savedotorg-why-isoc-sold-the-org-tld-to-a-private-equity-firm.md): Weekly Axis Of Easy #125 Last Week’s Quote was  “The most successful people are those who are good at Plan B”  by James Yorke, the winner was Shayne. This Week’s Quote:   “The only thing useful banks have invented in 20 years is the ATM.”  by….??? THE RULES:  No searching up the answer, must be posted to the […]
- [\[Axis of Easy\] China Introduces Mandatory Face Scans For New Phone Users](https://easydns.com/blog/2019/12/02/axis-of-easy-china-introduces-mandatory-face-scans-for-new-phone-users.md): Weekly Axis Of Easy #124 Last Week’s Quote was  “Secrecy is the keystone to all tyranny. Not force, but secrecy and censorship.” by Robert A Heinlein.  Winner was Adriano Correa  This Week’s Quote:   “The most successful people are those who are good at Plan B”  by….??? THE RULES:  No searching up the answer, must be […]
- [\[Axis of Easy\] Amazon Doorbells Exposed Home WiFi Passwords To Hackers](https://easydns.com/blog/2019/11/18/axis-of-easy-amazon-doorbells-exposed-home-wifi-passwords-to-hackers.md): Weekly Axis Of Easy #122 Last Week’s Quote was  “Image is reality, and reality is nothing more than one long propaganda film” by Peter Levenda, winner was Marco Maske This Week’s Quote:   “The liberties of none are safe unless the liberties of all are protected.”  by….??? THE RULES: No searching up the answer, must be posted to the […]
- [\[AxisOfEasy\]: Saudi Arabia Makes Bitcoin Trading Illegal In The Kingdom](https://easydns.com/blog/2018/08/20/axisofeasy-saudi-arabia-makes-bitcoin-trading-illegal-in-the-kingdom.md): Weekly Axis Of Easy #63 This week’s quote:   “An entirely new and unique and dense sort of ignorance will be manufactured by a combination of censorship of the Press and censorship by the Press.” – by ???? Last Week’s Quote was “The bureaucracy is expanding to meet the needs of an expanding bureaucracy” by Oscar Wilde. Everybody […]
- [\[AxisOfEasy\] Anybody Who Hasn’t Been Hacked By STARBURST, Please Raise Your Hand](https://easydns.com/blog/2020/12/15/axisofeasy-anybody-who-hasnt-been-hacked-by-starburst-please-raise-your-hand.md): FireEye and US Treasuray Department hacked, Russia blamed Solarwinds Hacked and was attack vector for all of the above and more Google falls out of bed with Monday morning outage...check it out in Axis of Easy #176
- [\[Axis of Easy\] Stop What You’re Doing – Firefox edition](https://easydns.com/blog/2020/01/13/axis-of-easy-stop-what-youre-doing-firefox-edition.md): Weekly Axis Of Easy #128 Last Week’s Quote was “The illiterate of the 21st century will not be those who cannot read and write, but those who cannot learn, unlearn, and relearn.” …was the late great Alvin Toffler, winner was Thatch. This Week’s Quote: “It is wisdom to cultivate the tree which you have found […]
- [\[Axis of Easy\] Apple Dropped Plan For Encrypted Backups After FBI Complained](https://easydns.com/blog/2020/01/27/axis-of-easy-apple-dropped-plan-for-encrypted-backups-after-fbi-complained.md): Weekly Axis Of Easy #130 Last Week’s Quote was “I’ve learned that the monsters ain’t underneath the bed”.  …was Eric Church, nobody got it.  This Week’s Quote: “Life is a long lesson in humility” …by ???? THE RULES: No searching up the answer, must be posted to the blog The Prize: First person to post the correct answer […]
- [\[Axis of Easy\] WSJ: Tech Giants Have Hijacked The Internet](https://easydns.com/blog/2019/10/28/wsj-tech-giants-have-hijacked-the-internet.md): Weekly Axis Of Easy #119 Last Week’s Quote was  “It is remarkable how much long-term advantage people like us have gotten by trying to be consistently not stupid, instead of trying to be very intelligent”  by… closest guess was Warren Buffet, it was actually his business partner Charlie Munger. This Week’s Quote:  “What is not surrounded by uncertainty cannot be […]
- [\[Axis of Easy\] Don’t Read This Until You Upgrade Your Google Chrome First](https://easydns.com/blog/2019/11/04/axis-of-easy-dont-read-this-until-you-upgrade-your-google-chrome-first.md): Weekly Axis Of Easy #120 Last Week’s Quote was  “What is not surrounded by uncertainty cannot be the truth.” by Richard Feynman, winner was Dave This Week’s Quote:  “The greatest barrier to progress is not ignorance, but the illusion of knowledge.’ …by ????? THE RULES: No searching up the answer, must be posted to the blog The […]
- [\[AxisOfEasy\] Nevermind Television, Screen Time Is Rotting Your Kids’ Brains](https://easydns.com/blog/2018/10/29/axisofeasy-nevermind-television-screen-time-is-rotting-your-kids-brains.md): Weekly Axis Of Easy #72 This week’s quote:  “He who despairs of the human condition is a coward, but he who has hope for it is a fool.” …by ???? Last Week’s Quote was   “The essence of strategy is choosing what not to do” by ….Michael Porter, winner was William Hanisch THE RULES: No searching up the answer, must be […]
- [\[Axis of Easy\] Your smartphone may be recording everything you say](https://easydns.com/blog/2020/01/06/axis-of-easy-hackersyour-smartphone-may-be-recording-everything-you-saytaunt-families-via-compromised-ring-cameras-podcast-it-live-2.md): Weekly Axis Of Easy #127 Last Week’s Quote was  “Every plane crash makes the next one less likely, every bank crash makes the next one more likely.” …was Nassim Taleb, winner was Joseph Shipman This Week’s Quote:  “The illiterate of the 21st century will not be those who cannot read and write, but those who […]
- [Future Fibre: DIY Internet](https://easydns.com/blog/2020/03/17/future-fibre-diy-internet.md): easyDNS is pleased to sponsor Jesse Hirsh‘s “Future Fibre / Future Tools” segments of his new email list, Metaviews. Be the solution to your connectivity conundrum Recently I’ve noticed an increase in the amount of posts in my social circle asking for recommendations for a better Internet provider. The discussions in response to these queries […]
- [Future Fibre: B4RN](https://easydns.com/blog/2020/01/17/future-fibre-b4rn.md): easyDNS is pleased to sponsor Jesse Hirsh‘s “Future Fibre / Future Tools” segments of his new email list, Metaviews. The reigning champion for fast rural fibre As the agricultural industry is transformed by technology, farmers are embracing the hacker ethos, and this necessarily includes connectivity and rural fibre infrastructure. Farmers often have access to heavy […]
- [Future Fibre: Bernie’s Broadband Break-up](https://easydns.com/blog/2019/12/13/future-fibre-bernies-broadband-break-up.md): easyDNS is pleased to sponsor Jesse Hirsh‘s “Future Fibre / Future Tools” segments of his new email list, Metaviews. Internet for all comes to the 2020 US Election Broadband populism finally seems to be having its moment. The combination of high prices and low quality service has not only provoked a growing number of people to complain, […]
- [\[AxisOfEasy\] Social Media Platforms As Arms Of The State](https://easydns.com/blog/2018/11/26/axisofeasy-social-media-platforms-as-arms-of-the-state.md): Weekly Axis Of Easy #76 This week’s quote:  “We are almost entirely incapable of predicting the future, yet economics strangely purports to be exempt from this fact of life. ” …by ???? Last Week’s Quote was  “Premature optimization is the root of all evil.” By Donald Knuth, a boatload of you got this one, but John Ellin was first. […]
- [Future Fibre: wireless.farm](https://easydns.com/blog/2019/12/17/future-fibre-wireless-farm.md): easyDNS is pleased to sponsor Jesse Hirsh‘s “Future Fibre / Future Tools” segments of his new email list, Metaviews. An rural ISP in Guelph Eramosa Township As part of our ongoing Future Fibre series we’re profiling community networks to learn about their challenges, solutions, context, and insights. In today’s issue we learn from Philip Mullis, who owns […]
- [Future Fibre: Grow Your Own Internet](https://easydns.com/blog/2019/11/18/future-fibre-grow-your-own-internet.md): We are pleased to announce our sponsorship of Jesse Hirsh‘s “Future Fibre / Future Tooks” segments of his new email list, Metaviews. This is the first installment wherein Jesse takes a look at the state of broadband access in rural Canada and the growing micro-ISP movement to address the shortcomings of the space. Let’s Seize […]
- [Is Bitcoin Cash a "legitimate" crypto-currency?](https://easydns.com/blog/2018/01/24/is-bitcoin-cash-a-legitimate-crypto-currency.md): Several weeks ago we announced support for Bitcoin Cash as part of our response to the situation of inordinately high fees for Bitcoin transactions (a situation we consider to be temporary and of the “growing pains” ilk). Those remedies included zero confirmations for existing members in good standing, and we adopted Bitcoin Cash as a […]
- [Domain suffixes not an endangered species](https://easydns.com/blog/2005/11/28/domain-suffixes-not-an-endangered-species.md): I’ve seen several references to the firm that wants to get rid of net suffixes over the weekend, and at the risk of sounding like a stuffy curmudgeon I have to state my suspicion that it is at least partially attributable to a “slow technews weekend” after the US Thanksgiving. From monday morning’s vantage point […]
- [\[Axis of Easy\] Canada’s BTLR Report Calls For Licensing Content Creators](https://easydns.com/blog/2020/02/03/axis-of-easy-canadas-btlr-report-calls-for-licensing-content-creators.md): Weekly Axis Of Easy #131 Last Week’s Quote was “Life is a long lesson in humility” …was Sir James Matthew Barrie (creator of Peter Pan), nobody got it. This Week’s Quote:  “The only mistake in life is the lesson not learned” …by ???? THE RULES:   No searching up the answer, must be posted to the blog The […]
- [Censorship, Cyberwar and Surveillance Will Lead to a Global Net-Split](https://easydns.com/blog/2016/10/19/censorship-cyberwar-and-surveillance-will-lead-to-a-global-net-split.md): I used to say in a very offhanded way that if the global governance and due process issues continued unaddressed, or the affronts to multi-national sovereignty got worse then the logical outcome, eventually, would be a “net-split”. A Net-split from the Internet Relay Chat (IRC) parlance is when a cohesive network – like the internet – splits off […]
- [\[Axis of Easy\] Coronavirus, Facial Recognition And Narrative Control](https://easydns.com/blog/2020/03/02/axis-of-easy-coronavirus-facial-recognition-and-narrative-control.md): Weekly Axis Of Easy #135 Last Week’s Quote was  “An era can be considered over when its basic illusions have been exhausted” by Arthur Miller. Nobody got it. This Week’s Quote:  “Nothing can now be believed which is seen in a newspaper. Truth itself becomes suspicious by being put into that polluted vehicle.” …by ???? THE RULES:   No searching up […]
- [Twitter’s community verification system will be a disaster](https://easydns.com/blog/2020/02/24/bias-and-b-s-would-be-baked-into-twitters-proposed-community-verification-system.md):   Bias and b/s would be baked-into the proposed scheme Recently NBC news came into a leaked demo, which was confirmed by Twitter, of a system to allow verified users to correct and flag  misinformation, directly below the tweet. Any tweets flagged as misinformation will have their visibility reduced across the system.
- [Should Woke Social Media Barons be the Arbiters of Truth?](https://easydns.com/blog/2020/02/03/should-woke-social-media-barons-be-the-arbiters-of-truth.md): On Friday night (Jan 31), a few days  after my  new book about deplatforming and cancel culture came out, the news broke that Twitter had permanently suspended Zerohedge for breaking the platform’s policies. The move was taken in response to an article penned by Buzzfeed writer Ryan Broderick which falsely accused Zerohedge of “doxxing” a […]
- [\[Axis of Easy\] Smartphone App Completely Hoses Iowa Caucus](https://easydns.com/blog/2020/02/10/axis-of-easy-smartphone-app-completely-hoses-iowa-caucus.md): Weekly Axis Of Easy #132 Last Week’s Quote was:   “The only mistake in life is the lesson not learned”…was Albert Einstein, winner was Chuck Wong. This Week’s Quote:  “The media’s so central to our lives that we believe what we seen onscreen is real” …by ???? THE RULES:   No searching up the answer, must be posted to the […]
- [\[AxisOfEasy\] Crypto Co-Founder Arrested As DoJ Files Indictments In US](https://easydns.com/blog/2020/10/06/axisofeasy-crypto-co-founder-arrested-as-doj-files-indictments-in-us.md): Crypto derivatives platform BitMex hit with indictments, arrest, Ontario cops misused COVID contact tracing database, AxisOfEasy: It’s not Conspiracy. It’s Culture ...and more in AofE # 166
- [\[AxisOfEasy\] Underworld in panic as cops penetrate secret criminal chat app](https://easydns.com/blog/2020/07/07/axisofeasy-underworld-in-panic-as-cops-penetrate-secret-criminal-chat-app.md): Weekly Axis Of Easy #153 Last Week’s Quote  was “What is essential is to develop the will to see things, to see how human beings are manipulated, to see where there might be impulses by which people are manipulated”, was Rudolf Steiner, inventor of the Waldorf Schools (among other things). Nobody got it. This Week’s Quote: […]
- [\[AxisOfEasy\] Google parses your Gmail for financial transactions](https://easydns.com/blog/2019/06/03/axisofeasy-google-parses-your-gmail-for-financial-transactions.md): Weekly Axis Of Easy #100 Last Week’s Quote was  “Strange times are these in which we live when old and young are taught falsehoods in school. And the person that dares to tell the truth is called at once a lunatic and fool.” …by Plato! Haha, tricked you all, except everybody who got it. Winner was Karen McMillan, who […]
- [\[Axis of Easy\] Got A GPU Crypto-Miner? Repurpose It To Help Fight The Coronavirus](https://easydns.com/blog/2020/03/25/axis-of-easy-got-a-gpu-crypto-miner-repurpose-it-to-help-fight-the-coronavirus.md): Weekly Axis Of Easy #138 Last Week’s Quote was  “There are decades when nothing happens, and then are weeks when decades happen”,  I thought it was Lenin, but it turns out it could be apocryphal. James Candon was first with Lenin, but Luke McCarthy dispelled the assumption. We’re awarding it to both of them.  This Week’s […]
- [\[Axis of Easy\] April Fool’s Day Has Been #Canceled](https://easydns.com/blog/2020/03/30/axis-of-easy-april-fools-day-has-been-canceled.md): Weekly Axis Of Easy #139 Last Week’s Quote was “Tomorrow belongs to those who can hear it coming”, by David Bowie, winner was Thomas This Week’s Quote:  “If you are going through hell, keep going.” …by ???? THE RULES:   No searching up the answer, must be posted to the blog The Prize:   First person to post the […]
- [\[Axis of Easy\] Let’s Make This Simple: Zoom Is Malware](https://easydns.com/blog/2020/04/06/axis-of-easy-lets-make-this-simple-zoom-is-malware.md): Weekly Axis Of Easy #140 Last Week’s Quote was  “If you are going through hell, keep going.”, by Winston Churchill, winner was Tim Hillson This Week’s Quote: “The final outcome of credit expansion is general impoverishment” …by ???? THE RULES:   No searching up the answer, must be posted to the blog The Prize:   First person to post […]
- [easyDNS Coronavirus / COVID-19 Statement](https://easydns.com/blog/2020/03/18/easydns-coronavirus-covid-19-statement.md): In response to inquiries from clients regarding our posture to weather the global coronavirus pandemic, this should help put your minds at ease, at least with respect to relying on continuity of your easyDNS Services: DNS, domain registration, web and email hosting, proactive nameservers, et al as well as your ability to connect with our […]
- [\[AxisOfEasy\] Blame Canada: CenturyLink Outage Cascades Across Major Internet Providers](https://easydns.com/blog/2020/09/01/axisofeasy-blame-canada-centurylink-outage-cascades-across-major-internet-providers.md): Microsoft waited two years to fix 0-day it knew was being actively exploited, Canada’s COVID-19 contact tracing app now available, and why I installed it, Canada Revenue Agency shuts down online services after cyber attack..and more!
- [\[AxisOfEasy\] The Final Frontier: Using The Human Body As A Digital Wallet](https://easydns.com/blog/2019/09/09/axisofeasy-the-final-frontier-using-the-human-body-as-a-digital-wallet.md): Weekly Axis Of Easy #112 Last Week’s Quote was “..in order to draw its conclusions ‘science’ is forced to accept a great many purely hypothetical propositions as known and unquestionable data, requiring no proof.” …was the early 20th century mathematician and philosopher, P.D Ouspensky. Nobody got it. This Week’s Quote: “When information is cheap, attention becomes expensive.” […]
- [\[AxisOfEasy\] Here Comes Dark_Nexus: Possibly The Most Potent IoT Botnet Ever](https://easydns.com/blog/2020/04/13/axisofeasy-here-comes-dark_nexus-possibly-the-most-potent-iot-botnet-ever.md): Weekly Axis Of Easy #141 Last Week’s Quote was “The final outcome of credit expansion is general impoverishment”, by Ludwig Von Mises, winner was Fabian Luttman. We’re also awarding a renewal to M. Lea, who was wrong in his guess but gets special recognition for knowing who Vincent R. Locascio was. If you don’t know […]
- [\[AxisOfEasy\] #SaveDotOrg Succeeds As ICANN Kills Deal](https://easydns.com/blog/2020/05/05/axisofeasy-savedotorg-succeeds-as-icann-kills-deal-2.md): Weekly Axis Of Easy #144 Last Week’s Quote was “There must be no barriers to freedom of inquiry. There is no place for dogma in science. The scientist is free, and must be free to ask any question, to doubt any assertion, to seek for any evidence, to correct any errors” was Robert Oppenheimer. Winner was Lucien […]
- [\[AxisOfEasy\] Software Model Behind Global Lockdown Turns Out To Be Garbage](https://easydns.com/blog/2020/05/12/axisofeasy-software-model-behind-global-lockdown-turns-out-to-be-garbage.md): Weekly Axis Of Easy #145 Last Week’s Quote  was “The bulk of “misinformation” still comes from the class of people calling for censorship; they want their monopoly back” …by Matt Taibbi, nobody got it, but if came from his article “The Inevitable Coronavirus Censorship Crisis is Here“.  I find I disagree with Taibbi on a few things, but he […]
- [Canada’s Bill C-26: Yet Another Government Power Grab](https://easydns.com/blog/2023/01/27/canadas-bill-c-26-yet-another-government-power-grab.md): Soviet Era Ethos Stomps Privacy and Due-Process Another doozy from the Canadian government. Following along several other bills winding their way along the Road to Serfdom… Bill C-11 regulates the internet under the CRTC and paves the way toward institutionalized content moderation, the requirement for licenses to publish online, and regulation of user generated content […]
- [\[AxisOfEasy\] Google Delists, Then Relists The Great Barrington Declaration](https://easydns.com/blog/2020/10/13/axisofeasy-google-delists-then-relists-the-great-barrington-declaration.md): Robinhood accounts hacked and looted, support AWOL, Microsoft and US Cybercommand both attack trickbot, German giant Software AG’s internal network offline in ransomware attack and more in AofE #167
- [Future Tools: BigBlueButton](https://easydns.com/blog/2020/03/26/future-tools-bigbluebutton.md): easyDNS is pleased to sponsor Jesse Hirsh‘s “Future Fibre / Future Tools” segments of his new email list, Metaviews. Open source web conferencing learning platform Learning in the midst of a pandemic is an intuitive if not necessary activity. I say intuitive, as I think most people are currently engaged in active attempts to learn […]
- [Future Tools: democracy.earth](https://easydns.com/blog/2019/12/30/future-tools-democracy-earth.md): easyDNS is pleased to sponsor Jesse Hirsh‘s “Future Fibre / Future Tools” segments of his new email list, Metaviews. The rise of quadratic voting and democracy.earth A growing number of people are disillusioned with democracy. Although perhaps the issue isn’t democracy, but rather the emptiness of our electoral system and the decreasing value (or relevance) of voting. […]
- [Future Tools: Riot in the Matrix](https://easydns.com/blog/2019/12/05/future-tools-riot-in-the-matrix.md): easyDNS is pleased to sponsor Jesse Hirsh‘s “Future Fibre / Future Tools” segments of his new email list, Metaviews. Free collaborative messaging for the masses Email is not an organizing or collaboration tool. Chances are if you use your email inbox as a to do list, for task/project management, as a reading list, calendar, and who knows […]
- [Introducing Jitsi video meetings. Free web conferencing now available.](https://easydns.com/blog/2020/05/12/introducing-jitsi-video-meetings-free-web-conferencing-now-available.md): As we’ve been covering in #AxisOfEasy, with the rush to remote work and online video conferencing, several issues with Zoom have been coming to light. Not to pick on Zoom specifically, those problems are inherent to any centralized, black-box solution. Your communications and your data traverse somebody else’s platform, and you really don’t know what’s […]
- [\[easyDNS\] Hackers Modify Chemical Levels In Town’s Drinking Water Supply](https://easydns.com/blog/2021/02/09/easydns-hackers-modify-chemical-levels-in-towns-drinking-water-supply.md): Hackers modify chemical levels in town's drinking water supply, German Ex-con’s brain wallet stumps cops from seizing his bitcoin, DC Riot aftermath: tracked by smartphones, snitched on by banks while Youtube removes raw footage and more in Axis of Easy #182
- [\[AxisOfEasy\] US Bill Would Make Encryption Back-Doors Mandatory](https://easydns.com/blog/2020/06/30/axisofeasy-us-bill-would-make-encryption-back-doors-mandatory.md): Weekly Axis Of Easy #152 Last Week’s Quote  was “One of the greatest delusions in the world is the hope that the evils in this world are to be cured by legislation”…was by Thomas Bracket Reed- who Lora Pilgrim informs us was a Republican Speaker in the House of Representatives from 1877-1899. Sorry Lora, however, Joe Goldblatt […]
- [The Great Google Rug Pull…](https://easydns.com/blog/2022/02/01/the-great-google-rug-pull.md): Free services always come with a day of reckoning… It was the late great FOSS pioneer Atul Chitnis, one of the first 100 clients here at easyDNS, who acquainted me with the idiom: If you’re not paying for the product, you are the product. Nowhere could that be more true than with a company whose entire business […]
- [Cops: "You Cannot Hide On The Dark Web"](https://easydns.com/blog/2017/07/24/cops-you-cannot-hide-on-the-dark-web.md): Weekly Axis Of Easy #14   In this issue: Cops: “You cannot hide on the Dark Web” gSOAP security flaw puts millions of IoT devices at risk Cisco fixes critical, remote vulnerability in Webex Bitcoin nears all time highs as scaling issues resolved   Cops: “You cannot hide on the Dark Web” AlphaBay and Hansa, […]
- [Future Fibre: Kaslo infoNet Society](https://easydns.com/blog/2020/04/16/future-fibre-kaslo-infonet-society.md): easyDNS is pleased to sponsor Jesse Hirsh‘s “Future Fibre / Future Tools” segments of his new email list, Metaviews. KiN is a not-for-profit internet service provider in the West Kootenay Region of British Columbia In this midst of this pandemic, we’re finally recognizing the Internet as essential infrastructure (morally but not yet legally). How that […]
- [\[AxisOfEasy\] Ransomware Attack On German Hospital Causes A Fatality](https://easydns.com/blog/2020/09/22/axisofeasy-ransomware-attack-on-german-hospital-causes-a-fatality.md): FTC is preparing anti-trust case against Facebook Facebook sued for watching Instagram users through their device camera Suspicious activity spotted on previously hacked CRA accounts... and more in AofE #164
- [Take Control Over Your Social Media Presence with Mastodon](https://easydns.com/blog/2022/11/21/take-control-over-your-social-media-presence-with-mastodon.md): Mastodon is in the news lately and there is a lot of fresh interest. This article will take you through the background of what it is, why it’s experiencing a surge in popularity and how you can participate in “The Fediverse” from an individual, group or node operator level. What is Mastodon? Mastodon is an […]
- [Bye Bye Microsoft Office. Hello LibreOffice](https://easydns.com/blog/2019/11/25/bye-bye-microsoft-office-hello-libreoffice.md): I recently switched laptops, which I was resisting vehemently. But it got to the point where I was considering duct tape, and I was advised to make the move now. What I wanted to do was hold off buying another Apple MacBook until my Puri.sm Librem phone shipped, and if it was any good I’d […]
- [A Heretic’s Guide to Deplatforming](https://easydns.com/blog/2018/11/02/a-heretics-guide-to-deplatforming.md):   [Update: Ironically, after ascending rapidly and fostering vigorous commentary over on Hackernews, this article has been “flagged” there . Update #2: A few hours later it was unflagged and is currently on the first page of HN ] The phenomenon of deplatforming in the internet age, which includes the component of publicly expressed outrage that impels companies to […]
- [Escape from the BUMMER machine](https://easydns.com/blog/2018/08/30/escape-from-the-bummer-machine.md): (A long overdue review of Jaron Laniers’ “10 Arguments for Deleting Your Social Media Accounts Right Now“) In 1978 a former public relations and advertising exec, Jerry Mander wrote “Four Arguments For the Elimination of Television”. Mander in essence argued that “the problems with television are inherent in the medium and technology itself, and thus […]
- [Unpkg.com outage and why half the web ground to a halt today.](https://easydns.com/blog/2023/05/07/unpkg-com-outage-and-why-half-the-web-ground-to-a-halt-today.md): If you’re like me, you were probably wondering why many the websites you were visiting today were grinding to a near halt. More than once I happened to notice that my browser status bar kept saying “waiting for unpkg.com…”, so I figured that had to be the problem. Twitter seems to concur… Unpkg .com is […]
- [\[AxisOfEasy\] Amazon met with start-up founders, then ripped off their product ideas](https://easydns.com/blog/2020/07/28/axisofeasy-amazon-met-with-start-up-founders-then-ripped-off-their-product-ideas.md): Amazon met with start-up founders, then ripped off their product ideas Top Top-4 Tech companies have more economic clout than many countries Garmin down hard after ransomware attack
- [\[Axis of Easy\] The Role Of Big Data, AI And Tracking In Coronavirus Response](https://easydns.com/blog/2020/03/09/axis-of-easy-the-role-of-big-data-ai-and-tracking-in-coronavirus-response.md): Weekly Axis Of Easy #136 Last Week’s Quote was “Nothing can now be believed which is seen in a newspaper. Truth itself becomes suspicious by being put into that polluted vehicle.” by Thomas Jefferson. Winner was Del Blanchard. We also awarded the previous week’s quote (Arthur Miller) to Tony King. This Week’s Quote:  (Special emergency rate cut edition) “We are […]
- [\[AxisOfEasy\] Stop What You’re Doing: Chrome 0-Day Edition](https://easydns.com/blog/2020/10/27/axisofeasy-stop-what-youre-doing-chrome-0-day-edition.md): New Chrome 0-day, upgrade now Beyond the pale! Ransomware could target coffee machines GitHub suspends multiple Youtube-DL repositories after RIAA DMCA notice and more in Axis of Easy # 169
- [\[AxisOfEasy\] White House Looking To Reinstate NSA Snooping Program, Permanently](https://easydns.com/blog/2019/08/19/axisofeasy-white-house-looking-to-reinstate-nsa-snooping-program-permanently.md): Weekly Axis Of Easy #109 Last Week’s Quote was  “The man who reads nothing at all is better educated than the man who reads nothing but newspapers.” …by Thomas Jefferson. Winner Phillip I Freeman. This Week’s Quote:  “If they can get you asking the wrong questions, they don’t have to worry about the answers ” …by ???? THE RULES: No […]
- [Future Fibre: pol.is](https://easydns.com/blog/2020/03/06/future-fibre-pol-is.md): easyDNS is pleased to sponsor Jesse Hirsh‘s “Future Fibre / Future Tools” segments of his new email list, Metaviews. AI Powered surveying tool for open ended feedback and participatory democracy One of the frustrating consequences of the 2020 Democratic Iowa Caucuses is the impact the debacle had on efforts to bring digital tools to democracy. Observers […]
- [\[AxisOfEasy\] Secrecy Around Top Canadian Cyber-Security Intelligence Officer Caught Spying For China](https://easydns.com/blog/2020/12/08/axisofeasy-secrecy-around-top-canadian-cyber-security-intelligence-officer-caught-spying-for-china.md): Secrecy around top Canadian cyber-security intelligence officer caught spying for China S&P to launch crypto-currency indexes in 2021 as Niall Ferguson endorses Bitcoin (OOtc article) plus Salon #33: Ethereum 2.0 could be the scaffolding of the Network State.. and more in Axis of Easy #175
- [\[AxisOfEasy\] The Great Deplatforming](https://easydns.com/blog/2021/01/12/axisofeasy-ding-dong-the-flash-is-dead.md): The SolarWinds shit-show keeps on shitting, Singapore cops access COVID-19 tracing data for criminal investigations, Use stupid passwords, win stupid prizes: ZyXel hardcodes backdoor, Nissan uses “admin” and more in Axis of Easy #178
- [\[AxisOfEasy\] Drupal Deploys Emergency Fix For Critical Vulnerability](https://easydns.com/blog/2020/12/01/axisofeasy-drupal-deploys-emergency-fix-for-critical-vulnerability.md): Drupal deploys emergency fix for critical vulnerability PHP8 is here already Quantas to require vaccinations as IATA forms industry response and more in Axis of Easy #174
- [For DNSSEC](https://easydns.com/blog/2015/08/06/for-dnssec.md): DNSSEC drastically improves the security of the internet and systems that rely on it. Sadly, there is a lot of FUD out there and we wanted to both debunk that FUD and explain why DNSSEC is vital to the security of the internet.
- [\[AxisOfEasy\] Tik Tok banned, sold, unsold, unbanned, rebanned or something](https://easydns.com/blog/2020/08/04/axisofeasy-tik-tok-banned-sold-unsold-unbanned-rebanned-or-something.md): Tik Tok banned, sold, unsold, unbanned, rebanned or something Four Hong Kong youths arrested for online postings under new security law Surprise! Youtube censorship actually expanded reach of California doctors’ video
- [We’re using Bitcoin to assert our right to free speech, assembly and travel](https://easydns.com/blog/2022/02/08/were-using-bitcoin-to-assert-our-right-to-free-speech-assembly-and-travel.md): It’s time to reclaim our rights from out-of-touch politicians All human rights come down to one: Choice. — Robert Breedlove Update Feb 11, 2022 12:20pm A State of Emergency has been declared in Ontario and the situation is evolving quickly. The announcement also included an imminent end to the provincial vaccine passports. So far we […]
- [\[AxisOfEasy\] Drop What You’re Doing AGAIN And Upgrade Chrome AGAIN](https://easydns.com/blog/2020/11/03/axisofeasy-drop-what-youre-doing-again-and-upgrade-chrome-again.md): Drop what you're doing AGAIN and upgrade Chrome AGAIN, New scam using Google to send malware links, Mailchimp will henceforth deactivate accounts sending “misinformation,” and more in Axis of Easy #170
- [\[AxisOfEasy\] FBI End-Runs Apple’s Security By Hiring Outside Vendor To Crack iPhone](https://easydns.com/blog/2020/05/26/axisofeasy-fbi-end-runs-apples-security-by-hiring-outside-vendor-to-crack-iphone.md): Weekly Axis Of Easy #147 Last Week’s Quote  was “The press is the hired agent of a monied system, and set up for no other purpose than to tell lies where their interests are involved.”, was Henry B Adams, nobody got it. This Week’s Quote: “If privacy is outlawed, only outlaws will have privacy.” …by ??? THE […]
- [UK Version of “Online Harms Bill” wants to prefilter content without due process](https://easydns.com/blog/2023/07/26/uk-version-of-online-harms-bill-wants-to-prefilter-content-without-due-process.md): Experts warn that ISPs would use black-box AI to comply Like our piece on Canada’s Cyber-Security Bill earlier this year, this item was flagged in my work for the Internet Society, Canada Chapter, but this post does not necessarily reflect the opinion of the ISCC. It concerns a legal opinion drafted by the UK’s Open […]
- [We’re hiring a Support Representative](https://easydns.com/blog/2022/01/17/were-hiring-a-support-representative.md): We have an immediate opening for a Support Representative. Top 10 Requirements: Web hosting, cpanel, plesk, FTP, ssh, command line tools Content management system understanding (Wordpress experience) DNS knowledge Customer service experience Email client / setup Detail oriented Good team player Good phone manner Able to write technical replies to clients Domain registration understanding Bonus […]
- [\[easyDNS\] Boatload Of Organizations Hacked Via Microsoft Exchange 0-days](https://easydns.com/blog/2021/03/09/easydns-boatload-of-organizations-hacked-via-microsoft-exchange-0-days.md): Boatload of organizations email hacked via Microsoft Exchange flaw, Big Tech break-up advocate appointed to National Economic Council, Analysis of Google's announcement to end ad targeting based on browser history and more in Axis of Easy #186
- [\[AxisOfEasy\] Hackers Target Crypto Exchanges Via Their Domain Registrar](https://easydns.com/blog/2020/11/24/axisofeasy-hackers-target-crypto-exchanges-via-their-domain-registrar.md): Hackers target crypto exchanges via their registrar Vatican cries foul after pontiff “likes” racy pic on Instagram Now available on the Internet: Music and dont forget to check out the AxisOfEasy Salon #31: The Covid Episode
- [\[AxisOfEasy\] Zoom Shuts Down Dissidents Marking Tiananman Square Massacre](https://easydns.com/blog/2020/06/16/axisofeasy-zoom-shuts-down-dissidents-marking-tiananman-square-massacre.md): Weekly Axis Of Easy #150 Last Week’s Quote  was “Emergencies have always been the pretext on which the safeguards of the individual have been eroded”  was Fredreich Hayek. Nobody got it.       This Week’s Quote: “Our minds tell us, and history confirms, that the great threat to freedom is the concentration of power” …by […]
- [Future Fibre: Guifi.Net](https://easydns.com/blog/2020/02/13/future-fibre-guifi-net.md): easyDNS is pleased to sponsor Jesse Hirsh‘s “Future Fibre / Future Tools” segments of his new email list, Metaviews. An open, free and neutral commons telecom network The Internet should be free, open, and neutral. Yet how do we make it so when it is presently dominated by monopolies and oligopolies that are driven by […]
- [\[AxisOfEasy\] Justice Department Poised To Hit Google With Antitrust Lawsuit](https://easydns.com/blog/2020/05/19/axisofeasy-justice-department-poised-to-hit-google-with-antitrust-lawsuit.md): Weekly Axis Of Easy #146 Last Week’s Quote  was “The whole aim of practical politics is to keep the populace alarmed (and hence clamorous to be led to safety) by an endless series of hobgoblins, most of them imaginary.” Was by H.L Mencken, winner was Rob Brunk This Week’s Quote:  “The press is the hired agent of a […]
- [Welcome Arcticnames Clients (including LowCostDomains, EgateDomains et al)](https://easydns.com/blog/2020/03/16/welcome-arcticnames-clients-including-lowcostdomains-egatedomains-et-al.md): We are easyDNS, and we have entered into an agreement to acquire the naming business from LowCostDomains, your domain registrar. Over the next week to few weeks your domains will be imported into the easyDNS control panel platform giving you complete control over managing all aspects of your domain name. That means you’ll be able […]
- [Canada’s BTLR is a Blueprint for Regulating Internet Content](https://easydns.com/blog/2020/02/08/canadas-btlr-is-a-framework-for-content-regulation.md): (Feb 9, 2020 This post has had correction appended) In June 2018 the Canadian federal government initiated a review of the Telecommunications and Broadcasting Acts with the intent of getting guidance on how best to integrate the realities of the internet and global communications into the existing legislation. The project overview page with associated timeline […]
- [\[AxisOfEasy\] The Economist: Global Gag On Free Speech Is Tightening](https://easydns.com/blog/2019/08/26/axisofeasy-the-economist-global-gag-on-free-speech-is-tightening.md): Weekly Axis Of Easy #110 Last Week’s Quote was  “If they can get you asking the wrong questions, they don’t have to worry about the answers ” …by Thomas Pynchon, winner was Keith Clay This Week’s Quote:  “Just as not all butterflies produce a hurricane, not all outbreaks of bubonic plague produce a Renaissance.” …by ??? THE RULES: No […]
- [Major PHP Vulnerability Can Allow Remote Code Execution](https://easydns.com/blog/2018/03/05/major-php-vulnerability-can-allow-remote-code-execution.md): Weekly Axis Of Easy #39 Seems like all kinds of fit hit the shan last week, in this issue: Major PHP vulnerability can allow remote code execution EU wants ISPs to delete “terrorist content” within 1 hour China bans Orwell’s “Animal Farm” and… the letter “N” Surprise! Tor project was funded by the US Government […]
- [14 years of easyDNS and Four Core Values](https://easydns.com/blog/2012/07/31/14-years-of-easydns-and-four-core-values.md): easyDNS is 14 years old today! What a ride it’s been. We started the day on July 31st, 1998 as 3 founders, with no dependents and 0 customers. By the end of the day we had one dependent (co-founder John Schmidt’s son was born during the day), and 0 customers. And by the end of […]
- [Which Presidential Candidate is the Anti-Surveillance Pro-Privacy Candidate Again? I Forgot.](https://easydns.com/blog/2016/10/05/which-presidential-candidate-is-the-anti-surveillance-pro-privacy-candidate-again-i-forgot.md): As it happens, Yahoo has been scanning all inbound email on behalf of the US Government. Reuters news broke the story yesterday. “Yahoo Inc last year secretly built a custom software program to search all of its customers’ incoming emails for specific information provided by U.S. intelligence officials, according to people familiar with the matter. The […]
- [Verisign seizes .com domain registered via foreign Registrar on behalf of US Authorities.](https://easydns.com/blog/2012/02/29/verisign-seizes-com-domain-registered-via-foreign-registrar-on-behalf-of-us-authorities.md): Yesterday Forbes broke the news  that Canadian Calvin Ayre and partners who operate the Bodog online gambling empire have been indicted in the U.S., and in a blog post Calvin Ayre confirmed that their bodog.com domain had been seized by homeland security. As reported in Forbes (hat tip to The Domains for the cite), According to […]
- [Using DNS to validate crypto addresses in fundraisers](https://easydns.com/blog/2022/02/26/using-dns-to-validate-crypto-addresses-in-fundraisers.md): Whether it’s for trucker protests or defending against an invasion: crypto addresses need to be validated Fundraising via cryptocurrency is officially a thing, in fact it has been going on for years. It burst into the public awareness with the Canadian trucker protest in Ottawa, when Bitcoin fundraising platform Tallycoin started up a fundraiser for […]
- [Why You Must Learn to Love DNSSEC](https://easydns.com/blog/2018/06/18/why-you-must-learn-to-love-dnssec.md): It’s been nearly two months since the high profile BGP hijack attack against MyEtherwallet, where crypto thieves used BGP leaks to hijack MEW’s name servers, which were on Amazon’s Route53, and inserted their own fake name servers which directed victims to their own fake wallet site, thereby draining some people’s wallets. It generated a lot […]
- [\[easyDNS\] US Intelligence Bypasses Warrants Through Buying Data](https://easydns.com/blog/2021/01/26/easydns-us-intelligence-bypasses-warrants-through-buying-data.md): DDoS-Guard forfeits IP space, including Parler’s, DNSPooq: New DNS Cache poisoning kit, Study “finds” that Canadians would trade free speech to purge hate speech and much more in Axis of Easy # 180
- [\[AxisOfEasy\] Canadian Crypto-Exchange Bankrupt, Freezing $180 Million In Customer Assets](https://easydns.com/blog/2019/02/11/axisofeasy-canadian-crypto-exchange-bankrupt-freezing-180-million-in-customer-assets.md): Weekly Axis Of Easy #85 This week’s quote: “In such experience as I have had with taxation, there is only one tax that is popular, and that is the tax that is on the other fellow” by ????? Last Week’s Quote was   “If you are not willing to risk the unusual, you will have to settle for the […]
- [Senate Votes Today On Bill Extension That Enables Warrantless Spying](https://easydns.com/blog/2018/01/15/senate-votes-today-on-bill-extension-that-enables-warrantless-spying.md): Weekly Axis Of Easy #32 In this issue: DNS Leak Disclosure Facebook to prioritize “trustworthy” news Iranian government in Chinese-style internet crackdown “Swat Call” prankster charged with Involuntary Manslaughter FBI Chief calls “unbreakable encryption” an urgent public safety issue Senate votes today on bill extension that enables warrantless spying DNS Leak Disclosure Over the summer […]
- [Google’s “Selfish Ledger” Dystopian Vision Of Techno-Future](https://easydns.com/blog/2018/06/04/googles-selfish-ledger-dystopian-vision-of-techno-future.md): Weekly Axis Of Easy #52 New Thing: Every week I’ll post a quote, first person to correctly post the attribution below in the comments gets their next domain or hosting renewal on us. (Do it without Googling it, on your honour) This week’s quote: “The future is here, it’s just unevenly distributed”. —by ???? Extended to June […]
- [\[AxisOfEasy\] Why You Need To Learn To Love DNSSEC](https://easydns.com/blog/2018/06/18/why-you-need-to-learn-to-love-dnssec.md): Weekly Axis Of Easy #54     This week’s quote: “There are only two kinds of languages: the ones people complain about and the ones nobody uses” —by ???? Last Week’s Quote was “Sooner or later, everybody sits down to a banquet of consequences” by Robert Louis Stephenson. Winner: Ivan Petrovic HOWEVER – Tony King points out that this […]
- [PayPal, Bank Seizures and the Necessity for Trustless Money](https://easydns.com/blog/2022/10/11/paypal-bank-seizures-and-the-necessity-for-trustless-money.md): When I first heard about Paypal’s plan to deduct $2,500 from account for each instance where “in Paypal’s sole discretion”, the account holder had transmitted “misinformation”, I all but took a strip out of the person who sent it to me because I couldn’t believe it was real. It was a thread from a Telegram […]
- [easyDNS Dropping DOGE payments](https://easydns.com/blog/2021/05/20/easydns-dropping-doge-payments.md): We’ve been proponents of the crypto-economy for a long time, from being the first ICANN registrar to accept Bitcoin as a payment, the first DNS provider to enable Ethereum Name Service (ENS) linking to .xyz domains, and we were keeping Bitcoin on our balance sheet before it was cool. We’re probably still the only tech […]
- [\[AxisOfEasy\] Ticketmaster To Require Immunity Passports For Event Attendance](https://easydns.com/blog/2020/11/17/axisofeasy-ticketmaster-to-require-immunity-passports-for-event-attendance.md): Ticketmaster to require immunity passports for event attendance, DNS cache poisoning attacks are back and AxisOfEasy Salon #30: The one, the only Doc Searls.. this and more in AofE #172
- [Future Tools: Brave Browser](https://easydns.com/blog/2020/01/16/future-tools-brave-browser.md): easyDNS is pleased to sponsor Jesse Hirsh‘s “Future Fibre / Future Tools” segments of his new email list, Metaviews. And the rising economy of Basic Attention Tokens It takes courage to surf the web in a surveillance society, and often the source of that courage is strong encryption. Historically, strong encryption has remained out of reach for […]
- [Ethereum Name Service (ENS) Integration Now Live on Mainnet.](https://easydns.com/blog/2018/09/02/ethereum-name-service-ens-integration-now-live-on-mainnet.md): Shortly after last year’s first Ethereum Name Service (ENS) Workshop in London, UK; ENS Working Group lead Nick Johnson released an implementation of ENS integration for the ropsten test network. Since then, the ENS WG has been working with the .XYZ registry and easyDNS to implement live ENS integration for .XYZ domains on the Ethereum  […]
- [\[AxisOfEasy\] Yahoo: Still Datamining Your Email For Fun And Profit](https://easydns.com/blog/2018/09/03/axisofeasy-yahoo-still-datamining-your-email-for-fun-and-profit.md): Weekly Axis Of Easy #64 This week’s quote:  “Out on the edge you see all kinds of things you can’t see from the center. Big undreamed-of things — the people on the edge see them first. “  by ???? Last Week’s Quote was “An entirely new and unique and dense sort of ignorance will be manufactured by a combination of […]
- [0 Confirmations & Now accepting Bitcoin Cash as a payment method.](https://easydns.com/blog/2018/01/08/0-confirmations-now-accepting-bitcoin-cash-as-a-payment-method.md): Before the holidays we took a look at a bunch of Bitcoin payments we’ve received and saw that the transaction fees were in the area of 10% of the gross amount of the transaction. That seems high, and while we have every confidence that this is a short term phenomenon – namely, Segwit2x and/or Lightning, […]
- [Read "Extremist Propaganda" Online And Get 15 Years In Prison](https://easydns.com/blog/2017/10/09/read-extremist-propaganda-online-and-get-15-years-in-prison.md): Weekly Axis Of Easy #20 In this issue: [ironic] Equifax wins no-bid contract with IRS to secure personal data of citizens [scary] Proposed laws in UK to jail people who read extremist websites for 15 years [skynet] Uber drivers and soccer moms vacuum up license plates for NSA and repomen [automation] Newest Silicon Valley darling […]
- [Over 2 Million Users Installed An Infected Computer Utility](https://easydns.com/blog/2017/09/25/over-2-million-users-installed-an-infected-computer-utility.md): Weekly Axis Of Easy #18 In this issue: • Avast’s free CCleaner infected with malware • Spanish Government seizes control of .CAT TLD Registry • IoT Botnet regeared to send spam • Man who held company domain & website hostage goes to prison        Some easyDNS news this week: • easyDNS now supports CAA type […]
- [Ethereum payments now accepted for all services](https://easydns.com/blog/2017/10/04/ethereum-payments-now-accepted-for-all-services.md): We’re happy to announce that as of this morning we’ve added ethereum as a payment method on easyDNS. To our knowledge, we are the first and only ICANN accredited registrar in the world, CIRA certified here in Canada, eh – to accept this thriving new crypto-currency as a payment method. To celebrate we’re also putting in […]
- [Hackers Target Email Accounts Of UK Parliament](https://easydns.com/blog/2017/06/26/hackers-target-email-accounts-of-uk-parliament.md): Weekly Axis Of Easy #10 Greetings from beautiful Vancouver Island. It’s wonderful out here. In this issue: Hackers target email accounts of UK parliament Canadian Supreme Court deals blow to Facebook Upgrade your Drupal sites right now Amazon patents system to prevent online price checking Ethereum flash crashes over 99% Hackers target email accounts of […]
- [Freedom Of Speech Ends Where Criminal Law Begins](https://easydns.com/blog/2017/07/04/freedom-of-speech-ends-where-criminal-law-begins.md): Weekly Axis Of Easy #11 To our fellow Canucks: Happy Belated Canada Day, eh To our American friends: Have a great 4th of July! In this issue: Freedom of speech ends where criminal law begins – German homes raided over Facebook posts Canadian Supreme Court orders Google to ban search results New device allows police […]
- [Failure To Renew A Domain Put Millions At Risk](https://easydns.com/blog/2017/06/19/failure-to-renew-a-domain-put-millions-at-risk.md): Weekly Axis Of Easy #9 In this issue: Failure to renew a domain put millions at risk: security researchers Man receives death sentence for blaspheming on Facebook CRTC bans unlocking fees, orders all cellphones be sold unlocked Ethereum founder meets with Putin to discuss Russian crypto-currency plans “CanadaCreep” twitter account shut down after Calgary women […]
- [Supervillain Blofeld Warns: Facebook And Google Are A Menace To Society](https://easydns.com/blog/2018/01/29/supervillain-blofeld-warns-facebook-and-google-are-a-menace-to-society.md): Weekly Axis Of Easy #34 In this issue: Supervillain Blofeld warns: Facebook and Google are a menace to humanity Should you be worried about being killed by a Slaughterbot? NSA deletes “honesty” from its list of core values Macleans: 2018 will be the year of cyberwar  Canadian privacy watchdog on your rights to dispute search […]
- [UK Police Commence “on-the-spot” Fingerprint Scanning](https://easydns.com/blog/2018/02/19/uk-police-commence-on-the-spot-fingerprint-scanning.md): Weekly Axis Of Easy #37 In this issue:   Belgian court orders Facebook to stop collecting personal data Google Chrome’s ad blocker may give preferential treatment to…Google US Federal judge rules embedding a tweet may be copyright infringement UK police commence “on-the-spot” fingerprint scanning. IRS scam has fraudsters posing as collection agency recovering bogus tax […]
- [\[AxisOfEasy\] Hundreds Of Smartphone Apps Sell Your Location Data To Government Connected Data Firms](https://easydns.com/blog/2020/08/11/axisofeasy-hundreds-of-smartphone-apps-sell-your-location-data-to-government-connected-data-firms.md): Private companies installed trackers in apps on your phone and sell the data to the government Intel hacked, 20GB of corporate data and chip designs dumped on the net “All your DNA are belong to Blackstone” In 4.7B Ancestry.com deal
- [\[AxisOfEasy\] Can You Tell If This Issue Was Written By An Algorithm?](https://easydns.com/blog/2020/08/25/axisofeasy-can-you-tell-if-this-issue-was-written-by-an-algorithm.md): Microsoft waited two years to fix 0-day it knew was being actively exploited, Canada’s COVID-19 contact tracing app now available, and why I installed it, Canada Revenue Agency shuts down online services after cyber attack..and more!
- [Do This Now: Disable Your Email PGP/GPG Plugin](https://easydns.com/blog/2018/05/14/do-this-now-disable-your-email-pgp-gpg-plugin.md): Weekly Axis Of Easy #49   In this issue: Do this now: Disable your email PGP/GPG plugin Every O/S in existence hit by same security flaw Reports of Cambridge Analytica’s  demise may have been premature Welcome to the drone wars Hardening Drupal: how to protect your sites Best Black Mirror ever: China’s Sesame Credit system […]
- [\[AxisOfEasy\] Social Justice Pricing Goes Live Today](https://easydns.com/blog/2019/04/01/axisofeasy-social-justice-pricing-goes-live-today.md): Weekly Axis Of Easy #91 Last Week’s Quote was  “We know where you are. We know where you’ve been. We can more or less know what you’re thinking about.”  by Eric Schmidt. Winner was Marcus This week’s quote:  “I will fight for your right to be weird, as I know you will fight for mine ”  by…..? […]
- [Somebody has gained access to the QuadrigaCX domain and has set up a fake version of the site](https://easydns.com/blog/2021/02/09/somebody-has-gained-access-to-the-quadrigacx-domain-and-has-set-up-a-fake-version-of-the-site.md): Update Feb 11, 2021 Internet.bs, the registrar initiated a Whois Verification on the domain when we opened the ticket two days ago and informed us yesterday that it had passed. Registrars frequently use this method when suspicious sites are reported, because scam sites are typically registered by people using bogus contact details and thus, when […]
- [RCA: Intermittent DNS1 Issues on April 3rd 2024](https://easydns.com/blog/2024/04/13/rca-intermittent-dns1-issues-on-april-3rd-2024.md): Background: Until March 31, 2024, easyDNS was contracting with Cloudflare to provide DNS firewall services on our DNS1 and DNS2 anycast constellations. After a good run, lasting over 10 years, we decided to go in a different direction and provided them with notification to that effect back in January. On April 1st, after removing RPKI […]
- [\[AxisOfEasy\] Turns Out Half The Internet Has A Single-Point-of-Failure Called “Cloudflare”](https://easydns.com/blog/2020/07/21/axisofeasy-turns-out-half-the-internet-has-a-single-point-of-failure-called-cloudflare.md): Weekly Axis Of Easy #155 Last Week’s Quote  was “When you blame others, you give up your power to change.” , was Douglas Adams, author of Hitchikers Guide to the Galaxy.  Nobody got it.   However, the week before, Aoe #153’s quote “The most basic question is not what is best, but who shall decide what is best”, I said nobody got […]
- [Turns out half the internet has a Single-Point-of-Failure called “Cloudflare”](https://easydns.com/blog/2020/07/20/turns-out-half-the-internet-has-a-single-point-of-failure-called-cloudflare.md): On Friday a large chunk of the internet went off the air when Cloudflare apparently fat-fingered a routing update and sent all of their global traffic to a single POP, vaporizing it almost instantly. This affected their DNS service, and of course, as everybody knows, when your DNS is gone, so are you. At least […]
- [\[AxisOfEasy\] Darknet Server Farm Located In NATO Bunker](https://easydns.com/blog/2019/10/07/axisofeasy-darknet-server-farm-located-in-nato-bunker.md): Weekly Axis Of Easy #116 Last Week’s Quote was: “It isn’t the rebels who cause the troubles of the world; it’s the troubles that cause the rebels.” by Carl Oglesby, the only person who got it was Tony King, who already won this year. The amount of Tony’s second renewal has been duly credited to my Swiss bank account.  This […]
- [\[AxisOfEasy\] US Tech Companies Will Have To Share Encrypted Messages With UK Police](https://easydns.com/blog/2019/09/30/axisofeasy-us-tech-companies-will-have-to-share-encrypted-messages-with-uk-police.md): Weekly Axis Of Easy #115 Last Week’s Quote was: “We’ll know our disinformation program is complete when everything the American public believes is false”…was by former CIA chief William Casey. Winner was Gilles Durot. This Week’s Quote: “It isn’t the rebels who cause the troubles of the world; it’s the troubles that cause the rebels.” […]
- [\[AxisOfEasy\] Ford CEO: Our Next Revenue Stream Is Monetizing Driver Data](https://easydns.com/blog/2018/11/19/axisofeasy-ford-ceo-our-next-revenue-stream-is-monetizing-driver-data.md): Weekly Axis Of Easy #75 This week’s quote:  “Premature optimization is the root of all evil.” …by ???? Last Week’s Quote was  “Far Better it is to dare mighty things, to win glorious triumphs even though checkered by failure, than to take rank with those poor spirits who neither enjoy much nor suffer much because they live in […]
- [\[AxisOfEasy\] Facebook and Twitter Conduct Coordinated Purge of Independent Media Outlets](https://easydns.com/blog/2018/10/15/axisofeasy-facebook-and-twitter-conduct-coordinated-purge-of-independent-media-outlets.md): Weekly Axis Of Easy #70 This week’s quote:   “The secret of happiness is freedom. The secret of freedom is courage.” …by ????? Last Week’s Quote was  “Freedom and order are not incompatible… truth is strength… free discussion is the very life of truth.” …by Thomas Henry Huxley (a contemporary of Charles Darwin who is credited with having invented the […]
- [What’s already possible in legacy DNS for ENS and IPFS support](https://easydns.com/blog/2021/01/17/whats-already-possible-in-legacy-dns-for-ens-and-ipfs-support.md): While walking the dog today I listened to Bankless, which is my new favourite podcast for following the Ethereum ecosystem and economy. My curiosity was piqued when I saw the item about Cloudflare’s rolling out support for Ethereum Name Service (ENS) and IPFS, especially the way it was worded: “Cloudflare and IPFS – Your ethereum […]
- [It begins: Facebook cancels our ads boosting House of Commons Petition](https://easydns.com/blog/2020/02/21/it-begins-facebook-cancels-our-ads-boosting-killbtlr-post.md): For the second time in less than a month, Facebook has canceled a boosted post from easyDNS. The first occasion was on Feb 3rd when we posed the question on whether social media platforms should be the final arbiters of truth (response from Facebook: “yes”). Note the boost was originally approved and then canceled mid-run. […]
- [\[easyDNS\]Merkel: Everyone Agreed That We Need A Digital Vaccination Certificate](https://easydns.com/blog/2021/03/02/easydnsmerkel-everyone-agreed-that-we-need-a-digital-vaccination-certificate.md): Widely used Node.js package has code injection vulnerability, Merkel: Everyone agreed that we need a digital vaccination certificate, Trigger Alert: I went on Steve Bannon’s show to talk Transhumanism (yes, really)...and more in Axis of Easy #185
- [\[AxisOfEasy\] Canadian Military Accidentally Runs Psyop Against Own Population](https://easydns.com/blog/2020/10/20/axisofeasy-canadian-military-accidentally-runs-psyop-against-own-population.md): Oops! Canadian military accidentally runs psyop against NS residents, Big Tech efforts to squelch Hunter Biden expose backfires big time, Online dictionary changes definition of word after manufactured outrage, Salon #26: Ben Hunt vs the Necessary Industrial Narratives ...and more in AofE #168
- [\[Axis of Easy\] Erstwhile Non-Profit .ORG TLD Has Been Sold To VCs](https://easydns.com/blog/2019/11/25/axis-of-easy-erstwhile-non-profit-org-tld-has-been-sold-to-vcs.md): Weekly Axis Of Easy #123 Last Week’s Quote was  “The liberties of none are safe unless the liberties of all are protected.” by William O. Douglas. Winner was Lucien. This Week’s Quote:   “Secrecy is the keystone to all tyranny. Not force, but secrecy and censorship.” THE RULES:  No searching up the answer, must be posted to […]
- [\[AxisOfEasy\] Google: The Good Censor](https://easydns.com/blog/2018/10/08/axisofeasy-google-the-good-censor.md): Weekly Axis Of Easy #69 This week’s quote:   “Freedom and order are not incompatible… truth is strength… free discussion is the very life of truth.” …by ????? Last Week’s Quote was   “Everything has been figured out, except how to live.” …which was not Jean-Paul Sartre, even though that’s who I thought it was last week. Tony King is […]
- [Important: The WikiLeaks Situation](https://easydns.com/blog/2010/12/09/important-the-wikileaks-situation.md): ———————————————————————— 1. The WikiLeaks Situation ———————————————————————— It is not very often we send out an all-member email blast, so when we do, it’s usually pretty important. First and foremost, everything is ok. Please read the information that follows carefully but understand that we would never do anything that we thought put our members at risk.
- [\[easyDNS\] Governments Pushing Big Tech To Censor More](https://easydns.com/blog/2021/02/23/easydns-governments-pushing-big-tech-to-censor-more.md): Facebook deplatforms Australia, Silver Sparrow malware contains hooks for macOS, The Bloomberg piece on Supermicro refuted by security analysts and more in Axis of Easy #184
- [\[easyDNS\] Coalition Of Cancelholics Sues Apple To Deplatform Telegram](https://easydns.com/blog/2021/01/19/easydns-coalition-of-cancelholics-sues-apple-to-deplatform-telegram.md): Weekly Axis Of Easy #179 Last Week’s Quote was “Only simple ideas can be held by large groups of people, so the commonly held ideas are almost always dumbed down to the point where they are practically lies,” was Bill Bonner, winner was Joe Goldblatt. This Week’s Quote:  ” Throughout human history, humans have been their own […]
- [\[AxisOfEasy\] The Hottest New Gig Economy Side Hustle Is To Kick People Out Of Their Homes](https://easydns.com/blog/2020/09/29/axisofeasy-the-hottest-new-gig-economy-side-hustle-is-to-kick-people-out-of-their-homes.md): US Federal Agency hacked by malicious actors, Hackers are actively exploiting Windows Zerologon flaw, This hot new gig economy platform is for evicting people... this and more in AofE # 165
- [\[AxisOfEasy\] Wordpress 0-Day Exposes Millions Of Sites To Compromise](https://easydns.com/blog/2020/09/08/axisofeasy-wordpress-0-day-exposes-millions-of-sites-to-compromise.md): Wordpress File Manager plugin bug exposes millions of sites to compromise Aussie cops arrest and cuff pregnant woman in her home for Facebook post Amazon spikes job posting for union-busting intel analysts...and more in AofE #162
- [\[AxisOfEasy\] Microsoft Waited Two Years To Fix 0-Day It Knew Was Being Actively Exploited](https://easydns.com/blog/2020/08/18/axisofeasy-microsoft-waited-two-years-to-fix-0-day-it-knew-was-being-actively-exploited.md): Microsoft waited two years to fix 0-day it knew was being actively exploited, Canada’s COVID-19 contact tracing app now available, and why I installed it, Canada Revenue Agency shuts down online services after cyber attack..and more!
- [\[AxisOfEasy\] Surveillance Is A Business, And Business Is Good](https://easydns.com/blog/2020/06/23/axisofeasy-surveillance-is-a-business-and-business-is-good.md): Weekly Axis Of Easy #151 Last Week’s Quote  was “Our minds tell us, and history confirms, that the great threat to freedom is the concentration of power” was by Milton Friedman and the winner is Janet Matthews.   This Week’s Quote: “One of the greatest delusions in the world is the hope that the evils in […]
- [\[AxisOfEasy\] Tony Blair Institute: State Surveillance Is A Price Worth Paying To Solve COVID-19](https://easydns.com/blog/2020/04/27/axisofeasy-savedotorg-succeeds-as-icann-kills-deal.md): Weekly Axis Of Easy #143 Last Week’s Quote was “To sin by silence, when they should protest, makes cowards of men.” Was Ella Wilcox, winner was Christian Smith . This Week’s Quote: “There must be no barriers to freedom of inquiry. There is no place for dogma in science. The scientist is free, and must be […]
- [\[Axis of Easy\] World’s Most Powerful Supercomputer Tasked With Finding COVID-19 Vaccine](https://easydns.com/blog/2020/03/17/axis-of-easy-worlds-most-powerful-supercomputer-tasked-with-finding-covid-19-vaccine.md): Weekly Axis Of Easy #137 Last Week’s Quote was “We are all Keynesians now” was a trick question! Richard Nixon is frequently attributed with saying this when he took the USD off of Bretton Woods, but what he actually said was “I am now a Keynesian in economics”.  The quote itself was Milton Friedman This Week’s Quote: “There are decades when nothing happens, […]
- [\[AxisOfEasy\] Your New Volvo Will Report You For Driving Drunk Or Texting](https://easydns.com/blog/2019/03/25/axisofeasy-your-new-volvo-will-report-you-for-driving-drunk-or-texting-2.md): Weekly Axis Of Easy #90 Last Week’s Quote was   “Your digital identity will live forever… because there’s no delete button”, which nobody got and I find that somewhat disconcerting.  So here’s another one by the same person: This week’s quote:  “We know where you are. We know where you’ve been. We can more or less know what you’re thinking […]
- [\[AxisOfEasy\] Things to Know When Committing Fraud](https://easydns.com/blog/2019/01/21/axisofeasy-things-to-know-when-committing-fraud.md): Weekly Axis Of Easy #82 This week’s quote:  “I guess I should warn you, if I turn out to be particularly clear, you’ve probably misunderstood what I said” …by ???? Last Week’s Quote was   “In prosperity prepare for change; in adversity hope for one” by James Burgh. Nobody got it. Burgh’s book Political Disquisitions set out an early case for free speech […]
- [\[AxisOfEasy\] DOJ To Consider Anti-Trust Action Against Social Media Behemoths](https://easydns.com/blog/2018/09/17/axisofeasy-doj-to-consider-anti-trust-action-against-social-media-behemoths.md): Weekly Axis Of Easy #66 This week’s quote:   “In the end, they wanted security more than they wanted freedom.” By ???? Last Week’s Quote was  “The only permanent truth in finance is that people will get bullish at the top and bearish at the bottom.” It was James Grant. Multiple people guessed Warren Buffet, which was in the […]
- [\[AxisOfEasy\] This Is How Google Will Collapse](https://easydns.com/blog/2018/07/16/axisofeasy-this-is-how-google-will-collapse.md): Weekly Axis Of Easy #58 This week’s quote: “Two hundred years from now, when the great companies and billionaires and revolutionaries of our age are crushed down below the horizon of history, it is the movements of states and populations, the alternations of war and peace, that will remain in the collective human memory” —by ???? Last Week’s Quote was “Man’s […]
- ["Net Neutrality" wasn't all it was cracked up to be.](https://easydns.com/blog/2017/11/27/net-neutrality-wasnt-all-it-was-cracked-up-to-be.md): Last week the internet went insane when the FCC announced it would likely repeal the Obama-era “Open Internet Act” which enshrined  “net neutrality” into law. Ajit Pai, who was appointed to the FCC by then President Obama, entered a dissenting opinion when the rule was enacted. He was later made FCC chair by Trump. From […]
- [ICANN Is Failing Its Community](https://easydns.com/blog/2017/10/23/icann-is-failing-its-community.md): Weekly Axis Of Easy #22 In this issue:     • Kaspersky Labs find (Yet another) Adobe Flash 0-Day Vulnerability     • Brits blame Iran for cyber-attack on Parliament      • Facebook launches hotline for hacked Canadian politicians     • World’s First “AI” ETF launches     • ICANN is failing its community      • easyDNS […]
- [easyDNS refuses to host The DailyStormer domain](https://easydns.com/blog/2017/09/08/easydns-refuses-to-host-dailystormer.md): Hot on the heels of our “Why does easyDNS provide services to Martian Separatists” post from the other day, wherein we explain why we provide services to organizations some may deem controversial, we were contacted overnight by DailyStormer founder Andrew Anglin asking if we would allow dailystormer to use our services.
- [The Ramifications of US Government Domain Takedowns](https://easydns.com/blog/2012/03/05/the-ramifications-of-us-government-domain-takedowns.md): When I posted about the bodog.com domain takedown the last thing I expected was for it to have “gone viral” the way it did. Given everything this company has been through and all the issues we’ve commented on (SOPA, Bill C-30, Elephant Snuff, Jotform), this one took the cake and was the most read article […]
- [Growth for Growth’s Sake Leads to Nowhere](https://easydns.com/blog/2014/05/26/growth-for-growths-sake-leads-to-nowhere.md): The other day I had lunch with a colleague and he brought up Matthew Woodward’s epic rant against WPEngine  and he also mentioned Jason Cohen’s rebuttal post “Growth is Hard”  and that set us off on a long discussion around today’s tech biz climate (which is almost synonymous with the “start-up” culture, because these days everybody […]
- [The price of freedom and the cost of a domain name](https://easydns.com/blog/2012/02/17/the-price-of-freedom-and-the-cost-of-a-domain-name.md): Please read the arstechnica article then continue on to our statement. http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news/2012/02/secret-service-asks-for-shutdown-of-legit-website-over-user-content-godaddy-complies.ars Our Position For many people, a domain name is more than a piece of digital real-estate, it is their livelihood, their ability to express themselves freely and connect with others.  Recently, GoDaddy removed a domain off of the Internet with no notice, no […]
- [easyDNS: Social Justice Pricing Goes Into Effect Today](https://easydns.com/blog/2019/04/01/easydns-social-justice-pricing-goes-into-effect-today.md): Background: Owing to its nature as a hierarchical inverted tree, the DNS system is problematic in that it imposes a pseudo-scientific hegemony based on culturally unfounded technological determinism which constrains the labeling narratives for disadvantaged classes of people and devices. DNS names, web addresses,  Qtypes and Class Values are social constructs, those who initially formalized […]
- [Are You Paying TOO MUCH For Your easyDNS Services?](https://easydns.com/blog/2012/10/15/are-your-paying-too-much-for-your-easydns-services.md):   In the final push to move the remaining members and domains from the old legacy platform to the shiny new one we want to try to make sure everybody is on the right service level to meet their needs. Many of you on the old system have been with us a long time and […]
- [Austerity is for Suckers as Verisign Locks Up .COM](https://easydns.com/blog/2012/04/25/austerity-is-for-suckers-as-verisign-locks-up-com.md): “2. ICANN OBLIGATIONS. 2.3.2 not unreasonably restrain competition and, to the extent feasible, promote and encourage robust competition;”                               – ICANN Registrar Accreditation Agreement” While the rest of the world faces austerity measures, governments and people are being told to tighten their belts and make do with less. The tech sector’s lot in life is […]
- [Native Support for Registering Ethereum Name Service (ENS) .ETH Domains](https://easydns.com/blog/2022/09/06/native-support-for-registering-ethereum-name-service-ens-eth-domains.md): We were the first ICANN registrar to support Ethereum Name Service (ENS) linking to legacy IANA TLDs, starting with .XYZ back in 2018 and then earlier this year with many others, including .COM. That means you could use your .XYZ or .COM domain as an Ethereum wallet address, NFT, etc. We’ve now gone a step […]
- [\[AxisOfEasy\] The International Grand Committee of Truthiness](https://easydns.com/blog/2019/02/18/axisofeasy-the-international-grand-committee-of-truthiness.md): Weekly Axis Of Easy #86 This week’s quote: “all modern trends point to the spectre of a terrifying, bigger, and more pitiless conformity” by ????? Last Week’s Quote was   ““In such experience as I have had with taxation, there is only one tax that is popular, and that is the tax that is on the other fellow” by Sir Thomas […]
- [A Tale of Two Outages](https://easydns.com/blog/2018/10/17/chart-a-tale-of-two-outages.md): We compared two datacenter outages that occurred relatively close to each other in both time and space. The first was the Namejuice/DROA/DROC outage which, in the absence of any information from the vendor we speculated upon and analyzed here. The other happened to us about a week ago. Both occurred during North American peak business […]
- [Should We Delete Our Facebook Page?](https://easydns.com/blog/2018/03/26/should-we-delete-our-facebook-page.md): Weekly Axis Of Easy #42  In this issue: Should you delete your Facebook page? Uber self-driving car kills pedestrian Confessions of a Data Hitman US Congress slips CLOUD surveillance provision into spending bill CBC backs Bell’s Web content blocking initiative City of Atlanta crippled by ransomware attack Should you delete your Facebook page? The Facebook […]
- [\[AxisOfEasy\] How To Combat Information Overload](https://easydns.com/blog/2019/09/02/axisofeasy-how-to-combat-information-overload.md): Weekly Axis Of Easy #111 Last Week’s Quote was  “Just as not all butterflies produce a hurricane, not all outbreaks of bubonic plague produce a Renaissance.” …by Eric Weiner, winner was Joss Rowlands This Week’s Quote:  “..in order to draw its conclusions ‘science’ is forced to accept a great many purely hypothetical propositions as known and unquestionable data, requiring […]
- [We’re hiring a UX Dev](https://easydns.com/blog/2022/01/10/were-hiring-a-ux-dev.md): We have an immediate opening for a UX / interface developer to work on our control panel. Top 10 Requirements: Responsive UX Design Experience Expert level PHP Javascript, jQuery, Vue.js Ansible Bootstrap MariaDB HTML/CSS Laravel Git Working knowledge of DNS / Domain names Bonus Points For Privacy by Design & Default Node.js Web3, ENS easyDNS is […]
- [The Other Y2K Bug: It Still Lurks In Your MS Word And It allows Remote Code Execution](https://easydns.com/blog/2017/11/20/the-other-y2k-bug-it-still-lurks-in-your-ms-word-and-it-allows-remote-code-execution.md): Weekly Axis Of Easy #26   In this issue: Bruce Shneier  to congress: Equifax breach was huge and solely Equifax’s fault Your financial advisor may soon be powered by Artificial Intelligence The other Y2K bug: it still lurks in your MS Word and it allows Remote Code Execution Root DNS Key Rollover postponed over concerns […]
- [\[AxisOfEasy\] Ten Arguments for Deleting Your Social Media Accounts Right Now](https://easydns.com/blog/2018/06/25/axisofeasy-ten-arguments-for-deleting-your-social-media-accounts-right-now.md): Weekly Axis Of Easy #55 This week’s quote: “The problem is not so much to see what nobody else sees, but rather to think what nobody else has thought about that which everybody sees.” —by ???? Last Week’s Quote was “There are only two kinds of languages: the ones people complain about and the ones nobody uses”, by […]
- [What to do with that malware file you found?](https://easydns.com/blog/2019/04/29/what-to-do-with-that-malware-file-you-found.md): Last week a customer emailed me about an item he had read in that edition of our #AxisOfEasy newsletter. He mentioned that he had received an obviously malware email with a .iso file in the attachment and he was wondering what to do with it. Not in terms of “how can I infect my computer […]
- [\[Axis of Easy\] Chinese Citizens Will Require Facial ID Scan To Use Internet](https://easydns.com/blog/2019/10/14/axisofeasy-chinese-citizens-will-require-facial-id-scan-to-use-internet.md): Weekly Axis Of Easy #117 Last Week’s Quote was  “as civilization has become more complex, the need for invisible government has been increasingly demonstrated, the technical means have been invented and developed by which opinion may be regimented” ….by Edward Bernays, the father of modern propaganda as we know it. Winner was Steve. This Week’s Quote:  “It seems that in the advanced […]
- [easyDNS purchasing Green Electricity via Bullfrog Power](https://easydns.com/blog/2011/04/20/easydns-purchasing-green-electricity-via-bullfrog-power.md): We are thrilled to announce that as of today, we are now “bullfrog powered”, which means we are purchasing green electricity via Bullfrog Power. How this works: Our total electrical consumption is calculated (in this case our two main datacenters and our offices) and we then purchase an equivalent amount of green electricity, generated from […]
- [easyDNS and IPv6 Deployment](https://easydns.com/blog/2011/02/04/easydns-and-ipv6-deployment.md): We’re getting a lot of questions on this, and you may find this hard to believe but it seems like some people are getting stirred up by the media  reports on  the imminent IPv4 depletion. IPv4 depletion isn’t as huge a deal as some media outlets make it out to be. It’s not like peak […]
- [GeoDNS maintenance (completed)](https://easydns.com/blog/2021/11/24/geodns-maintenance.md): GEODNS users may experience resolution issues as we perform unscheduled maintenance on the GEODNS specific nameservers. We do apologise for the inconvenience and expect a speedy resolution. Update: Emergency maintenance has resolved the service interruption to the impacted domains. This was due to a misconfiguration on an upgrade of the GeoDNS nameservers.
- [You may only be as secure as your weakest vendor](https://easydns.com/blog/2015/12/09/you-may-only-be-as-secure-as-your-weakest-vendor.md): The scale and immensity of hacking incidents worldwide is on the upswing. It seems everybody is getting hacked at one point or another. Even easyDNS had a low level data breach a few months ago (email addresses were exfiltrated from a server housing a third-party marketing CMS). Some incidents are worse than others, and the severity […]
- [MAINTENANCE WINDOW: Tuesday November 1, 2016, 8PM ET](https://easydns.com/blog/2016/11/01/maintenance-window-tuesday-november-1-2016-8pm-et.md): Scheduled Maintenance Window and Affected Services easyDNS will be performing maintenance on various services on Tuesday, November 1, 2016 beginning at 8 PM Eastern in order to apply critical software updates to our systems. Brief interruptions of various services will be seen as we reboot services as part of the update process. Maintenance Details Date: Tuesday, November […]
- [Friday fun: GeoDNS now in Beta](https://easydns.com/blog/2011/09/16/friday-fun-geodns-now-in-beta.md): We’re pleased to announce that GeoDNS is now in βeta. GeoDNS enables you to serve different DNS data based on four globally geographic regions: North America (East) North America (West) Europe Asia This may be useful if you are streaming content from multiple datacenters or want to direct traffic from different parts of the world […]
- [As Deadly as a DDoS: ICANN Unleashes the Whois Accuracy Program](https://easydns.com/blog/2014/01/21/icann-unleashes-deadliest-ddos-attack-vector-of-2014.md): More effective than a botnet, more sweeping than a Denial-of-Service attack, ICANN has devised a deadly Weapon of Mass Destruction that can instantly render a entire online presence persona-non-grata regardless of how much redundancy, mitigation muscle-power or firewalls a hapless defender has deployed, this latest attack vector can take it all away, not with one […]
- [easyIPCalc: The (free) IPv4 Subnet Calculator App for your iPhone](https://easydns.com/blog/2011/05/27/easyipcalc-the-free-ipv4-subnet-calculator-app-for-your-iphone.md): Some companies put out pens with their logo on it, or baseball hats nobody will ever wear, or mousepads made from toxic sludge. We prefer to put out useful stuff.   Today we are very pleased to announce the release of easyIPCalc, a free IPv4 Subnet Calculator iPhone app. It was coded by Marija Solaja […]
- [An Open Letter to Bittorrent and File Sharing Sites](https://easydns.com/blog/2015/02/11/an-open-letter-to-bittorrent-and-file-sharing-sites.md): Since our successful wrangling with another ICANN registrar over the rights  of domain name holders and the responsibilities of registrars when transferring their names, we have unsurprisingly become a “goto” registrar for bittorrent and filesharing sites. I wanted to clarify the easyDNS stance on this because I think the entire filesharing space has a limited […]
- [Know Your Domain Right](https://easydns.com/blog/2014/01/17/know-your-domain-right.md): (Originally a guest post written for Techdirt) When I first got into this business I frequently wondered why the domain-policy mailing lists I was getting involved in attracted a lot of activist types. Over the years it became apparent to me very quickly, that in an emerging era of global communications and transparency (what Anthony […]
- [The Official easyDNS Domain Takedown Policy](https://easydns.com/blog/2012/02/21/the-official-easydns-domain-takedown-policy.md):   NOTE: easyDNS reserves the right to publicly post any takedown request we receive. Any legal or public documents involving easyDNS may be (and often are) posted to our blog. Writing this post I fondly recall one of my favorite Simpson’s scenes, when Montgomery Burns is being committed to a mental institution against his will […]
- ["The Voice of The Internet Community Has Been Heard"](https://easydns.com/blog/2012/01/14/the-voice-of-the-internet-community-has-been-heard.md): A couple of encouraging developments out of the US reported as today via TheDomains blog make us cautiously optimistic that the Stop Online Privacy Act (a.k.a “SOPA”) bill (to which we posted our objections in December) may be on ice for now. We were not alone in opposing SOPA and related initiatves, numerous domain registrars […]
- [YOU have a moral obligation to use crypto.](https://easydns.com/blog/2014/02/11/you-have-a-moral-obligation-to-use-crypto.md): Today is The Day We Fight Back, a global initiative to send a message to our overlords that we’re not thrilled about being spied on, subject to mass surveillance and basically living in an Orwellian nightmare. Ordinarily we’re not big “joiners” or “petition pushers”, we think taking action has more efficacy. However, this is in […]
- [Ok, so would we take on Wikileaks DNS at this point?](https://easydns.com/blog/2010/12/03/ok-so-would-we-take-on-wikileaks-dns-at-this-point.md): So after the big clusterf*** with easyDNS being falsely blamed for taking down wikileaks, somebody posts the inevitable question “Would easyDNS take wikileaks DNS“? and from there makes what I think is a dubious extension: by NOT taking them we’re doing the same thing as “taking them down”. What I find dubious about all this […]
- [Here's Why We Took Down A Pharmacy Domain Without A Court Order.](https://easydns.com/blog/2014/08/15/heres-why-we-took-down-a-pharmacy-domain-without-a-court-order.md): Update – Aug 22, 2014 – Second FDA Takedown Request Declined Two days ago the FDA sent us a list of 29 more domain names they would like us to take down. The list included 8 domains owned by a Canadian business we know to be operating lawfully that we recently sprang from an arbitrary […]
- [City of London PIPCU Sending "Notices Of Criminality" To Registrars](https://easydns.com/blog/2014/08/29/city-of-london-pipcu-sending-notices-of-criminality-to-registrars.md): As mentioned in our recent back-and-forth with the US FDA, we recently received the following Notice of Criminality from the City of London PIPCU:
- [Google Now Tracks Your Offline Credit Card Purchases, Linking Them To Your Online Profile](https://easydns.com/blog/2017/05/29/google-now-tracks-your-offline-credit-card-purchases-linking-them-to-your-online-profile.md): In this issue: Google now tracks your offline credit card purchases, linking them to your online profile Obama Administration secretly discloses illegal NSA searches Theresa May Wants To Regulate The Internet Eat at Chipotle’s lately? Better check your online banking… Google now tracks your offline credit card purchases, linking them to your online profile MIT […]
- [China Shuts Down Access To Popular VPN Services](https://easydns.com/blog/2017/07/10/china-shuts-down-access-to-popular-vpn-services.md): Weekly Axis Of Easy #12 In this issue: The AA UK admits customer data exposed in breach China shuts down access to popular VPN services Disquieting: no NSA-powered worms attacked everybody last week. Will Bitcoin split into two blockchains?   UK AA admits customer data exposed in breach After initially downplaying concerns that customer data […]
- [The World's Most Important Resource Is…](https://easydns.com/blog/2017/05/22/the-worlds-most-important-resource-is.md): In this Issue: Latest Pirates of the Caribbean film held for ransom DocuSign credential leak used in fake phishing emails NSA toolkit worms proliferate  easyDNS members affected by “AntiPublic” credential dump The world’s most important resource is… your data Latest Pirates of the Caribbean him held for ransom Disney reported last week that they had […]
- [The Cultural Purge Will Not Be Televised](https://easydns.com/blog/2017/02/24/the-cultural-purge-will-not-be-televised.md): “The conscious and intelligent manipulation of the organized habits and opinions of the masses is an important element in democratic society. Those who manipulate this unseen mechanism of society constitute an invisible government which is the true ruling power of our country. We are governed, our minds are molded, our tastes formed, and our ideas […]
- [It’s called “F-You Money” for a reason: Why ISOC sold .ORG to VCs](https://easydns.com/blog/2019/12/06/its-called-f-you-money-for-a-reason-why-isoc-sold-org-to-vcs.md): It has been widely reported, and generally criticized, that the Internet Society (ISOC) has entered into an agreement to sell Public Interest Registry (PIR) which operates the .ORG TLD, to a VC firm called Ethos Capital for a reported $1.135 Billion dollars. I’ve disclosed in previous issues of #AxisOfEasy that I sit on the board of […]
- [\[Axis of Easy\] Huaweii Has Backdoor Access Into Mobile Networks Globally](https://easydns.com/blog/2020/02/17/axis-of-easy-huaweii-has-backdoor-access-into-mobile-networks-globally.md): Weekly Axis Of Easy #133 Last Week’s Quote was “The media’s so central to our lives that we believe what we see onscreen is real” …was Steve Shahbazian.  I’m giving it to Gavin Jacobs who got it but pulled his punch because of a copying error. This Week’s Quote: “You will become as small as your controlling desire; as great […]
- [How Cybercriminals Profit by Tapping Your Email](https://easydns.com/blog/2019/11/20/how-cybercriminals-profit-by-tapping-your-email.md): A few days ago I came across the CBC story on how a Canadian man had been defrauded out of $800,000 when cybercriminals inserted themselves into a real estate deal and had the funds diverted to themselves:
- [So you’re in the latest credential leak – now what?](https://easydns.com/blog/2024/03/07/so-youre-in-the-latest-credential-leak-now-what.md): Data breaches are increasing in frequency and scale. With mass amounts of data leaked onto the dark web from “credential stuffing” attacks, more people want to know if their private information is secure. So they look for services like HaveIBeenPwned(HIBP), which has been rapidly increasing its user base as more people move to protect their […]
- [Email Forwarding Slowdowns: What You Can Do When It Happens](https://easydns.com/blog/2024/05/21/email-forwarding-slowdowns-what-you-can-do-when-it-happens.md): Starting last Friday (May 17th), some members who were email forwarding to their Rogers mailboxes started reporting slowdowns or being unable to receive email via their email forwarders. It turned out that Yahoo (Rogers outsources their email to Yahoo) was rejecting email from some of our forwarders with the message: Remote-MTA: dns; mta6.am0.yahoodns.net Diagnostic-Code: smtp; […]
- [easyDNS Holiday Hours 2023](https://easydns.com/blog/2023/12/11/easydns-holiday-hours-2023.md): Here are our Support hours over the upcoming holiday season. 22 December – we are closing at 3p EST 23 December – open from 12p to 6p EST 24 December – open from 12p to 3p EST 25 December – CLOSED 26 December – open from 8:30a to 3p EST 27-28 December – normal business […]
- [easyNostr: Setup your NIP-05 ID under your own domain (or use one of ours)](https://easydns.com/blog/2023/03/12/easynostr-setup-your-nip-05-id-under-your-own-domain-or-use-one-of-ours.md): Nostr (Notes and Other Stuff Transmitted by Relays) continues to gain traction and spread like wildfire. For those hearing about it for the first time, Nostr is a fully decentralized microblogging protocol (and not a platform, the way Mastodon is). It divides right down to the user account level, governed by an asymmetric key pair, which makes it even client agnostic […]
- [Immunity Passports Now Required for Domain Registration and Renewals](https://easydns.com/blog/2021/04/01/immunity-passports-now-required-for-domain-registration-and-renewals.md): To help contain the spread of COVID-19 easyDNS will be implementing the following public health measures: Proof of Immunity in the form of a digital passport, will be required before registrants will be permitted to undertake the following operations:
- [The End of an Era for easyDNS…](https://easydns.com/blog/2019/05/23/the-end-of-an-era-for-easydns.md): It all started about two or three years ago, I walked into the office one Monday morning around 10am… and I set the alarm off. My initial shock that I was the first person in on a Monday at 10am was quickly overridden by the realization that I had no idea what my alarm code was. […]
- [\[AxisOfEasy\] Amazon Employees Are Listening To Recordings Of Your Conversations](https://easydns.com/blog/2019/04/15/axisofeasy-amazon-employees-are-listening-to-recordings-of-your-conversations.md): Weekly Axis Of Easy #93 Last Week’s Quote was  “Mankind is governed more by their feelings than by reason” by Samuel Adams. Winner was Holly. This week’s quote:  “The great danger is that the excess of speculation may bring its usual punishment” by ….??? THE RULES: No searching up the answer, must be posted in the comments […]
- [Brexit – .EU for UK Residents](https://easydns.com/blog/2019/03/25/brexit-eu-for-uk-residents.md): As a follow-up to our UK based clients who own a .EU domain. At present, there isn’t a determined date of Brexit yet firmly established. Until that time, easyDNS will continue to take new orders and renewals for . EU domains that contain a GB or GI country code but we aware that without complying […]
- [Bitcoin Cash is out. Litecoin is in.](https://easydns.com/blog/2019/01/29/bitcoin-cash-is-out-litecoin-is-in.md):   Belatedly, and perhaps proving the point… we stopped accepting Bitcoin Cash at some point over the holidays and I’m only remembering to write about it now. What prompted the decision was the Bitcoin Cash fork into Bitcoin SV and Bitcoin ABC. We were ok supporting a fork from Bitcoin Core, believing this was an example of […]
- [Don’t Advertise URLs That You Don’t Exclusively Control](https://easydns.com/blog/2018/11/19/dont-advertise-urls-that-you-dont-exclusively-control.md): Well, I did say in the introduction to my book that I’m not a DNS expert per se, unless you use Neils Bohr’s definition of an expert as: “Somebody who has made all possible mistakes within a very narrow field.” …here’s another one:
- [New Book: Managing Mission Critical Domains & DNS](https://easydns.com/blog/2018/07/18/new-book-managing-mission-critical-domains-dns.md): It’s been a long road, over four years, but my new book Managing Mission Critical Domains & DNS finally published a few weeks ago. It actually dropped on June 30, 2018 which was also my 51st birthday. Funny how things work out like that. The idea behind the book was to provide a unifying overview around […]
- [Not everybody knows about the new Top Level Domains](https://easydns.com/blog/2017/11/16/not-everybody-knows-about-the-new-top-level-domains.md):   With well over 1000 new Top Level Domains up and running now there are all sorts of possibilities to create seemingly novel URLs that leverage the meaning to the right-of-the-dot.
- [Useless URLs, Episode 2: Internet Marketing Experts in Toronto](https://easydns.com/blog/2010/02/18/useless-urls-episode-2-internet-marketing-experts-in-toronto.md): This morning I had just dropped my daughter off at school when an ad came on the radio as I was headed to my workout, the gist of it was: More and more consumers are headed online as the first step in their next purchase. Is your business positioned to cash in on this trend? […]
- [Domain Hijack Strands Thousands Of Businesses](https://easydns.com/blog/2018/02/12/domain-hijack-strands-thousands-of-businesses.md): Weekly Axis Of Easy #36 In this issue: China to block overseas VPNs Domain hijack strands thousands of businesses Twitter’s mysterious astroturfing tools This little start-up sells hacks to government agencies Wordpress update breaks Wordpress updates China to block overseas VPNs At the end of March all non-Chinese VPN services will be blocked within China. […]
- [Whois Privacy brings a lawsuit down on Registrar](https://easydns.com/blog/2009/05/30/whois-privacy-brings-a-lawsuit-down-on-registrar.md): Following on our explanation of why we do not offer whois masking here at easyDNS, we note tonight that Registrar Namecheap has been sued “over cybersquatting claims for a domain name registered under the NameCheap whois privacy services”. As we outlined in our original article: Whoever is listed as the Registrant in the domain’s whois […]
- [Why does easyDNS provide services to Martian separatists?](https://easydns.com/blog/2017/09/06/why-does-easydns-provide-services-to-martian-separatists.md): “I wholly disapprove of what you say and will defend to the death your right to say it.” –Evelyn Beatrice Hall Events of late have highlighted the importance of domain names and the power various providers such as Registrars, DNS providers and other web services hold over those names. Predictably, we’ve had a noticeable uptick […]
- [Is Google stealing your content?](https://easydns.com/blog/2017/04/24/is-google-stealing-your-content.md): In this issue: Is Google stealing your content? New legislation proposes $20/tax per device for uncensored internet viewing. Cybercriminals use DNS hack to takeover Brazilian bank Is Google stealing your content? For some time now you’ve probably noticed when you type a simplistic question into Google, like “What is the 5th planet from the sun?”, “Who was […]
- [Customer Feedback Surveys Considered Harmful](https://easydns.com/blog/2017/01/26/customer-feedback-surveys-considered-harmful.md):   Customer satisfaction surveys are hot. Every time you go to the bank, open a support ticket with an online vendor, go on a trip or hire a freelancer for any task, you will subsequently be dogged relentlessly with email requests to rate your experience. On the surface, this is good idea. Given the near […]
- [How to Leave easyDNS](https://easydns.com/blog/2012/09/13/how-to-leave-easydns.md): [ If you’re interested in the backstory to this post, read on, if you want to skip straight to how to get the hell out here, skip down to How To Leave easyDNS ] I have been listening to Doc Searls’ The Intention Economy lately, it is an amazing book for a number of reasons […]
- [Running an affiliate program? Don't pay for sales you already had in the bag](https://easydns.com/blog/2008/08/27/running-an-affiliate-program-dont-pay-for-sales-you-already-had-in-the-bag.md): People have tried this on us so many times I figure it must still work in many cases so after the last one I decided to post a brief note about this. We run an affiliate program via Commission Junction, it pays $20 per new customer acquisition. We also come up first in all major […]
- [Maybe Yahoo should buy Godaddy](https://easydns.com/blog/2016/02/19/maybe-yahoo-should-buy-godaddy.md): …was one of the random, possibly nutso thoughts I had on the drive in this morning whilst listening to the financial news. Yahoo is one of the rare companies actually trading up so far today on the “news” that it’s forming a committee of independent board members to examine strategy. Nobody’s said it, but in my mind […]
- [The US Government has no credibility to compel anybody to weaken security](https://easydns.com/blog/2016/02/22/the-us-government-has-no-credibility-to-compel-anybody-to-weaken-security.md): This is my belated obligatory post about the entire “Apple vs the FBI” episode and whether it should help decrypt the San Bernardino shooter’s iPhone. People have commented that I should write something, and I’ve been reluctant in case I go off in full-rant-mode. I wrote the entire post and then after I re-read it […]
- [Yahoo testing blocking your email access if you use ad-blockers](https://easydns.com/blog/2015/11/23/yahoo-testing-blocking-your-email-access-if-you-use-ad-blockers.md): Last week the news broke that Yahoo had begun testing a new initiative where users with ad-blocking enabled would be denied access to their email. I’ve been in this business a long time, we’ve been through countless DDoS attacks, and a lot of “red-alert” situations. From those experiences I can tell you that users are […]
- [Don't get too clever…](https://easydns.com/blog/2015/11/30/dont-get-too-clever.md): Haven’t posted in this section for awhile (which has been renamed Using URLs Effectively). In today’s lesson we see an attempt at a “call-to-action” URL on a vehicle:
- [Most ridiculous legal request ever?](https://easydns.com/blog/2015/08/20/most-ridiculous-legal-request-ever.md): Imagine explaining to a customer  that they have to drop products  from their online store or even that you took their domain down because you received the following “FDA” request from (quite literally) “some guy on the internet”:
- [Why We Will Not Be Registering easyDNS.SUCKS](https://easydns.com/blog/2015/04/10/why-we-will-not-be-registering-easydns-sucks.md): Similar to how it’s getting harder these days to differentiate actual news from The Onion satires, reality takes on a somewhat surreal timbre when it starts to imitate your April Fool’s gags from yesteryear… In 2011 we joked “easyDNS To Launch .SUX TLD”, in which we posited a thinly veiled extortion racket to goad squeamish […]
- [4 Key Things To Know About Being Compliant With CASL (Canadian Anti-Spam Legislation)](https://easydns.com/blog/2014/06/26/4-key-things-to-know-about-being-compliant-with-casl-canadian-anti-spam-legislation.md): CASL kicks in on July 1st, we first wrote about it here. We are still of the opinion that for many internet based businesses who are already following standard best practices for running their email lists, this isn’t that much of a big deal. (There are dissenting opinions on this, see this article) When trying […]
- [Web Forwarding Outage April 19 2014 (UPDATED 1:05 AM EST)](https://easydns.com/blog/2014/04/19/web-forwarding-outage-april-19-2014.md): UPDATE #3 (April 20the 11:38am): The web forwarding cutover did not take for domainPlus domains – we missed a step in the cutover process. So: all other service levels migrated fine if your domainPlus domain was “left behind” you can login to the control panel, rehash your DNS settings and it’ll work this time we’re […]
- [\[RESOLVED\] Temporary issue adding new domains to accounts](https://easydns.com/blog/2014/05/15/resolved-temporary-issue-adding-new-domains-to-accounts.md): This morning between 9:08am EDT and 11:42am EDT, we experienced a temporary issue where customers would have been unable to add new domains to their accounts for either new registration, transfers from other registrars, or for DNS services. The error displayed would have claimed that the domain was not allowed on our system. We traced […]
- [NABP to Registrars: You Must Takedown and Seize Any Domain We Tell You To](https://easydns.com/blog/2014/01/10/nabp-to-registrars-you-must-takedown-and-seize-any-domain-we-tell-you-to.md): It’s almost surreal to be getting this letter from the National Association of Boards of Pharmacy (NABP) addressed to ICANN Registrars requesting that “you adopt and implement policies and procedures, consistent with this letter,”, given the timing of what we just went through with the City of London Police takedown requests. What are those policies and […]
- [Welcome to easyDNS, Press 1 for support. Press 2 to get the last 4-digits of your credit card number on file here.](https://easydns.com/blog/2014/01/29/welcome-to-easydns-press-1-for-support-press-2-to-get-the-last-4-digits-of-your-credit-card-number-on-file-here.md): Just kidding. We’ve had numerous requests to today to comment on this issue as Naoki Hiroshima’s nightmarish tale of how his Godaddy account, Paypal account and ultimately his highly coveted Twitter handle were compromised and the latter stolen. (Sorry I haven’t posted sooner on this, I’m out of the office this week, way up north […]
- [DNSResolvers open resolvers will be shut down.](https://easydns.com/blog/2013/06/27/dnsresolvers-open-resolvers-will-be-shut-down.md): We recently made the decision internally that our DNSResolvers.com had to cease being open resolvers. We were still trying to figure out the best way to transition to an authenticated model gracefully. However, tonight we were DDoS-ed against those open resolvers and while our core easyDNS authoritative DNS services were not impacted,  our customer environment […]
- [Memo to ICANN: Registries Need To Price In Bitcoin](https://easydns.com/blog/2013/05/27/memo-to-icann-registries-need-to-price-in-bitcoin.md): ICANN’s job as an oversight body to the global naming system is (supposedly) to weigh the needs of all global stakeholders and to try to address regional, national and linguistic requirements. In practice, not much of this happens, so we’re left with an internet where most domain name registrants are subject to US law and […]
- [Ethics of the Fathers and our First Day in the New Office!](https://easydns.com/blog/2012/07/13/ethics-of-the-fathers-and-our-first-day-in-the-new-office.md): Today is our first day with the entire team in the new office! We’re in 2 days ahead of schedule and the entire move squad, Arnon, Erol, Evan and especially Alex did amazing on logistics while Ranko and his girlfriend Maria pulled a rabbit out of a hat and configured a complete, ground up setup […]
- [Say Good-bye to DNS Outages and Hello to 100% Uptime, Guaranteed.](https://easydns.com/blog/2012/12/03/introducing-proactive-nameservers-the-end-of-dns-outages.md): The following press release went out this morning. Please excuse the marketing-speak. The upshot of this is “hot swappable nameservers” …brought to you by the mad scientists at easyDNS.
- [Go ahead, pass the Internet tax. Your (foreign) competitors thank you in advance.](https://easydns.com/blog/2013/05/07/go-ahead-pass-the-internet-tax-your-foreign-competitors-thank-you-in-advance.md): The internet is a pretty stupid place to pass a tax, and the US looks well down the road to passing one. What lawmakers fail to understand is that taxation specific to the internet, ostensibly to boost revenues into government coffers, in practice will probably diminish them as US businesses lose competitiveness against foreign companies. […]
- [Don't Fall For This Domain Registration Scam](https://easydns.com/blog/2012/05/01/dont-fall-for-this-domain-registration-scam.md): I just found the following email sent to us in our easyDNS support queue: From: Global Domains International Subject: Regarding your domain name neverloseanotherdomain.net Date: Tue, 01 May 2012 17:01:41 +0400 To: hostmaster@easydns.com From: Global Domains International Hello, I have the .COM version of your domain name neverloseanotherdomain.net for sale. Would you be interested in […]
- [Just Released: DomainPlus – Everything You Need To Run Your Website at $15 / year.](https://easydns.com/blog/2012/05/10/just-released-domainplus-everything-you-need-to-run-your-website-at-15-year.md): A commonly overheard refrain throughout this wonderful Internet is “I keep the handful of domains that absolutely MUST be up all the time with easyDNS, and all the others I keep somewhere cheaper”. It must be a hassle, having some domains here, some over there, and dealing with the bargain basement outfits can’t be a […]
- [Mini-FAQ about the Jan 07 DDoS Attack](https://easydns.com/blog/2012/01/08/mini-faq-about-the-jan-07-ddos-attack.md): Poor Les, is on Sunday support today and knows he’s facing a lot of email and calls. On his way in, asked me for some guidance on three specific questions he is expecting to face a lot today. Those questions are: How did something like this happen, and why did it affect me/my domains/my client’s […]
- [DNS Speeds Debunked](https://easydns.com/blog/2011/05/02/dns-speeds-debunked.md): A popular “metric” in the space are benchmarks depicting speeds of DNS lookups. Sales guys love to tell you “your existing DNS is slow” and that theirs is fast.
- [Any press is good press?](https://easydns.com/blog/2011/03/30/any-press-is-good-press.md): There seems to be a growing backlash across the internet in response to Godaddy CEO Bob Parsons and what is being called his “Elephant Snuff Vid”. It was a video he made while on a recent vacation in Zimbabwe wherein he kills a “problem” elephant and saves the day for a local farmer whose crops […]
- [Career-ending moments in Celebrity-CEO-ism (or HowTo Transfer Your Domain Away From Godaddy)](https://easydns.com/blog/2011/04/04/career-ending-moments-in-celebrity-ceo-ism-or-howto-transfer-your-domain-away-from-godaddy.md): Sorry for the clunky title, ever since I saw the original “Kids in The Hall” Career-Ending-Moments skit, it’s been a meme I’ve always loved and been obsessed with, especially when I see one unfold in front of my eyes. So unless you’ve been living in a cave, you probably know that last week a media […]
- [Concerns around Wikileaks DNS for easyDNS Members](https://easydns.com/blog/2010/12/06/the-implications-of-wikileaks-dns-for-easydns-members.md): I’ve received a few emails and comments to the blog expressing perfectly understandable concern around easyDNS providing DNS for wikileaks.ch (what’s more, wikileaks.nl has also just added our DNS to their nameserver delegation). Please excuse us for not adequately clarifying the situation earlier to address these concerns. The stability and reliability of our systems and […]
- [Wikileaks “takedown” fiasco underscores pathetic state of internet “journalism”](https://easydns.com/blog/2010/12/03/wikileaks-takedown-fiasco-underscores-pathetic-state-of-internet-journalism.md): [ Updated Dec 4 and Dec 7, see “Further Reading” section at end of post] I’ve commented before that I’m amazed at how fast bad information travels on the internet, but this morning it got pretty ridiculous. Looks like wikileaks was the subject of a DOS attack last night, and their DNS provider who was […]
- [This is Day 0](https://easydns.com/blog/2005/09/16/this-is-day-0.md): Well not quite. As mentioned in the recent email to active members, this morning I purchased the other co-founder’s shares in easyDNS. As we sat around the boardroom table it was noted that the transaction takes place nearly 7 years to the day from when we formally incorporated easyDNS back in 1998. In internet years […]
- [\[Axis of Easy\] Canadian Media Wants Government To Regulate “Trusted Sources”](https://easydns.com/blog/2020/02/24/axis-of-easy-canadian-media-wants-government-to-regulate-trusted-sources.md): Weekly Axis Of Easy #134 Last Week’s Quote was “You will become as small as your controlling desire; as great as your dominant aspiration” by James Allen, winner was Richard Perritt. This Week’s Quote:  “An era can be considered over when its basic illusions have been exhausted” …by ???? THE RULES:   No searching up the answer, must be […]
- [Domain Maintenance – 13 November \[Completed\]](https://easydns.com/blog/2018/11/13/domain-maintenance-13-november.md): On November 13th, between 9p – 10:30P Eastern, there is a scheduled maintenance by our registry partner completing proactive work on their systems. During this window, domain registration services will be either unavailable or degraded – these include new registrations and transfers plus updates to the Whois record. Our DNS & e-mail services will not […]
- [.COM/.NET Registry](https://easydns.com/blog/2007/11/26/com-net-registry-2.md): The .COM/.NET Registry is reporting an issue and is working it resolve asap. At present nameserver changes, registrar transfers and new domain creations are affected. Please contact support@easyDNS.com with any questions or concerns.
- [Greylisting for email forwarded to "videotron.ca"](https://easydns.com/blog/2007/11/22/greylisting-for-email-forwarded-to-videotron-ca.md): The amount of spam and virus emails being sent over the internet is not new, but seems to have been having more of an impact as of late. Due to the nature of our mail forwarding service, this sometimes leads to ISPs and free email services being forwarded a large number of “junk” email. In […]
- [domain renewal fraud](https://easydns.com/blog/2007/10/25/domain-renewal-fraud.md): Please be aware that a fraudulent domain name renewal email is making the rounds. Please be on the lookout for a message stating: “Domain Renewal” It is time to renew your domain name www.example.com ————————- Your domain name www.jcuk.biz will expire within 90 days. You may renew your domain with Domain Renewal. Click on the […]
- [Help us combat domain slamming](https://easydns.com/blog/2006/07/12/help-us-combat-domain-slamming.md): This email is being sent to all active Canadian members In this email: 1. We need your help to combat domain slamming ———————————————————————– 1. We need your help to combat domain slamming ———————————————————————– Many, if not all of you are by now familiar with the grossly misnamed “renewal notices” you receive in the mail from […]
- [Catch-all email audit starts today](https://easydns.com/blog/2006/08/21/catch-all-email-audit-starts-today.md): ———————————————————————— Catch-all email audit starts today ———————————————————————— As per a previous email on this topic, we are working on reducing the amount of garbage email received by our members via catch-all email maps and alleviate problems we have forwarding legitimate email to certain ISPs. This is a one-time process to remove UNUSED catch-all email addresses […]
- [\[RESOLVED\] Ongoing Connectivity Problems](https://easydns.com/blog/2014/03/13/ongoing-connectivity-problems.md): [UPDATE March 17]: We have found and rectified the problem which was causing connectivity problems to one of our data centres. Our previous fixes had appeared to alleviate the issue however further trouble shooting proved that incorrect. In this instance we are confident we have found and fixed the issue, however we will continue to […]
- [\[RESOLVED\] xfr0 Maintenance.](https://easydns.com/blog/2012/05/03/xfr0-maintenance.md): [RESOLVED] The maintenance to our secondary DNS ingress point, xfr0.easydns.com, has been completed. The nameserver is operational and is currently reloading. Updates may experience a slight delay as the server is doing a refresh of  all zones. As always, we thank you for your patience and your continued support of easyDNS.     At midnight […]
- [Alert – Maintenance Window – (Front Page and User Interface)](https://easydns.com/blog/2013/01/25/alert-maintenance-window-front-page-and-user-interface.md): We’re upgrading some of our web infrastructure and that means there needs to be some maintenance downtime for our site, so our website is going to go dark for a minute or two. Sorry about that. From 10pm EST Jan 29 to 1am EST Jan 30 our homepage and web interface will be intermittently inaccessible. […]
- [The check's in the mail, you say?](https://easydns.com/blog/2011/05/30/the-checks-in-the-mail-you-say.md): As many of you are likely aware, the Canadian Union of Postal Workers has announced a possible strike, starting Thursday June 2nd at 11:59pm. If this occurs, then cheques sent to easyDNS through the regular post will be delayed until the strike is resolved. To avoid any possible interruption to your service due to delayed […]
- [Verisign domain takedown proposal very worrisome.](https://easydns.com/blog/2011/10/11/verisign-domain-takedown-proposal-very-worrisome.md): Under a proposed Verisign initiative, all .COM/.NET domains exist at the pleasure of the United States government. Verisign just released an overview of their proposed “Anti-Abuse Domain Use Policy” Under ICANN’s Registry Services Evaluation Process. The program’s chief aim is to provide a takedown mechanism of malicious websites distributing malware. In itself, not a bad […]
- [New Price Change Page](https://easydns.com/blog/2024/01/17/new-price-change-page.md): We have a number of TLD price changes that have come into effect already this month, with many more planned in the comping months. To improve communications around these adjustments, we’ve launched a new Price Change page that you can access by hovering over the Domains Menu item in our header. This page will be […]
- [.COM, .ORG, .CA and other TLD price changes](https://easydns.com/blog/2023/08/11/com-org-ca-and-other-tld-price-changes.md): We wanted to inform you of a domain name price increase that starts September 1, 2023. A number of TLD registries are adjusting prices over the next year. The .com, and .ca registries are leading the pack. Now would be a great time to RENEW, TRANSFER IN or REGISTER NEW .com, .org and .ca domains […]
- [.INFO Price increase](https://easydns.com/blog/2021/12/16/info-price-increase.md): On 14 January 2022, the .INFO registry is increasing the cost of their domain prices. Unfortunately, as a result, we will have to increase our price too. The new price for our DomainPlus & .INFO Registration (or Transfers) service level will be $22/year – up from $20/year. If you have a .INFO domain that is […]
- [Increase of .COM domain pricing](https://easydns.com/blog/2021/08/24/increase-of-com-domain-pricing.md): As a result of the increase at the registry level, easyDNS will be adjusting our price for .COM registration. The .COM registry has the right to increase the cost of .COM and will be doing so on 01 September 2021. They will also be increasing the cost in 2022, 2023, 2026 and 2029 – we […]
- [\[resolved\] Workaround for DDoS](https://easydns.com/blog/2013/06/03/workaround-for-ddos.md): [ Current status: worst is over for now] June 4, 2013 9:59 EST Do not downgrade to domainPlus below – but feel free to set up the other extra redundancies. As posted earlier, there is a DDoS against easyDNS in progress https://www.easydns.com/blog/2013/06/03/ddos-in-progress-2/ Workarounds Temporarily downgrade to “domainPlus” level of service which is using non-anycast, unicast […]
- [Save money on your easyDNS services](https://easydns.com/blog/2013/05/10/save-money-on-your-easydns-services.md): [ We’ve had a couple customers request that we post this email here so that they can refer their colleagues and customers to a URL that contains the information. If you’re also subscribed to the blog mailing list that means you’ll get this again, sorry ] Recently launched “domainPlus” package perfect for non mission-critical domains. […]
- [members site interface sync weirdness](https://easydns.com/blog/2009/09/27/members-site-interface-sync-weirdness.md): Greetings, Last night we switched our primary web server for the members interface to new hardware. During this process, we synced up the zone files between the two servers. While the switch went well overall we are getting reports that some users are seeing old zone file configurations in the members interface. This won’t effect […]
- [CIRA taking .CA registry offline June 12 for 24 hours.](https://easydns.com/blog/2012/06/04/cira-taking-ca-registry-offline-june-12-for-24-hours.md): Yes, you read that correctly. On June 12th, 2012 the Canadian Internet Registration Authority (CIRA) will be taking the entire .CA registry offline to perform a “middleware upgrade” which is scheduled to run 24 hours. Why they are doing this in the middle of the week during peak hours is unknown. Why they have to […]
- [\[RESOLVED\] DDoS in progress](https://easydns.com/blog/2013/08/12/ddos-in-progress-3.md): Update: The DDoS attack has ceased. Thank you again for your patience. If you continue to experience difficulties please let our support team know.   Update 2:30 PM August 13 While the attack is ongoing, at this time our mitigation systems are handling the load and all nameserver clusters are responsive. We are monitoring the […]
- [Post mortem of the overnight DDoS Attack](https://easydns.com/blog/2011/10/24/post-mortem-of-the-overnight-ddos-attack.md): Overnight on October 24, 2011 between the hours of approximately 12:55am and 2:55am ET the NS1 and NS2 anycast constellations came under a DDoS Attack. The attack was a combined syn flood and DNS flood which impaired the following anycast constellations to varying degrees: ns1.easydns.com/remote1.easydns.com (a.k.a dns1.easydns.com) ns2.easydns.com/remote2.easydns.com (a.k.a dns2.easydns.net)   The attack primarily impacted […]
- [Nameserver delegations: less is more.](https://easydns.com/blog/2010/05/10/nameserver-delegations-less-is-more.md): Some of you may notice that under the new system, we are delegating new domains to two nameservers instead of the historical six. Under the old system, we used this setup, which historically came from having 6 stand-alone nameservers: ns1.easydns.com ns2.easydns.com ns3.easydns.org remote1.easydns.com remote2.easydns.com ns6.easydns.net We then folded all of the above into a couple […]
- [\[Axis of Easy\] 23andMe Cashes In On Users’ DNA](https://easydns.com/blog/2020/01/20/axis-of-easy-23andme-cashes-in-on-users-dna.md): Weekly Axis Of Easy #129 Last Week’s Quote was “It is wisdom to cultivate the tree which you have found to bear fruit in your soul”.  …was Henry David Thoreau, winner was Todd Essig.  This Week’s Quote:  “I’ve learned that the monsters ain’t underneath the bed” …by ????? THE RULES: No searching up the answer, must be posted […]
- [Satoshi Nakamoto was an easyDNS customer, and we know who it is…](https://easydns.com/blog/2018/04/01/satoshi-nakamoto-was-an-easydns-customer-and-we-know-who-it-is.md): I know, it seems crazy, and it was pure fluke that enabled me to connect the dots on this. Background Back in December, 2010 Wikileaks was under a payment blockade, wherein US political figures acted extra-judiciously against the whistleblower site by convincing Paypal and VISA, etc to stop processing donations for them. It was at […]
- [Upgrading easyMAIL](https://easydns.com/blog/2015/06/04/upgrading-easymail.md): Great news! easyMAIL has been rebuilt from the ground up in a brand new facility with greater speed and capacity. Our team has spent the last 3 months bolting in High Availability, backups and an increased capacity. The last few weeks have been spent testing every aspect of it, literally trying to break the infrastructure […]
- [New website front end and new blog CMS launched](https://easydns.com/blog/2010/05/10/new-website-front-end-and-new-blog-cms-launched.md): The new easyDNS.com website went live earlier today. So far, so good. As we’ve stated before, we are opposed to “flash cuts”, so we will not be moving all customer domains to the new member interface in one grand cataclysmic cutover. Instead, we ask that you become familiar with the new system, move a non-critical […]
- [What We Are Doing About Chronic DDoS Attacks](https://easydns.com/blog/2013/09/10/what-we-are-doing-about-chronic-ddos-attacks.md): [ 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 […]
- [How to Transfer Your Domain Without Going Dark](https://easydns.com/blog/2012/06/28/how-to-transfer-your-domain-without-going-dark.md): (originally titled “Who do you have to be to get a phone call from our CEO?”) I’m in bachelor mode for about another day (less than that, pretty soon I’ll have to start cleaning the bathrooms and emptying the dishwasher). My wife and kid have been in Florida for a week and they left me […]
- [\[COMPLETED\] Maintenance Notice: Secondary DNS](https://easydns.com/blog/2013/03/24/maintenance-notice-secondary-dns.md): The maintenance has been completed and the server is now reloading all secondary zones. As always thank you for your continued support of easyDNS.   —— On Wednesday March 27th @ 10pm EST easyDNS will be performing maintenance on our remote AXFR node: xfr0.easydns.com. This maintenance is to facilitate moving the physical server within our […]
- [.CA Registry Transition Information](https://easydns.com/blog/2010/10/04/ca-registry-transition-information.md): On October 12th, 2010, the Canadian Internet Registration Authority (CIRA) will transition from the current Registry platform to a new platform. Along with the cutover to this modern platform, CIRA is also bringing in some changes to domain policies and procedures aimed at simplifying and standardizing .CA domains with the rest of the domain industry. […]
- [Connection issues \[Resolved\]](https://easydns.com/blog/2020/09/21/20724.md): Intermittent connection issues with easyMAIL and the control panel have now been resolved. DNS resolution was not impacted. We apologize for the inconvenience. UPDATE: Expanding on the connection issues: Duration: Approximately 35 minutes (10:15am EST to 10:50am EST) This morning easyDNS was experiencing slowdowns. After some investigation, it turned out there was an active Denial […]
- [EasyDNS main site outage](https://easydns.com/blog/2008/07/14/easydns-main-site-outage.md): Greetings, At approximately 6:00pm on Sunday July 13th, the hosting provider for a large part of our infrastructure experienced a partial power failure, causing a lot of our backend switching and routing infrastructure to malfunction. During this outage, the EasyDNS members site would have been inaccessible, as well as mail forwarding and web forwarding services. […]
- [Updated: Members site maintenance: February the 7th 2009](https://easydns.com/blog/2009/01/23/updated-members-site-maintenance-february-the-7th-2009.md): UPDATE: We are pushing this update to February the 7th 2009, at 10:00pm EST Original notice below; Greetings, On Saturday January the 31st, 2009, at 10:00pm EST, the EasyDNS admin team will be doing maintenance on our retail members interface. This maintenance will impact members site access and dynamic DNS requests. DNS queries, mail flow, […]
- [EasyDNS Server Maintenance Window](https://easydns.com/blog/2005/08/05/easydns-server-maintenance-window.md): EasyDNS will be conducting server maintenance on the following public servers over the course of the weekend of August 6th, 2005. ns1.easydns.com – Saturday August 6th, 10:00pm EST ns2.easydns.com – Saturday August 6th, 11:00pm EST web forwarding service – Sunday August 7th, 10:00pm EST During the periods of scheduled downtime, each server will be inaccessible […]
- [DDoS attack – July 25 2012](https://easydns.com/blog/2012/07/25/ddos-attack-july-25-2012.md): At 3:30 pm EST, easyDNS experienced a denial of service attack which is still underway, but has been mostly mitigated. Between 3:30 & 4:30, our web-based interface and blog were unavailable, and some mail services were intermittently affected. While no mail is anticipated to have been lost, some delays in receipt and delivery are anticipated, […]
- [EasyDNS Network Maintenance Window](https://easydns.com/blog/2005/08/11/easydns-network-maintenance-window.md): EasyDNS will be conducting public network maintenance during a period between Monday August 15th, 2:00am EST, and Monday August 15th, 3:00am EST. During this period, access to the following services may be interrupted; – The Members Web Management Interface. – Mail Forwarding and spooling (mail will delay only, no bounces). – Customer Web Forwarding. – […]
- [DNS Company Allows Key Domain To Lapse. Humiliation Ensues…](https://easydns.com/blog/2014/11/19/dns-company-allows-key-domain-to-expire-humiliation-ensues.md): via The Cobbler’s Children Have No Shoes Dept…. I’ve been meaning to post this autopsy over a week ago, but I’ve been down with a chest cold, been busy and it’s just plain embarrassing. On Saturday November 6th, 2014, the easypress.ca domain name expired at the registry, basically vaporizing a majority chunk of the easyPress […]
- [Microsoft XBOX-day outage a textbook case for Hot Swappable nameservers](https://easydns.com/blog/2013/11/21/microsoft-xbox-day-outage-a-textbook-case-for-hot-swappable-nameservers.md): 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 […]
- [\[AxisOfEasy\] Police Pilot Program Will Live Stream Neighbourhood Ring Cameras](https://easydns.com/blog/2020/11/10/axisofeasy-police-pilot-program-will-live-stream-neighbourhood-ring-cameras.md): Ledger owners lose over 1M XRP to homoglyph attack, Police pilot program will live stream neighbourhood Ring cameras and AxisOfEasy #29: A Deep Dive into the Network State... and more in Axis of Easy #171
- [Home Stretch in the CIRA Board Elections](https://easydns.com/blog/2012/09/25/home-stretch-in-the-cira-board-elections.md): At the time of writing there are about 24 hours left in the CIRA Board elections, voting closes tomorrow (September 26) at noon EST. What is interesting this year is that renowned privacy advocate Michael Geist has once again been nominated on the members’ slate and if successful would be back on the CIRA Board. […]
- [Does “ad retargeting” now track your real world movements?](https://easydns.com/blog/2012/10/09/does-ad-retargeting-now-track-your-real-world-movements.md): [ This is an email I sent to the Berkman center Project VRM list a week or so ago. I am still getting the “Trump Tower” ads everywhere I go on the internet in my main web browser. ]   Ad retargeting is when google (and others) can target the ads based on your prior […]
- [\[RESOLVED\] easyMAIL connectivity problems](https://easydns.com/blog/2014/03/11/easymail-connectivity-problems.md): We are currently experiencing connectivity problems for easyMAIL clients and webmail. We are working on this currently. [Update – 2014-03-12 @ 12:54pm EST] We are still investigating this situation and recognise the inconvenience. We appreciate your patience. [Update – 2014-03-13 @ 3:15pm EST] Our sysAdmins are still working on resolving the intermittent packet loss that […]
- [Solving the “Fake Twitter Profile” Problem using DNS](https://easydns.com/blog/2022/08/05/solving-the-fake-twitter-profile-problem-with-dns.md):   Recently, an article I wrote for Bitcoin Magazine talked about how we can use DNS underscore scoping to better abstract Lightning addresses and even create a de facto specification that could work on any resource (like a wallet or a smart contract) across all blockchains.
- [Whatever Happened to "Due Process" ?](https://easydns.com/blog/2013/10/08/whatever-happened-to-due-process.md): 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] […]
- [Future Fibre: Nuvujaq and LEO satellites](https://easydns.com/blog/2019/12/02/future-fibre-nuvujaq-and-leo-satellites.md): easyDNS is pleased to sponsor Jesse Hirsh‘s “Future Fibre / Future Tools” segments of his new email list, Metaviews. Bringing High Speed Internet to the Arctic Given Canada’s vast and diverse geography, ensuring that high speed access is available to everyone, everywhere, is no easy task. It will take a range of technologies, considerable resources, and creative […]
- [Registry Connectivity Errors Resolved](https://easydns.com/blog/2022/06/24/registry-connectivity-errors.md): A current connectivity issue between registrars and respective registries has disabled Whois lookups and domain renewals and new registrations. We do hope for a speedy resolution and apologize for the inconvenience. Please direct any comments or concerns to support@easydns.com Registry Connectivity Errors Resolved
- [Future Fibre: Broadband Communism](https://easydns.com/blog/2019/11/22/future-fibre-broadband-communism.md): easyDNS is pleased to sponsor Jesse Hirsh‘s “Future Fibre / Future Tools” segments of his new email list, Metaviews. Jeremy Corbyn gets serious about free internet In a bid to get attention and demonstrate their desire to take Britain in a radical new direction, the UK Labour party, under the leadership of Jeremy Corbyn, has […]
- [Network Maintenace Window, Wednesday March 15th 2006 @ 2:00am](https://easydns.com/blog/2006/03/14/network-maintenace-window-wednesday-march-15th-2006-200am.md): We will be conducting a maintenance window to upgrade our core network on Wednesday March 15th 2006 @ 2:00am. The window should be brief, but in the event of complications we have scheduled from between 2:00am and 5:00am for possible service interruption to all servers on the 205.210.42.0/24 and 216.220.40.241/28 networks. During this period, connectivity […]
- [\[Completed\] Emergency Maintenance Window: December 10, 2014 9:00 PM – Midnight EST](https://easydns.com/blog/2014/12/09/emergency-maintenance-window-december-10-2014-900-pm-midnight-est.md): We will be performing network maintenance tomorrow night to replace a faulty switch in one of our data centres. This maintenance will occur between 9 PM and midnight Eastern time. Affected services include our front end control panel and easyMAIL; DNS resolution will not be impacted. We don’t expect any extended downtime as a result of […]
- [\[RESOLVED\]: Maintenance Window – Sunday May 18 / 2014](https://easydns.com/blog/2014/05/07/maintenance-window.md): RESOLVED:  The maintenance window has been completed and all system are back to normal. Please let support know if you experience any issues. Thanks for your continued support of easyDNS.   ——– This is a heads up that we will be performing some maintenance on our primary nameserver on Sunday May 18th/2014 between 10pm EST […]
- [\[RESOLVED\] Main Website Connectivity](https://easydns.com/blog/2013/10/04/main-website-connectivity.md): Our main website at easyDNS.com is currently unavailable. We are aware of the problem and are working towards a speedy resolution. We do apologize for the inconvenience.   The easyDNS Team. [ Update – 2013-10-04 @ 11:23am EST] Connectivity has been restored. Thank you very much for your patience.  
- [\[COMPLETED\] Maintenance – easyMail – Sunday, May 19, 2013](https://easydns.com/blog/2013/05/18/maintenance-easymail-sunday-may-19-2013.md): On Sunday night, May 19th, between the hours of 11pm and 1am EST, we will be performing an update to the easyMail service. During this time, customers will not be able to check their email and incoming email will be delayed. We apologise for the inconvenience, but this is necessary to allow us to further […]
- [\[COMPLETED\] Maintenance Window: Saturday March 30 11:00 PM EST](https://easydns.com/blog/2013/03/27/maintenance-window-saturday-march-30-1100-pm-est.md): ETA March 31 01:30 AM: Maintenance is now complete and normal operation has resumed. As always thank you for your continued support of easyDNS.   As part of our continuing efforts to provide the best possible user experience, easyDNS will be performing maintenance on our public-facing web infrastructure on Saturday, March 30, 2013 in order […]
- [\[RESOLVED\]: Colocation Connectivity Issues](https://easydns.com/blog/2012/07/08/colocation-connectivity-issues.md): [RESOLVED] After monitoring the situation overnight we are confident the problems we encountered have cleared. Our provider has also confirmed that there have been no further issues. As always, if you encounter any problems please do not hesitate to contact support.   ———- We are currently experiencing issues with connectivity to one of our Toronto […]
- [\[Resolved\] Sporadic connectivity to dns2.easydns.net](https://easydns.com/blog/2012/03/09/sporadic-connectivity-to-dns2-easydns-net.md): We have had reports of sporadic DNS connectivity to “dns2.easydns.net” from various customers. We have confirmed this and alerted our upstream provider. They believe this is a routing issue, and are escalating this on their end with their networking team. We apologise for the inconvenience, and hope to have this resolved as soon as possible. […]
- [Switching NS1/DNS1 IP](https://easydns.com/blog/2011/05/13/switching-ns1dns1-ip.md): Due to the sporadic connectivity issues reported by some customers within Europe and Asia, we will be changing the IP address for the “ns1.easydns.com” and “dns1.easydns.com” Anycast cluster to a new IP address within our own IP space. Currently: ns1.easydns.com / dns1.easydns.com – 66.225.199.10 Updating to: ns1.easydns.com / dns1.easydns.com – 64.68.192.10 During this migration between […]
- [Iran Cuts Off Internet And Shuts Down Social Networks](https://easydns.com/blog/2018/01/08/iran-cuts-off-internet-and-shuts-down-social-networks.md): Weekly Axis Of Easy #31 In this issue: Iran cuts off Internet and shuts down social networks Kansas man killed in “Swatting” prank UK to Google & Facebook: Hand over customer data or face higher taxes New US border rules limit scope of searches on your mobile device Review: Intel Meltdown / Spectre chip flaws […]
- [Urgent security advisory: #Heartbleed – openSSL Vulnerability](https://easydns.com/blog/2014/04/07/urgent-security-advisory-heartbleed-openssl-vulnerability.md): This is an urgent security advisory regarding an openSSL security vulnerability CVE-2014-0160, which was revealed today to be a catastrophic, remotely exploitable security vulnerability affecting all applications utilizing openSSL. The vulnerability was announced via the domain http://www.heartbleed.com Which versions are affected is unclear: The Heartbleed website says everything above 1.0.0+ We also read an unconfirmed report […]
- [holiday support hours](https://easydns.com/blog/2005/12/22/holiday-support-hours-2.md): During the holidays, our affected customer support hours will be Saturday December 24th, 9:00 AM – 3:00PM Sunday December 25th, Closed Monday December 26th, 12:00PM – 6:00 PM Saturday December 31st, 9:00 AM – 3:00 PM Sunday January 1st, Closed Monday January 2nd, 12:00 PM – 6:00 PM Normal support hours will continue for all […]
- [\[UPDATED\] Phone Support June 07 2014](https://easydns.com/blog/2014/06/07/no-phone-support-june-07-2014.md): UPDATE 1:57PM EDT We believe we’ve resolved the issue and live support has resumed. We apologize for any inconvenience this may have caused.   Hi folks, Unfortunately due to technical difficulties with our phone system we are unable to provide live phone support for today (Saturday, June 07 2014). Email support is available via support@easydns.com […]
- [easyDNS Holiday Hours](https://easydns.com/blog/2012/12/20/easydns-holiday-hours-2.md): Our holiday hours will be as follows. All days not mentioned will be set to our regular support hours of 8:30AM till 6PM on weekdays and from noon till 6PM weekends. Monday December 24th, from 8:30AM till 3PM Tuesday December 25th, closed Wednesday December 26th, from 8:30AM till 6PM Monday December 31st, 8:30AM till 3PM […]
- [We're hiring! Immediate opportunity for a Customer Service Rep.](https://easydns.com/blog/2013/02/15/were-hiring-immediate-opportunity-for-a-customer-service-rep.md): We have an immediate opening for a Customer Support / Customer Service Rep here at easyDNS. We are looking for people  with a minimum two years experience providing technical support in a challenging environment and who have an understanding of domain names, DNS and wordpress. The ideal candidate will possess: A technical background, hacker ethos […]
- [easyDNS now accepting Dogecoin payments](https://easydns.com/blog/2021/04/16/easydns-now-accepting-doge-payments.md): Continuing in our tradition of being a crypto currency trailblazer, we are now accepting DOGE payments for all services. We were the first ICANN registrar to accept Bitcoin… …the first to accept Ethereum, …the first to accept Litecoin and now … DOGE. Remember who was there first, again. (and it wasn’t this guy) Doge Barking […]
- [Announcing easyPress, managed WordPress hosting – high performance wp with built-in disaster recovery](https://easydns.com/blog/2013/05/15/announcing-easypress-managed-wordpress-hosting-high-performance-wp-with-built-in-disaster-recovery.md): It was nearly a year ago when Victor Granic asked to pick my brain around “how to build an awesome company” (Thanks Victor, that’s quite a compliment). He was building a startup that was doing a lot of WordPress development. Similar to the precursor company from which easyDNS came out of, they found themselves hosting […]
- [German Government: Put Mandatory Backdoors In All The Things](https://easydns.com/blog/2017/12/04/german-government-put-mandatory-backdoors-in-all-the-things.md): Weekly Axis Of Easy #28   In this issue: RETRACTION: Last week’s Telus piece was from 2005 #facepalm German Government: Put mandatory backdoors in all the things Russia floats proposal for separate DNS root for BRIC nations Quad9: A new Recursive DNS service that blocks malware for you EFF to ICANN Registrars: Don’t become censors  […]
- [Rogers Ontario users – we can help (so can others)](https://easydns.com/blog/2013/01/09/rogers-ontario-users-we-can-help.md): Some of us at easyDNS are Rogers clients at home, and we noticed service was down. A bit of noodling shows that they seem to be having some issues with their DNS resolvers. We’re not an ISP but we do provide free DNS resolvers to the internet for folks who want it, so if you’re […]
- [Updated: Maintenance Window 2024, August 8 – Nameserver Name Switch](https://easydns.com/blog/2024/07/24/maintenance-window-2024-august-6-nameserver-name-switch.md): Updated: On August 8th, 2024 at 9:30am ET, we will be swapping the names of two of our nameservers. The WHAT: The current dns1.easydns.com will become dns3.easydns.org and the current dns3.easydns.org will become dns1.easydns.com.  Only the host names will be swapped without the IP addresses being affected. The WHY: Due to infrastructure upgrades over the […]
- [Introducing CHAPPS: the Caching, Highly-Available Postfix Policy Service](https://easydns.com/blog/2022/04/28/introducing-chapps-the-caching-highly-available-postfix-policy-service.md): What is a Postfix Policy Service? Providing email services to a large number of customers requires a number of moving parts.  Postfix is a tried and trusted SMTP server; it has a large feature set which is already too large.  In order to avoid having even more features to control email policy, Postfix provides a […]
- [RFO for Unplanned Control Panel Outage](https://easydns.com/blog/2021/04/05/rfo-for-unplanned-control-panel-outage.md): On the evening of Sunday 04 April, we were alerted about the inaccessibility to our client login – we promptly started to investigate and detected some inconsistencies in what we understood to be the source problem. After more investigation and a meeting of the systems team, it was determined there was a drop of power […]
- [Google’s Gmail scans, parses, analyzes and catalogs your email](https://easydns.com/blog/2019/06/03/googles-gmail-scans-parses-analyzes-and-catalogs-your-email.md): Recently I came across this story  by Todd Haselton that describes how the author located an obscure “purchases” page in his Google account settings and there found a methodical list of his online purchasing history, from third-party outside vendors, going back to 2o12. The upshot of the story was that: Google saves years of information […]
- [\[RESOLVED\] "xfr0.easydns.com" – Emergency maintenance – Tonight](https://easydns.com/blog/2014/07/30/xfr0-emergency-maintenance-tonight.md): Tonight the easyDNS sysAdmins will be moving “xfr0.easydns.com” (64.68.200.91) between data centres between 8pm EDT and 11pm EDT. During this timeframe, secondary DNS updates will not be possible, nor will external non-easyDNS nameservers slaving customers zones by way of “also-notify” be updated, as “xfr0.easydns.com” will be inaccessible. Once we have the server up and running […]
- [\[RESOLVED\] "mx-caprica.easydns.com" – Emergency maintenance – Tonight](https://easydns.com/blog/2014/07/30/mx-caprica-easydns-com-emergency-maintenance-tonight.md): Tonight the easyDNS sysAdmins will be moving “mx-caprica.easydns.com” (64.68.200.71) between data centres between 8pm EDT and 11pm EDT. During this timeframe, email relayed via customer mailmaps will be delayed, as the server will be inaccessible. External mailservers should by their very nature hold on to email and attempt to relay it over the course of […]
- [Infrastructure improvements](https://easydns.com/blog/2013/05/06/infrastructure-improvements.md): easyDNS has been making significant investments in its infrastructure. We’d like to share some details of our progress. We use our own XCP (XenCloudPlatform) distribution (we call it easyXCP). This allows us to combine the latest stable Xen Hypervisor with custom scripts and makes it much easier to compile a custom ISO install image for […]
- [Contracts Suck.](https://easydns.com/blog/2011/06/01/contracts-suck.md): I’ve been writing this post in my mind for a few weeks now. We recently terminated our relationship with a certain vendor, basically because the results were deteriorating steadily for awhile and we just finally decided “enough already” and pulled the plug. We were paying them $500/month since 2000. A few weeks later I receive […]
- [Webmail for easyMAIL and SVN hosting coming in January](https://easydns.com/blog/2010/12/21/webmail-for-easymail-svn-hosting.md): We’re happy to roll out a webmail interface for easyMail, our hosted IMAP product. Remember that DNS Pro domains bundle with 10 IMAP boxes, which come with 2 Gigs of storage and are complete with ClamAV antivirus protection and spamd spam filtering. Coming in January In keeping with our theme of being The Swiss Army […]
- [Core infrastructure rebuild is complete](https://easydns.com/blog/2013/09/16/core-infrastructure-rebuild-is-complete.md): We posted a little while ago about upgrades we’ve been working on (infrastructure improvements).  We have now completed a second round of upgrades, this time a rebuild of our core infrastructure. This system is running the latest XenServer and has network IO of 64Gbits/s . This server farm is homogenous which makes it possible to […]
- [German law firm threatens criminal complaint if we don’t disclose client data](https://easydns.com/blog/2019/09/16/fechner-law-of-germany-threatens-to-bring-criminal-complaint-for-shielding-client-privacy.md): UPDATE (as of Sept 2021): This post seems to be the de facto clearing house for people receiving these threats from Fechner and crew all over the world. Here is everything you need to know:  You can ignore it Nobody has actually been sued We recently received a copyright notice from Fechner Law in Germany. […]
- [TDRP proceedings initiated in response to UK police shakedown](https://easydns.com/blog/2013/10/29/tdrp-proceedings-initiated-in-response-to-uk-police-shakedown.md): 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. […]
- [Subhub plagiarized our "10 Things You Must Know" article.](https://easydns.com/blog/2017/10/26/subhub-plagiarized-our-10-things-you-must-know-article.md): Many years ago, in 2006, after listening to an audiobook called Piranha Marketing by Joe Polish and Tim Paulson, and applying what I learned therein I sat down and wrote “10 Things You Must Know Before You Register A Domain Name With Anybody” where I said “A domain name insider speaks out and blows the […]
- [Maintenance Window 07 July \[completed\]](https://easydns.com/blog/2021/06/30/maintenance-window-07-july.md): UPDATE: The upgrade has been successfully COMPLETED (within two hours).  The Maintenance Window is now over and all services are operational once again. ———- On 07 July 2021 starting at 10PM EDT (2AM UTC), we will be conducting an upgrade of our backend systems which will affect access to the member portal and API. The […]
- [Track Your Vendors and Eliminate Spam with Canary Domains](https://easydns.com/blog/2013/04/05/track-your-vendors-and-eliminate-spam-with-canary-domains.md): The other day I came across a great blog post that explained how the author setup a domain name with “catch-all” or “wildcard” email forwarding which enabled him to track which of his online vendors were selling his email address or otherwise spamming him. This is called using “canary email addresses”, I’ve been doing it for a […]
- [What the recent US Government announcement about transitioning the root really means.](https://easydns.com/blog/2014/03/24/what-the-recent-us-government-announcement-about-transitioning-the-root-really-means.md): I was away when the big announcement came out. The news was, more or less, “US GOVERNMENT RELINQUISHES CONTROL OF THE INTERNET!!!!!” and I put it in all caps and underlined and with a lot of !!!! because the people who are busily talking about it in that context are typically newbie type half-wits, or […]
- [Future Tools: Tor and the Dark Web](https://easydns.com/blog/2019/11/29/future-tools-tor-and-the-dark-web.md): easyDNS is pleased to sponsor Jesse Hirsh‘s “Future Fibre / Future Tools” segments of his new email list, Metaviews. How to connect to the digital underground and why The Internet is an inherent surveillance system that attempts to track everything you do, hence the first step: login, meaning you’re now in the log. However from a technical […]
- [\[Axis of Easy\] US Military To Stop Using Floppy Disks To Coordinate Nuclear Launches](https://easydns.com/blog/2019/10/21/axis-of-easy-us-military-to-stop-using-floppy-disks-to-coordinate-nuclear-launches.md): Weekly Axis Of Easy #118 Last Week’s Quote was  “It seems that in the advanced stages of stupidity, a lack of ideas is compensated for by an excess of ideologies” by Carlos Ruiz Zafón, nobody got it. (I don’t know who that is, it’s another one cribbed from Marc Faber’s Gloom Boom Doom report). This Week’s Quote:  “It is remarkable how […]
- [Unassailable: The book that protects you from Cancel-Culture and Deplatform Attacks](https://easydns.com/blog/2019/10/22/unassailable-the-book-that-protects-you-from-cancel-culture-and-deplatform-attacks.md): UPDATE April 23,2020: I’ve decided to make the ebook version of my latest book: Unassailable Protect Yourself from Deplatform Attacks, Cancel-Culture and other Online Disasters available for free, follow this link. You can read why here. Originally, this was supposed to be a 15 or 20 page ebook / report we were going to give […]
- [DNS leak disclosure](https://easydns.com/blog/2018/01/09/dns-leak-disclosure.md): Since the summer we have been carrying out routine upgrades and rebuilds of our anycast constellations. In July and August we rebuilt dns3.easydns.org and dns3.easydns.ca, while more recently we moved dns4.easydns.info from an outsourced anycast provider to one we have rebuilt and deployed ourselves. On Friday November 10, 2017 we were made aware that dns4.easydns.info had […]
- [DNS cache poisoning exploit released](https://easydns.com/blog/2008/07/24/dns-cache-poisoning-exploit-released.md): Hi There, There is a new DNS Cache poisoning disclosure that has been inadvertently leaked before it was scheduled to be released by Dan Kaminsky (IOActive). This is a very serious flaw in the DNS protocol that impacts caching resolvers, like the resolvers hosted at your service provider that help your workstation resolve IP addresses […]

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- [Agency](https://easydns.com/agency.md): IT Made Easy: Professional Services at easyDNS WordPress Wizardry & Ecommerce Swagger At easyDNS, we don’t just keep your domain names humming, your DNS responsive, and your servers purring-we also craft slick, high-performance websites and amplify your brand’s social media game. Our professional services are built for businesses that want top-tier results without the corporate […]
- [Reverse DNS Service](https://easydns.com/dns/reverse.md): Reverse DNS ServiceCONTROL YOUR OWN REVERSE DNS Reverse DNS maps hostnames and domains to your IP address blocks. If you’ve been assigned control over your own netblocks by your upstream and you want to have control over your reverse mappings, you can do that here. Without valid reverse DNS in place for your IP addresses, […]
- [easyDNS: DNS, Domains, Web and Email Hosting Since 1998](https://easydns.com/index.md): Fast and Secure Domain Name, DNS & Hosting Services Domain Registration and DNS Services REGISTER or TRANSFER from $15.99 / year 700+ TLDs Free DNS Included Industry Leading Support Domain Names Popular ANYCAST DNS from $ 20.00 / year Generous Query Limits Bundled Features Bulk Pricing Discounts Compare DNS SECURE EMAIL & PROTECTION from $ […]
- [GPG Encrypted Email Forwarding](https://easydns.com/features/gpg-encrypted-email-forwarding.md): GPG Encrypted Email Forwarding Ideally, you are using email under a domain name that you control, preferably hosted in an NSA-free zone with a company you trust (hint, hint). Most domain packages at easyDNS come with hosted IMAP included. But if you must use a third-party email provider, you can setup your email forwarding here […]
- [easyVPS](https://easydns.com/easyvps.md): easyVPS Hosting with easyVPS gives you a team of WordPress, security, and web management experts at your fingertips. Since transforming the majority of the easyDNS environment to virtual private servers, we’ve discovered the most effective ways of tuning virtual private servers to be secure, scalable, reliable, and most importantly, FAST. You get decades of experience […]
- [The easyDNS Terms of Service](https://easydns.com/terms-of-service.md): TERMS OF SERVICE Last updated: February 2026 easyDNS Technologies Inc. (“easyDNS”, “we”, “us”, “our”) operates domain name registration, DNS hosting, email, web hosting, and related internet services. By creating an account, placing an order, or using our services (the “Services”), you (“you”, “Customer”, “Client”) agree to be bound by these Terms of Service (“Terms”). These […]
- [DNS Hosting](https://easydns.com/dns.md):   DNS HOSTING SERVICE COMPARISON Your Managed DNS Provider for Mission Critical Websites Choosing the right DNS service is crucial for the stability, speed, uptime and security of your online presence. Whether you’re managing a personal website, an ecommerce brand, or a large enterprise network, your DNS service determines how quickly and reliably users can access […]
- [Escape the DNS Price Hike Nightmare: Switch to easyDNS for Reliable, Affordable DNS Without the Drama](https://easydns.com/escape-the-dns-price-hike-nightmare-switch-to-easydns-for-reliable-affordable-dns-without-the-drama.md):   ESCAPE THE DNS PRICE HIKE NIGHTMARE Switch to easyDNS for Reliable, Affordable DNS Without the Drama Tired of those “surprise” price increases from DigiCert DNS, UltraDNS, and DNSMadeEasy? We hear you-next month, their costs are skyrocketing, turning what should be simple DNS management into a budget-busting headache. At easyDNS, we’ve been keeping things steady […]
- [Register Domains](https://easydns.com/domains/register.md):   Register your Domain Name here Free Unicast DNS and friendly support included Every website begins with your domain name. Use it to build and strengthen your brand. Set up a new website. Use it as your “professional” email address. Or send/forward people to another website. Search Finding the perfect domain name is the first […]
- [Contact EasyDNS](https://easydns.com/contact-us.md): Contact easyDNS Your One-Stop Shop for Digital Awesomeness Got a question, a crazy idea, or just want to nerd out about your online setup? We’re ready to listen (and type furiously). At easyDNS, we’re not just the domain and DNS wizards you know and love-we also deliver premium hosted email that’s secure enough for your […]
- [About](https://easydns.com/about.md): About easyDNS easyDNS was founded in 1998 by a small group of tech-savvy and individualist friends. Since that time, we have always maintained that the best way to survive in the Internet sector is to focus on your strengths and not try to do everything at once (thereby doing nothing well). We have never advertised, […]
- [easyMail POP & IMAP Premium](https://easydns.com/email/standalone.md): Elevate Your Email Experience with Premium Hosted Email In today’s fast-paced digital world, your inbox needs to do more than just send and receive messages. Our Premium Hosted Email solution is designed to keep you ahead of the curve, offering generous storage options from 15 GB up to a massive 80 GB, industry-leading 150 MB […]
- [Wordpress](https://easydns.com/hosting/wordpress.md): Managed Wordpress Hosting easyPRESS: Speed, Support, and Swagger Without Breaking the Bank Welcome to easyDNS’s Managed WordPress Hosting-where your website gets rock-star treatment at a price that won’t leave your wallet sobbing. Looking for hosting that’s fast, reliable, and doesn’t demand you become a server whisperer? We’ve built a WordPress platform that delivers screaming speed, […]
- [Anti Spam Policy](https://easydns.com/anti-spam-policy.md): Anti-Spam Policy  Last Updated: February 2026   easyDNS Technologies Inc. (“easyDNS”, “we”, “us”, “our”) is committed to maintaining a spam-free environment for our users and the broader internet community. This Anti-Spam Policy (“Policy”) applies to all customers (“you”, “Customer”, “Client”) using our hosted email services, including easyMail and any related email features provided through our […]
- [easyDNS Takedown Policy](https://easydns.com/easydns-takedown-policy.md): Takedown Policy Last updated: February 2026 easyDNS Technologies Inc. (“easyDNS”, “we”, “us”, “our”) is committed to balancing the protection of our customers’ rights, freedom of expression, and network integrity with compliance to applicable laws and registry policies. This Takedowns and Disclosure Policy applies to all customers worldwide and explains when and how we handle takedown […]
- [Data Retention Policy](https://easydns.com/data-retention-policy.md): Data Retention Policy Last updated: February 2026 easyDNS Technologies Inc. (“easyDNS”, “we”, “us”, “our”) is committed to retaining personal information and other data only for as long as necessary to fulfill the purposes for which it was collected, to provide our services, to comply with legal and regulatory obligations, to resolve disputes, and to enforce […]
- [Privacy Policy](https://easydns.com/privacy-policy.md): Privacy Policy Last updated: February 2026 easyDNS Technologies Inc. (“easyDNS”, “we”, “us”, “our”) is committed to protecting the privacy of our customers (“you”, “Customer”, “Client”) worldwide. This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, disclose, and protect your personal information when you use our services, including domain registration, DNS hosting, email, web hosting, and related […]
- [Our Guarantee to every easyDNS Customer](https://easydns.com/our-guarantee.md): Your Unconditional, easyDNS 100% Satisfaction Money Back Guarantee As an easyDNS client, we promise you superior services, reliability, and 100% DNS uptime and excellence without hassle or compromise. If you’re not entirely satisfied with our DNS or Hosting services, you can cancel and leave with a 100% refund. No “conditions,” no fine print. easyDNS is […]
- [DNS Standard](https://easydns.com/dns/standard.md): DNS STANDARDProduction Websites and Business Reliable DNS Tools Manage every aspect of your domain using our powerfully easy Control Panel Ability to modify all common record types: A, CNAME, SOA, MX, TXT, NAPTR, SRV, CAA, TLSA, KEY Support for Dynamic DNS Ability to set individual TTLs per record Support for SPF via TXT and SRV records Support for round-robin […]
- [DNS Pro](https://easydns.com/dns/pro.md): DNS PROMission Critical Managed Anycast DNS & Domain Portfolio Management  DNS For Power Users Manage every aspect of your domain using our powerfully easy Control Panel Operate one or more domains that absolutely must have 100% DNS Availability? DNS Failover and Host monitoring (1 device) Ability to modify all common record types: A, CNAME, SOA, MX, TXT, NAPTR, SRV, […]
- [Set and Forget DNSSEC™](https://easydns.com/dns/dnssec.md): Setting up easyDNSSEC™Refer to the Knowledge Base for detailed instructions on enabling DNSSEC for your domains.   (a.k.a Set And Forget DNSSEC™) What DNSSEC is DNSSEC stands for DNS Security Extensions. It was designed many years ago as a way to cryptographically sign DNS records so that when a DNSSEC enabled resolver looks up a DNSSEC […]
- [TLD Price Changes](https://easydns.com/tld-price-changes.md): Price Changes Below is a list of our recent and upcoming TLD price changes. As of midnight on the effective date, the NEW price will apply to the Domain Plus service level for that TLD. Updated: October 6th, 2025
- [Rock Solid Website Hosting, by easyDNS](https://easydns.com/hosting/cpanel/plans.md): Rock Solid Website Hosting, by easyDNS Easy, Premium, Linux Cpanel & Plesk Web Hosting ALL PRICING IS IN USD Click here to ask about a custom easyWEB package × All easyWEB Packages include “3 ring” phone support. NO WAITING. NO WASTED TIME. Most questions answered first call. Most support issues resolved within 11 minutes. “One […]
- [SignUp – Hosting Service](https://easydns.com/signup-hosting-service.md): [easydns_signup_allowed] [easydns_signup_domain] [easydns_signup_hosting_service_addons]
- [SignUp – Domain Contacts](https://easydns.com/signup-domain-contacts.md): 1 SERVICE LEVEL 2 WEB HOSTING 3 4 CHECKOUT [easydns_signup_alert_empty_contacts] CONTACT INFORMATION DOMAIN OWNER The information provided here will be the legal owner of this domain, fill this out carefully. First Name Last Name Company Name Street Address Street Address 2 City State/Province Country Zip/Postal Code Phone Number Email Address [easydns_signup_submit_all_contact_forms] Supply different info for […]
- [Register Your .ca Domain Here](https://easydns.com/domains/register-ca-domain.md):   Show ’em you’re a real Canadian with a .CA, eh Free Unicast DNS and friendly support included Domain Plus – CDN $16.99 DNS Hosting – CDN $39.99 DNS Pro – CDN $62.99 Choosing easyDNS as your .CA registrar gets you: Unicast DNS, Email Forwarding, URL Forwarding, and individual Whois Privacy No long term lock-ins […]
- [easyOutbound SMTP Service](https://easydns.com/email/easyoutbound-smtp-service.md): easyOutbound SMTP easyOutbound SMTP starting at $7.35/month for 500 messages/day When your ISP has blocked the outbound port 25, easyDNS offers a reliable outbound service to get around that block. Plus this is great for the mobile using business traveler as you will no longer need to change your mail client settings each time you switch locations. […]
- [myPrivacy Protection](https://easydns.com/domains/myprivacy.md): myPrivacy Protection When you register a domain name under most TLDs such as COM, NET, ORG, and the new TLDs (.WEBSITE, .PRESS, et al), we are required by ICANN to enter your registration information into a publicly accessible database (called “whois”) You can protect your registration details from public access via MyPrivacy. MyPrivacy only costs […]
- [Registry Lock](https://easydns.com/domains/registry-lock.md): Registry Lock  For security and redundancy for your mission-critical .COM, .NET or .CA domain, easyDNS offers Registry Lock in conjunction with the Registry. In addition to your easyDNS account security mechanisms, your domain will be locked at the registry level. This adds an extra layer of security to prevent hijacking, intentional or accidental deletions, transfers, or […]
- [Bulk DNS Subscription Blocks](https://easydns.com/easydns-subscription-block-pricing.md):   BULK DNS HOSTING SERVICE Your Managed DNS Provider for Mission Critical Websites Reliable DNS is the backbone of your online presence, impacting speed, uptime, and security. For customers managing large volumes of domains, our bulk DNS pricing offers top-tier performance at the most competitive rates. easyDNS provides scalable, advanced anycast DNS solutions with premium […]
- [easyRoute53](https://easydns.com/dns/easyroute53.md): EASYROUTE53: NAMESERVER INTEGRATIONDNS Management Layer for Amazon Route53 The Route53 Registrar With the release of easyRoute53, easyDNS becomes the first and only ICANN Accredited Registrar with native support for domain names using Amazon’s Route53 DNS. Their DNS, Our DNS, Your DNS In keeping with our original mission of providing the most comprehensive toolkit for your […]
- [100% DNS Uptime and Failover with Proactive Nameservers](https://easydns.com/dns/proactive-nameservers.md): Proactive Nameservers  What are Proactive Nameservers? In a nutshell, Proactive Nameservers provide full DNS Provider failover. It allows you to set up different groups of nameservers from multiple providers which we independently monitor. If your primary group experiences performance issues, we update the registry for your domain name to use the next batch down your […]
- [Not On Record](https://easydns.com/notonrecord.md): NOT ON RECORD We’re thrilled to sponsor Not On Record, the podcast with established hosts, notable guests, provoking conversations and so much more. If you’re a listener of the Possibly Correct Podcast Network you will love our #AxisOfEasy! This isn’t just another newsletter! BOR-ING It’s a concise, hard-hitting weekly digest that covers all matters: Privacy, […]
- [Transfer Domains](https://easydns.com/domains/transfer.md): Transfer Your Domain to EasyDNSGet Started Now – 3 Easy Steps Transfer Step 1 ENTER DOMAIN & CLICK TRANSFER Don’t forget to unlock your domain before transferring to prevent delays. Step 2 CHECK YOUR EMAIL & AUTHORIZE! Check your email for a message to authorize your transfer. Step 3 APPROVE YOUR TRANSFER Click the approve […]
- [No Static IP? No Problem! ™](https://easydns.com/dns/dyndns.md): No Static IP? No Problem! ™Map Your Domain to Any Dynamic IP Address   Dynamic DNS gives you the ability to point an easy to remember hostname to your IP address even if it changes periodically. Gain remote access to any internet connected device within your network such as Security Cameras, Webcams and Media Players. […]
- [True Stories](https://easydns.com/true-stories.md): True Stories I have managed my own mail server for my domain since 1993. I grew weary of the pain and uncertrainty of asking my ISP for DNS changes. It was always painful,uncertain and often mismanaged. Having switched to EasyDNS in 2002, that small but critical portion of my life has become painless and transparent. […]
- [High Availability DNS](https://easydns.com/dns/secondary.md):   Achieve High Availability DNS with easyDNS Your Managed DNS Provider for Mission Critical Websites   In today’s digital landscape, every second of downtime can cost you customers, credibility, and revenue. That’s why High Availability DNS isn’t just a luxury-it’s a necessity. At easyDNS, we empower you to keep your domains online, resilient, and lightning-fast, […]
- [.ABOGADO](https://easydns.com/domains/abogado.md):   Register your .ABOGADO Domain Here Your Managed Provider for Mission Critical Websites
- [.TO](https://easydns.com/domains/to.md):   Register your .TO Domain Here Your Managed Provider for Mission Critical Websites
- [easyMail Email Defence](https://easydns.com/email/email-defense.md): Email Defense Service easyMail Email Defense Service (EDS) is an all-in-one email security solution designed to protect against modern threats. By combining multiple layers of protection at both the Gateway and API levels, it eliminates the need for multiple products. Phishing attacks, email fraud, and business email compromise (BEC) are stopped before they ever reach […]
- [Drop Path / Drop Query String](https://easydns.com/features/url-forwarding-drop-path-drop-query-string.md): Drop Path / Drop Query String Normally, URL Forwarding (or web redirects) will preserve the pathname and the query string of the forwarded request. Most of the time, this is what is desired. So if you are URL forwarding example.com to example.net, then: https://example.com/document/path would be forwarded to https://example.net/document/path and https://example.com/document/path?param=1234 would be https://example.net/document/path?param=1234 Not all URL forwarding […]
- [easyDNS: DNS, Domains, Web and Email Hosting Since 1998](https://easydns.com/homepage-cyberweek-sale.md): Domains, DNS hosting, Web and Email. Reliable. Rock Solid. Clueful. Web Hosting – Easy and Fast WordPress/cPanel and Custom Easy, fast, secure, 100% managed W.P. updates. Affordable and custom plans for any application. Guaranteed. Check it out EasyMail Professional Email Hosting Get professional email to match your domain name. Private, secure IMAP email hosting. Yourname@Yourdomain.com Check […]
- [.CA Domain and Premium Email Bundle](https://easydns.com/email/ca_email_bundle.md):   .CA DOMAIN + PREMIUM EMAIL Establish your Canadian Presence Today for only $2.49/m! Gain a competitive edge in the Canadian market by securing a .CA domain and pairing it with our Value Email Package-all at one convenient fee that covers both a new registration or transfer. With 15 GB of storage, this package provides […]
- [Web Hosting](https://easydns.com/hosting.md): WEB HOSTINGcPanel – Plesk – Managed Wordpress H1: — EasyDNS Web Hosting Services: Reliable, Secure, and High-Performance Solutions for Your Business — First para after H1 — Get reliable web hosting with easyDNS, offering secure servers, powerful solutions, and a user-friendly website builder to support your business needs. Managed WordPress, cPanel, and domain services ensure […]
- [Earn Bitcoin with your Existing Business](https://easydns.com/landers/earn-crypto.md):   easyCoin Waiting List Earn Bitcoin by Accepting Crypto Payments with your Business The safest strategy to invest in Bitcoin is to simply start accepting it as a payment method at your business, and then HODL (hang on to it) for the long-term. But figuring out how to even get started accepting Bitcoin payments can be daunting. […]
- [easyDNS: DNS, Domains, Web and Email Hosting Since 1998](https://easydns.com/homepage-meme-girls.md): REGISTER A DOMAIN HERE COMPARE DNS OPTIONS Everything Begins With The Name .COM, .CA, .XYZ, .SITE, .MEME & over 500 more TLDs It’s Always The DNS 99.9999% uptime since 1998 Domains, DNS hosting, Web and Email. Reliable. Rock Solid. Clueful. Web Hosting – Easy and Fast WordPress/cPanel and Custom Easy, fast, secure, 100% managed W.P. […]
- [SignUp – Account](https://easydns.com/signup-account.md): 1 SERVICE LEVEL 2 WEB HOSTING 3 4 CHECKOUT ALREADY HAVE AN ACCOUNT? LOG IN Username Password Login Forgot Password? NEW CUSTOMER? CREATE ACCOUNT Create a username Use 5-32 characters, no _ or . at the beginning, no __ or _. or ._ or . inside, and no _ or . at the end. Create […]
- [easyDNS: DNS, Domains, Web and Email Hosting Since 1998](https://easydns.com/homepage-copy.md): REGISTER A DOMAIN HERE SEE DNS OPTIONS Everything Begins With The Name .COM, .CA, .XYZ, .SITE & over 500 more TLDs It’s Always The DNS 99.9999% uptime since 1998 Domains, DNS hosting, Web and Email. Reliable. Rock Solid. Clueful. Web Hosting – Easy and Fast WordPress/cPanel and Custom Easy, fast, secure, 100% managed W.P. updates. […]
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- [SignUp – Domain Edit](https://easydns.com/signup-domain-edit.md): 1 SERVICE LEVEL 2 WEB HOSTING 3 4 CHECKOUT [easydns_signup_domain_page_title] [easydns_signup_service_title] Configure nameservers Proactive Nameservers Proactive Nameservers is a patent-pending system that optimizes the nameserver delegation for your mission-critical domain names. Add SSL Certificate Secure Socket Layer (SSL) is a technology that ensures private communication between both parties (server and client) so anything transmitted between […]
- [Copy of Register Your .ca Domain Here](https://easydns.com/domains/register-ca-domain-copy.md): Show ’em you’re a real Canadian with a .CA, eh When you register a .CA with easyDNS you: get full control over all aspects of your domain: DNS, email forwarding, URL forwarding gain the ability to lock down your domain security with DNSSEC, update notifications, 2-factor authentication, and advanced ACLs enjoy the absolute best customer […]
- [cPanel Specs](https://easydns.com/hosting/cpanel/specs.md): easyWeb Hosting cPanel & Plesk easyWEB Features easySite Builder Performance Convenience easyWEB Account Features Plesk & cPanel  Both platforms provide tools for managing multiple websites and domains from a single dashboard. Users can easily add new websites, and configure hosting options. Hosting Multiple Web Sites in One Account Host multiple websites with just one account. […]
- [Login – easyDNS](https://easydns.com/login.md): 1 SERVICE LEVEL 2 WEB HOSTING 3 4 CHECKOUT ALREADY HAVE AN ACCOUNT? LOG IN The page you requested requires you to log in. Enter your username and password and click LOGIN button. Username Password Login Need an account?  |  Forgot Password?
- [9 Rules for Never Losing Your Domain Again](https://easydns.com/9-rules-for-never-losing-your-domain-again.md): 9 Rules for Never Losing Your Domain Again We wrote this paper because we see it happen all too often… Imagine at long last the moment arrives, it’s finally time to kick off that project you’ve had in your mind’s eye for years. You knew it was inspired and game-changing from the moment you conceived […]
- [GeoDNS: A Powerful Load Balancing Solution](https://easydns.com/features/geo-dns.md): Geo DNS  GeoDNS gives you the ability to provide differing DNS responses back to clients depending on where the client is geographically located. In other words, you can provide DNS responses by the country querying it. Example: Given: And you would like to geographically distribute the traffic based on this hostname: Once activated, queries for […]
- [SSHFP Records](https://easydns.com/sshfp-records.md): SSHFP Records What Are SSHFTP SSH Fingerprints and How Are They Used? When you connect to a server using SSHFTP (Secure Shell File Transfer Protocol), you’re using an encrypted, secure way to transfer files. One of the key security features of SSHFTP is the SSH fingerprint. This unique identifier helps ensure that you’re connecting to […]
- [All Your Meme Are Belong To Us](https://easydns.com/domains/register-meme-domain.md):   Register Your .MEME Domain Here All Your .MEME Are Belong To Us. The .MEME domain is the perfect extension to launch your memetic marketing campaign, memecoin or any other mind-virus you have cooked up. Instantly recognizable, yet standing off from the pack .MEME, conveys a sense of playful creativeness on the bleeding edge of social media. […]
- [Catch-all Email Forwarding](https://easydns.com/features/catch-all-email-forwarding.md): Catch-All Email Forwarding Catch-all or wildcard email forwarding simply forwards all destination addresses within a given domain to any other email address. Any other individual email maps within your domain will work as expected, and if a catch-all map is defined then anything else will be forwarded as per the catch-all map. As with other […]
- [easyMail Pro Bundle](https://easydns.com/email/pro-bundle.md): easyMail PRO Bundle with Private Domain Name and Anycast PRO DNS easyMail Pro allows your small business or family access to mission critical email for up to 10 dedicated IMAP or POP mailboxes, industry leading AnyCast DNS, and your very own custom domain name at a fraction of the cost of other providers. To provide […]
- [easyMail Ultimate](https://easydns.com/email/ultimate-bundle.md): easyMail Ultimate Bundle with Private Domain Name and Anycast PRO DNS easyMail Ultimate allows your large business or organization access to mission critical email for up to 25 dedicated IMAP or POP mailboxes, industry leading AnyCast DNS, and your very own custom domain name at a fraction of the cost of other providers. To provide […]
- [Enterprise DNS](https://easydns.com/dns/enterprise.md): 100% UPTIME GUARANTEE ENTERPRISE DNS Do you?… Require more than 5 million queries per month? Operate one or more domains that absolutely must have 100% DNS Availability? Require 24×7 Support?  Enterprise DNS for Mission Critical Domains & DNS Manage every aspect of your domain using our powerfully easy Control Panel DNS Failover and Host monitoring (3 devices) Ability to modify all common […]
- [Access Control Lists (ACL)](https://easydns.com/features/access-control-lists-acl.md): Access Control Lists (ACL) You can set Access Control Lists (ACLs) to limit logins to your account from pre-approved IP addresses, host masks, and networks. This can protect your account in the event of your login credentials being compromised. ACLs can take multiple parameters of the type: Exact IP address Netblock (i.e 205.210.42.0/24) Hostname mask: […]
- [easyMail POP & IMAP Bundles](https://easydns.com/email/bundles.md): The all in one solution for private hosted email!  Custom Domain Name included Make every email you send from you@yourdomain, instead of you5489@bigisp-domain.  Industry Leading DNS Includes the high performance plumbing necessary to map your domain name to your inbox, website and more. easyMail Bundles Starting at $2.95/ MonthDomain & DNS included! *billed yearly   […]
- [easyMail Value](https://easydns.com/email/value-bundle.md): easyMail Value Bundle with Private Domain Name and Anycast STANDARD DNS Our easyMail Value Bundle allows you access to mission critical email for up to 3 dedicated IMAP or POP mailboxes, industry leading AnyCast DNS, and your very own custom domain name at a fraction of the cost of other providers. To provide as much […]
- [SMTP Port Forwarding](https://easydns.com/features/smtp-port-forwarding.md):   SMTP Port Forwarding The original mantra of easyDNS was “we kill lock-in”, and this is one of the tools that exemplifies that. With the advent of widespread residential broadband access, it became viable and relatively easy to set up one’s own mail server at home on their broadband connection. This garnered mixed reactions from […]
- [easyMail Hosted IMAP](https://easydns.com/email/easymail-hosted-imap.md): Why Choose easyMail? Promote yourself, not somebody else. Make every email you send from you@yourdomain, instead of you5489@bigisp-domain. Unfettered mobility You can move backend mail providers around to suit your needs, your public-facing email address never changes – unless you want it to. Protect Yourself: Before your mail is forwarded to the next destination or deposited into your […]
- [easyDNS – DNS, Domains, Web and Email Hosting Since 1998](https://easydns.com/homepage.md): Domains Every website begins with your name GET ONE HERE 501 NEW Top Level Domains DNS World’s first (and most trusted) managed DNS since 1998 SEE DNS OPTIONS Domains, DNS hosting, Web and Email. Reliable. Rock Solid. Clueful.   Web Hosting – Easy and Fast WordPress/cPanel and Custom Easy, fast, secure, 100% managed W.P. updates. Affordable […]
- [SSL Certificates & Trust](https://easydns.com/ssl-certificates-trust.md): The interaction the majority of people have with the Internet is growing exponentially. Along with that growth comes the increased risk of private information falling into the wrong hands. Whether it be email conversations, personal phone numbers, addresses, bank account numbers, if they’re sent through the internet in plain text, they can be read by […]
- [Never Lose Your Domains](https://easydns.com/landers/neverlose-compact.md): #AxisOfEasy is a weekly digest delivered to your inbox that helps thousands of IT professionals, business owners, consultants like you stay on top of the security, privacy and cyberthreat landscape. Every week, easyCEO Mark E. Jeftovic writes a concise, to-the-point weekly briefing covering topics you need to be aware of, including: Privacy Personal Data Sovereignty Censorship, Surveillance […]
- [30 Day Free Trial](https://easydns.com/dns/30-day-free-trial.md): Managed DNS for Mission Critical Websites Enter your domain names Add domain listAdd single domain Anycast DNS Silver (aka Standard)Anycast DNS Gold (aka Pro)Anycast DNS Enterprise Platinum Check availability Create an account User credentials Use 5-32 characters, no _ or . at the beginning, no __ or _. or ._ or .. inside, and no […]
- [ANAME – Root Domain Alias](https://easydns.com/features/aname-root-domain-alias.md): ANAME – Zone Apex Aliasing ANAMEs or “Apex Aliasing” provides one of the most sought after protocol violations on the web today. In other words, it lets you do this: example.com. IN CNAME some.other.hostname.example. Under normal circumstances, this is a protocol violation, because of the “CNAME cannot contain other data rule” specified way back in […]
- [Our Nameservers](https://easydns.com/our-nameservers.md): Globally Distributed Nameservers 4 Anycast Clouds Each nameserver constellation is deployed on a unique underlying network / transit / data centre provider. Redundant DDoS Mitigation We understand how critical DNS uptime is. That’s why we use multiple network transit providers and multiple DDoS mitigation systems across our network. Power & Freedom Full control over your […]
- [SSL Certificates & Trust](https://easydns.com/ssl-certificates.md): PROTECT YOUR DATA State-of-the-Art Data Encryption Over 99% Browser Compatibility Validation to Fit Your Needs Quick Certificate Issuance Flexible, Unlimited Re-issues Additional Guarantee for Your Customers Increased Website Conversions Compliance with Regulatory Requirements New certificates automatically Certificate Transparent compliant Personal & HobbyWebsite Domain Validated Comodo SSL Certificate Comodo SSL certificates are an affordable and easy […]
- [#AxisOfEasy](https://easydns.com/axis-of-easy.md): #AxisOfEasy is a weekly digest delivered to your inbox that helps thousands of IT professionals, business owners, consultants like you stay on top of the security, privacy and cyberthreat landscape. Every week, easyCEO Mark E. Jeftovic writes a concise, to-the-point weekly briefing covering topics you need to be aware of, including: Privacy Personal Data Sovereignty Censorship, Surveillance […]
- [Rock Solid cPanel Website Hosting, by easyDNS](https://easydns.com/hosting/cpanel.md): Reliable Familiar Integrated Support Sign Up Now Looking for Managed WordPress? Check out easyPress, eh A fast, reliable, and secure hosting solution is what you need when you value your website and its message. Focus your time and energy on your content and let easyWEB relieve you of managing the tech side of things. All […]
- [Web3: Welcome To The Decentralized Revolution](https://easydns.com/web3-welcome-to-the-decentralized-revolution.md): We’ve been around since the beginning: Web1 (or just “the world wide web”), when it was read-only Web 2.0 – when APIs and P2P made it read-and-write and now, Web3 – where decentralization puts self-ownership of date and the transmission of value directly into the hands of the user – thats you. We’re doing what we […]
- [An Easy Alternative to Dyn](https://easydns.com/bye-bye/dyn.md): Dyn customers have been choosing to move their services to easyDNS for some time, and it's due to a few simple reasons. EasyDNS has Better Service, Better Support and Better Pricing
- [Register Your .ART Domain Here](https://easydns.com/domains/register-art-domain.md): Search We’re announcing a fantastic new promotion around the highly sought after .ART domain extension. Not only are we reducing the price by more than 50%, we’re also including DNS for plumbing all your services and offer 1 month of free easyPress Wordpress hosting ($9 value) to utilize your domain to the fullest!! That is […]
- [easyDNS Subscription Block Pricing](https://easydns.com/easydns-subscription-block-pricing-2.md): easyDNS Subscription Blocks ​Please click ​HERE TO LOGIN ​and choose an easyDNS Subscription Block easyDNS Enterprise DNS Includes: • Primary DNS service• Secondary DNS service• 4 Anycast clouds – 25 nameserver locations • 100% DNS Uptime SLA • Domain registration not included when in subscription block • No contracts or set up fees • easySMTP [Outbound SMTP […]
- [10 things you absolutely MUST know before you register a domain with anyone](https://easydns.com/10-things-you-absolutely-must-know-before-you-register-a-domain-with-anyone.md): 10 things you absolutely MUST know before you register a domain with anyone The following article was a piece we originally wrote for a marketing page we put up at DomainWarning.com – but we found that a lot of our customers wanted us to keep a copy right here on the website because they were […]
- [Get Triggered](https://easydns.com/triggered.md): TRIGGER Alert! We’re thrilled to sponsor Triggernometry, an exemplar of open dialogue and challenging constrained narratives. If you’re a Triggernometry listener you will love our #AxisOfEasy! This isn’t just another newsletter! BOR-ING It’s a concise, hard-hitting weekly digest that covers all matters: Privacy, Censorship, Surveillance Capitalism, and Cybersecurity. easyDNS: Lots of spine, never woke Trust […]
- [easyMail: The best GSuite Legacy Alternative](https://easydns.com/email/best-gsuite-legacy-alternative.md): Need to start paying for G Suite? easyMail to the rescue! Custom Domain Name included. Make every email you send from you@yourdomain, instead of you5489@bigisp-domain. Industry Leading DNS. Includes the high performance plumbing necessary to map your domain name to your inbox, website and more. Super Easy Migration: An easy to use migration tool to […]
- [Exploring our options on the easyWEB domain names](https://easydns.com/exploring-our-options-on-easyweb.md): If you are looking for the easyDNS web hosting options, [ CLICK HERE ] Many years ago, over a decade in fact, we acquired the easyweb.com domain ahead of the launching of our own web hosting service under the “easy” brand. We had already registered easyweb.ca in 2000 and it made sense to go this route. […]
- [Why Your Email Forwarding Suddenly Broke, and How To Fix It](https://easydns.com/landers/how-to-fix-broken-email-forwarding.md): The email re-routing hack that fixes forwarding.. Your Email Forwarding Used To Work FineBut Now It’s Broken That’s Because the New Rules of Email Deliverytook effect earlier this year In early 2024, the Big Tech giants like Google, Yahoo and Microsoft made the decision to enforce certain email protocols which were designed years ago to reduce spam and fake […]
- [Your Domain Rescue Plan](https://easydns.com/landers/domain-rescue-plan.md): Rescue Your Domains You might think all registrars are more or less the same. If so, then you’re still paying more than double the price you should be were that true. What difference does it make who your Domain Registrar is? The reality is that your entire online infrastructure, your business, your websites, your email, […]
- [Email Forwarding](https://easydns.com/features/email-forwarding.md): Email Forwarding  Email forwarding lets you use your own domain name in your email addresses. Even if you don’t run your own mail server or don’t have a dedicated email box for your own domain, with email forwarding you can simply forward any inbound email to any other email address you choose. To anybody sending […]
- [Why easyDNS?](https://easydns.com/why-easydns.md): Salesforce? …Don’t Have One. Marketing Budget? Minimal. Will we be at EgoCon? Nope. The way we see it, it’s your money. So we spend it on things that will give you more bang for your buck. Enhanced infrastructure and more services will always win our cost/benefit analysis over Superbowl ads, junkets, or ego-gratifying pep-rallies. Let’s […]
- [cPanel Plans](https://easydns.com/plans-3.md):   Hobby $7.00 / Month $71.40 / Year 1 GB Disk Space 50 GB Monthly Transfer CGI Access Database Support Webstats Sign Up SOHO $12.00 / Month $122.40 / Year 3 GB Disk Space 100 GB Monthly Transfer CGI Access Database Support (3) Subdomains (10) Host Multiple Domains (3) Webstats Sign Up Business $18.00 / […]
- [Domain Plus](https://easydns.com/domains/domain-plus.md): Domain PlusDomain Registration & Lite DNS Are you just looking for a simple domain name registration that you can use right away to: forward your email and have addresses @yourdomain? use as a custom domain for your blog, Tumblr, or any other social media platform? setup DNS for your home network or small business? Then Domain […]
- [IMAP Migration Tool](https://easydns.com/features/imap-migration-tool.md): IMAP Migration Tool We’ve heard it said countless times, “I’d love to stop Google from being able to data-mine my email” or “My email provider is unreliable”, or too expensive, or any number of other complaints. It would also be great to get your email out of the NSA surveillance zone of the USA, safely […]
- [301 Redirects](https://easydns.com/features/301-redirects.md): 301 Redirects This is an optional setting in URL forwarding, where you have your domain or hostname redirect to another resource. The difference between redirection and stealth forwarding is that the browser’s location bar will update with the destination resource’s URL. Redirects are handy for migrations, for moving from one domain to another, and when […]
- [Rock Solid Website Hosting, by easyDNS](https://easydns.com/entry/tidbits.md): Rock Solid Website Hosting, by easyDNS Includes a free domain* – use coupon code TIDBITS2 Hobby SOHO Business $7 / month $71.40 / Year Includes domain $12 / month $122.40 / Year Includes domain $18 / month $183.60 / Year Includes domain Get Hobby Get SOHO Get Business Details Details Details 1 GB Disk Space […]
- [Nameserver Failover](https://easydns.com/features/nameserver-failover.md): DNS outages will happen to us all. When they happen to you, Proactive Nameservers saves the day.
- [NAPTR Records](https://easydns.com/features/naptr-records.md): NAPTR Records  Naming Authority Pointers, or NAPTR RR’s are used to map resources from the telephony world to the DNS. In conjunction with SRV records, they are used in IP telephony and VOIP applications within the context of ENUM. It is not uncommon when using your registrar or web host provided DNS that some of […]
- [Secure https redirects](https://easydns.com/features/https-redirects.md): Secure Https Redirects With HTTPS redirects, you have the ability to add TLS (formerly SSL) encryption to your URL forwards. Given that more of the web is moving toward using https as a requirement, not using https in any redirects can cause friction such as browser warnings or search engine penalties. When you enable HTTPS in your […]
- [SignUp – Domain](https://easydns.com/signup-domain.md): [easydns_signup_domain_page_title] [easydns_signup_referrer_cira_ca] [easydns_signup_service_title] [easydns_signup_dnssec_signed] Configure nameservers Proactive Nameservers Proactive Nameservers is a patent-pending system that optimizes the nameserver delegation for your mission-critical domain names. Add SSL Certificate Secure Socket Layer (SSL) is a technology that ensures private communication between both parties (server and client) so anything transmitted between the two sides will be scrambled and […]
- [No Static IP? No Problem! ™](https://easydns.com/dns/dyndns-old.md): No Static IP? No Problem! ™Map Your Domain to Any Dynamic IP Address With Dynamic DNS you can easily run a mail or web server on a home broadband connection even though your IP address may change periodically. Simply install one of the many dynamic DNS clients on your server, or configure any router with a built-in […]
- [new-cpanel-plans](https://easydns.com/new-cpanel-plans.md): Unicast DNS (Domain Plus) Anycast DNS Silver (aka Standard) Anycast DNS Gold (aka Pro) Anycast DNS Enterprise Platinum FREE (entry level DNS)WITH DOMAIN REGISTRATION $35/YearWITH DOMAIN REGISTRATION $20/ Year Without Registration $55/YearWITH DOMAIN REGISTRATION $40/ Year Without Registration $155/YearWITH DOMAIN REGISTRATION Register or Transfer Domain Get DNS Silver Get DNS Gold Get DNS Platinum DNS […]
- [Welcome caDNS Customers!](https://easydns.com/cadns.md): easyDNS would like to welcome our new CADNS customers. By this point you should have received an email from CADNS informing you of their selection of easyDNS as your new provider. We look forward to providing you with many years of reliable top tier service. As of November 28th your domain names and web services […]
- [DKIM / DomainKeys](https://easydns.com/features/dkim-domainkeys.md): DKIM / DomainKeys DKIM, or Domain Keys for Identified Mail is a method to cryptographically sign email so that your recipients are assured that the email: Is from the party it purports to be from (is not spoofed) Has not been altered Enabling DKIM for your domain increases delivery rates and reduces the odds of […]
- [Dedicated Plans](https://easydns.com/hosting/wordpress-old/dedicated-plans.md): Fully Replicated and Redundant Plans 4GB Redundant Hosting Plan – $499/mo 2 x VM / VPS with 4GB RAM and 80GB disk (1) Fully redundant and dedicated easyPress platform (2) Geographically separate locations for the servers easyPress platform support (3) non-root shell access (wp-cli, mysql, git, and more) Server monitoring, alerting and auto-failover 8GB Redundant Hosting Plan – $699/mo 2 x […]
- [CIRA TBR](https://easydns.com/cira-tbr.md): What is TBR? TBR (to-be-released) is the last stage expired .CA domains go through before being released via general registration by the registry, CIRA (the Canadian Internet Registration Authority). Every Wednesday the registry releases domains through a TBR session (aka the drop), and accredited registrars can secure domains on a first-come-first-registered basis. If a registrar does not […]
- [SignUp – easyMail Edit](https://easydns.com/signup-easymail-edit.md): easyMail edit mailbox After successfully purchasing easyMail, check out our IMAP Migration Tool to migrate all your old emails to your new email address if you’re switching from a different provider. What does all this mean? UPDATE CART
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- [easyDNS Secondary DNS](https://easydns.com/easydns-secondary-dns.md): You want to control your own DNS. We get it. The question comes up on how you can be in full control yet have the redundancy of a full-blown DNS provider across all continents. The easyDNS Secondary DNS Service solves both of those problems. Giving you full control of your own DNS settings while adding […]
- [CIRA D-ZONE](https://easydns.com/dns/cira-d-zone.md): CIRA D-ZONE Secondary Anycast DNS What is a Secondary Anycast network? In a secondary anycast DNS network a cloud of servers replaces a name server with a single IP address and it runs alongside your primary DNS or other secondary solutions. On the Internet, layer 3 routing sends DNS queries to the closest available name […]
- [SRS Enabled Email Forwarding](https://easydns.com/features/srs-enabled-email-forwarding.md): SRS Enabled Email Forwarding Email forwarding is handy beyond a doubt. But in the intervening years since email forwarding came along, Sender Policy Framework (SPF) was also created. That’s a system wherein you use your DNS settings to specify which email servers are allowed to originate email from your domain, and yes, you can publish SPF […]
- [Failover DNS](https://easydns.com/features/failover-dns.md): Failover DNS  Failover DNS involves monitoring one of your resources for availability. If the system detects that your web server, for example, is offline or unreachable, it will automatically update your DNS settings with a new value and direct traffic to a different location. The following protocols can be monitored: HTTP HTTPS FTP PING SMTP […]
- [Pricing DNS Only](https://easydns.com/pricing-dns.md):   Anycast DNS Pricing Managed DNS for Mission Critical Websites DNS Only Domain + DNS These packages: Use our DNS and Services. Keep Your Existing Registrar   ANYCAST DNS STANDARD     ANYCAST DNS PRO     ANYCAST ENTERPRISE DNS   Price $20 Yearly $40 Yearly $153 Yearly DNS Features Resource Records Unlimited Unlimited Unlimited […]
- [SignUp – Checkout](https://easydns.com/signup-checkout.md): 1 SERVICE LEVEL 2 WEB HOSTING 3 4 CHECKOUT CHECKOUT Please accept the following before making a payment: The easyDNS Terms And Conditions The Master Registration Agreement The Domain Deletion Policy
- [SignUp – Payment Successful](https://easydns.com/signup-payment-successful.md): 1 SERVICE LEVEL 2 WEB HOSTING 3 4 CHECKOUT CHECKOUT – Payment successful Welcome to easyDNS Please login to our control panel at https://cp.easydns.com to manage your DNS.
- [SignUp – Hosting](https://easydns.com/signup-hosting.md): 1 SERVICE LEVEL 2 WEB HOSTING 3 4 CHECKOUT DOMAIN REGISTRATION
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- [Signup – AI Name Generator](https://easydns.com/signup-ai-name-generator.md): Use Our AI To Generate Compelling Domain Ideas… Describe your project concept (be creative and experiment). Examples: “Edgy adtech agency for millennial owned service businesses” “Highly secure and dependable SaaS Identity Service AI Name Generator Form Describe your Big Idea TLD x Select All Show Categories Expand Categories Generate Results
- [Brand Protection](https://easydns.com/features/brand-protection.md): Brand Protection Our newest name security platform, Domainsure, offers the ability to detect “lookalike” domains, typo-squats and overt phishing domains targeting your websites and your customers. The system can detect variants and knock-offs within all delegated Top Level Domains and can monitor any sites found for future changes of state. In the case of phishing […]
- [Country-based Login Restrictions](https://easydns.com/features/country-based-login-restrictions.md): Country-based Restrictions Country-based or Geo-based login restrictions function similar to Account Access Lists (ACLs) and can limit logins to your account to IP addresses originating within specific country codes. This is beneficial in the case of an account compromise where your attacker is situated in a different country than you, or as is commonly the […]
- [2-Factor Authentication](https://easydns.com/features/2-factor-authentication.md): 2-Factor Authentication When you have 2-factor authentication enabled then logins to your account are required to provide a second authentication mechanism. Supported mechanisms are: SMS / Text message to your mobile Email: to an out of band address Google authenticator / Authy Further, you can control under what circumstances the additional authentication is required: Always […]
- [Event Notifications](https://easydns.com/features/event-notifications.md): Event Notifications By enabling event notifications you will always receive email alerts when significant changes are made to your domains. This can be a life saver in the event of an account compromise or in the case where an employee makes an unauthorized, or otherwise undesirable change to one of your domains. You can control […]
- [Stealth Forwarding / URL Cloaking](https://easydns.com/features/stealth-forwarding-url-cloaking.md): Stealth Forwarding / URL Cloaking Also known as “web masking“, “URL cloaking” or other similar names, this provides a way to URL forward to another resource while the browser’s location bar retains the original domain name: This is useful if you are using some long, third-party URL that you don’t have control over, but you […]
- [Geo Targeted URL Forwarding](https://easydns.com/features/geo-targeted-url-forwarding.md): Geo Targeted URL Forwarding With URL Geo-Targeting you can forward visitors to specific URLs based on the location of the remote IP address. This can help in any situation where you want to route visitors to specific resources based on where the user is: affiliate programs for different countries route non-targeted visitors to an alternate […]
- [One-to-One Email Mapping](https://easydns.com/features/domain-to-domain-email-mapping.md): One-To-One Email Mapping One-to-one email mapping, also known as domain-to-domain email forwarding, provides a simple, easy-to-configure mechanism to forward all email addresses at one domain to the same email addresses at some other domain. The destination domain need not reside on easyDNS, it can be anywhere. When setting this up the mapping will be quite […]
- [SVCB and HTTPS Records](https://easydns.com/features/svcb-and-https-records.md): SVCB and HTTPS Records At last! There is finally an actual standards compliant way to do Zone Apex Aliasing for your domains.  Until now this is usually done with some manner of CNAME flattening (what we call ANAMEs here), but as of RFC9460 there now exists two new DNS RR types within the protocol itself […]
- [CAA Records](https://easydns.com/features/caa-records.md): CAA Records Certification Authority Authorization (CAA) records have become more relevant in the last couple of years because in 2017 the CA/Browser Forum voted to make CAA mandatory for all Certificate Authorities. What this means that domains will need to assert via DNS records (the CAA DNS RType) which CA’s are permitted to issue certificates […]
- [SRV Records](https://easydns.com/features/srv-records.md): SRV Records In our CEO’s book, Managing Mission Critical Domains & DNS, he called SRV records “The Swiss Army Knife for DNS”. They can be thought of as a kind of all-purpose “MX-ish” record that can convey additional information such as weighted distributions and alternate ports. They are used in conjunction with applications that specifically […]
- [Round Robin DNS](https://easydns.com/features/round-robin-dns.md): Round Robin DNS  Round Robin DNS provides a way to spread traffic across multiple resources by specifying more than one IP address (A record) or IPv6 address (AAAA record) for the same hostname. An example would be a pool of web servers or email servers: www.example.com IN A 10.0.1.16 IN A 10.0.1.17 IN A 10.0.1.18 […]
- [Register Your .XYZ Domain Here](https://easydns.com/domains/register-xyz-domain.md):   Register your .XYZ Domain Name here Free Unicast DNS and friendly support included Easily connect your Ethereum wallet or smart contract to an .XYZ domain via the Ethereum Name Service (ENS). Your one-stop integration is right here. Search
- [Abuse](https://easydns.com/abuse.md): Abuse Please note: if easyDNS is the domain name registrar only, we cannot comment on the content available on the web site of concern. easyDNS is a domain name system (“DNS”) registrar. Our DNS services enable individuals and organisations to register a domain name for a website. easyDNS does not hold an ownership interest in […]
- [Abuse Report Received](https://easydns.com/abuse-report-received.md): Abuse Report Received Thank you for contacting easyDNS. Please note: if easyDNS is the domain name registrar only, we cannot comment on the content available on the website of concern. If required, we will get in touch with you shortly.
- [Report Abuse](https://easydns.com/abuse-report.md): Report Abuse Form submissions received will be viewed by appropriate staff members within 24 hours of reception and email responses will be provided when applicable. For concerns where easyDNS is NOT the web host or email provider, you can find the provider at https://hostingchecker.com/ and you can then research that hosting provider to find their […]
- [Signup – Name Variation](https://easydns.com/signup-name-variation.md): [easydns_signup_bulk_page_title] [easydns_signup_bulk_page_alert] To generate variation results, fill out the Name Variation Form below. Include the desired keywords (or domain names), select specific TLDs and other options in the form below and click the GENERATE button. Name Variation Form Domain Name (or Keyword) Use space, comma or semicolon for entry separation TLD x Select All Show […]
- [Enable SSL Management](https://easydns.com/enable-ssl-management.md): Enable SSL Management SSL management is DISABLED * Enabling this feature you will be able to use SSL Certificate product in easyDNS Signup Funnel (adding item to cart)
- [Register Your .TO Domain Here](https://easydns.com/domains/register-to-domain.md): .TO can be used as a Domain for Toronto (it’s really the ccTLD for Tonga, but we’ll keep quiet if you will 😉 Using a .TO Domain speaks to Torontonians to help you gain local prominance in our world-class city. Note to web.to customers: web.to has been integrated into the main easyDNS site, use your […]
- [Welcome To Your Mad Scientist’s Lab…](https://easydns.com/features.md):   This place is somewhat like a mad scientist’s lab for your domain names. Contrast with most registrars or web hosting providers, the easyDNS platform goes far beyond the bare minimum DNS control, with the myriad features available here, some of them only available here you can make your domain do whatever you need it to […]
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- [Pricing](https://easydns.com/pricing.md): Domain + DNS Pricing These Packages Require New Domain Registration or Transfer to easyDNS. DOMAIN PLUS DNS STANDARD DNS PRO ENTERPRISE DNS Price $15.55USD Yearly .CA in CAD $35 Yearly $55 Yearly $15 Monthly Resource Records DNS queries per month Total Nameservers / POPs Anycast DNS Clouds Host Monitoring & Failover Dynamic DNS Support IPv6 […]
- [Enable easyVPS Management](https://easydns.com/enable-easyvps-management.md): Enable easyVPS Management easyVPS management is DISABLED * Enabling this feature you will be able to use easyVPS product in easyDNS Signup Funnel (adding item to cart)
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- [Domain Verified](https://easydns.com/domain-verified.md): Your domain has been successfully verified. Recently you registered, transferred, or modified the contact information for one or more of your domains. ICANN requires all accredited registrars to verify new contact information. You can read about ICANN’s policy at: http://www.icann.org/en/resources/registrars/raa/approved-with-specs-27jun13-en.htm#whois-accuracy.
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