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Mishandling the Registrar Contract Negotiations

• Comment posted Mar 08, 2013 8:26 pm PST — by Michele Neylon
  Kevin Just to reiterate what my fellow registrars have said. If you don't like registrar X there's plenty of others to choose from. But the real problem here isn't simply a matter of the unilateral amendment by itself. It's the…

Copyright Infringement and ccTLDs

• Comment posted Jan 02, 2013 5:10 pm PST — by Michele Neylon
  Cedric How do you account for "cracked" or "hacked" sites? A lot of the phishing sites we see are subject to takedown notices on the basis of copyright infringement but only a very small number of them are actually set…

Big Brands Trying to Corner Generic Domain Namespaces?

• Comment posted Jun 15, 2012 9:25 am PDT — by Michele Neylon
  Volker Thanks for the positive feedback. How can someone lodge a formal objection to these applications? From my reading of the objection process the independent objector might be the only viable option. Michele

The Business Parallels Between IPv6 and DNSSEC

• Comment posted Jun 14, 2012 12:57 am PDT — by Michele Neylon
  While DNSSEC might be appealing to technical users I can't see it being adopted or there being any tangible demand for it until normal users can "see" it. Last time I checked the only way to "see" DNSSEC was with…

It's Not Enough to Succeed. Others Must Fail.

• Comment posted May 30, 2012 4:30 pm PDT — by Michele Neylon
  Philip Referring to people and organisations who may wish to lodge valid objections as "busybodies" isn't amusing or appropriate. Regards Michele

Fake Bank Site, Fake Registrar

• Comment posted Apr 03, 2012 1:29 pm PDT — by Michele Neylon
  Garth If you're responding to me then I'm really confused. I merely pointed out that the issue had already been raised and that there should be a PDP on the subject of thick whois I don't honestly see how that…

• Comment posted Mar 29, 2012 10:25 pm PDT — by Michele Neylon
  There's no need - I think there's already an ongoing issues report and possible PDP on the subject as a result of the IRTP-B final report.

• Comment posted Mar 28, 2012 3:42 pm PDT — by Michele Neylon
  John - exactly There is no way for ICANN, or anyone else, to serve up the WHOIS data for a .com without the registrar's whois server doing the work and without them actually contacting it .. which assumes knowledge of…

• Comment posted Mar 28, 2012 3:33 pm PDT — by Michele Neylon
  I *think* Tucows also have a system which lets you find the reseller by inputting the domain. In any case we, as a registrar, would be ultimately responsible for any domains on our accreditation.

• Comment posted Mar 28, 2012 1:11 pm PDT — by Michele Neylon
  The FULL port 43 whois includes the registrar name - as does any other port 43 whois record for any existing domain name even when the registrar's whois server is offline.

• Comment posted Mar 28, 2012 10:21 am PDT — by Michele Neylon
  Garth Maybe you are having issues reading whois, but it's very clear to me who the registrar for the domain is. From whois: Domain Name: BANKOFSWISSLTD.COM Registrar: INTERNET.BS CORP. Whois Server: whois.internet.bs Referral URL: http://www.internet.bs Name Server: NS1.THEG7.COM Name Server:…

New gTLD Application Monitoring? Now?

• Comment posted Feb 07, 2012 12:22 am PST — by Michele Neylon
  Elisa Companies are offering that "service"? I guess I shouldn't be surprised, but talk about pointless services! Michele

Reducing Unreachable ICANN Registrations

• Comment posted Feb 06, 2012 1:51 pm PST — by Michele Neylon
  Suresh You *assume* that's what he was talking about, but his entire article was based on a severe misunderstanding of the relationship between a number of entities, so I honestly do not know what he actually was talking about. Regards…

• Comment posted Feb 02, 2012 4:52 pm PST — by Michele Neylon
  Wout I think you've misunderstood how WHOIS and ICANN etc., all tie together ICANN does not get paid by registrants - it gets paid by registrars and registries. So any inaccurate whois will have zero impact on its revenue. Also…

What ICANN is Doing Wrong

• Comment posted Jan 16, 2012 3:49 pm PST — by Michele Neylon
  Antony Trying to dismiss the gravity of the problem by belittling Stephane and others genuine concerns does you no favours. None at all. You can try to brush off the size of the problem by making flippant comments like those…

• Comment posted Jan 15, 2012 2:20 pm PST — by Michele Neylon
  Stephane I must compliment you on your well balanced and thoughtful article. ICANN has got to do a lot of work to improve its perception and the issue with the former chairman of the board going off to work for…

Removing Principle of Confidentiality in ICANN's NomCom is a Bad Idea

• Comment posted Sep 10, 2011 4:08 pm PDT — by Michele Neylon
  Avri - I was thinking more about people canvassing for votes or trying to influence the selection panel. I wasn't as concerned about the other side of it. Michele

• Comment posted Sep 10, 2011 2:44 pm PDT — by Michele Neylon
  I'd agree with a lot of what Kieren said. The secrecy surrounding NomCom isn't healthy. I've absolutely no idea how it works, when it works, or anything else about it. I'd agree that publishing candidates etc., could have a negative…

The User Experience with New TLDs: How to Avoid the Junk Mail File or 'User Unknown'

• Comment posted May 27, 2011 10:09 pm PDT — by Michele Neylon
  Franck Why would a registrar get involved in fielding "complaints"? If one of our clients wants to block a TLD that's their choice. Michele

• Comment posted May 27, 2011 10:16 am PDT — by Michele Neylon
  Ray I assume you're kidding? If a company wants to block / not accept email from a particular domain or an entire namespace that is their choice. A "regulatory body" would not resolve anything. Regards Michele

• Comment posted May 26, 2011 7:15 am PDT — by Michele Neylon
  Patrick I suspect a lot of prospective registry operators haven't really considered the impact of several hundred extensions being added over a short period of time. A lot of procedures and processes that are currently in place are not going…

• Comment posted May 25, 2011 10:11 pm PDT — by Michele Neylon
  Alexa I raised this issue ages ago ... There's multiple layers to the problem and it's not one that will go away overnight - and there are also some very strong arguments about why it shouldn't. Getting large software vendors…

Still Missing in Action

• Comment posted Apr 05, 2011 6:38 pm PDT — by Michele Neylon
  Mike I'm still waiting on replies to the queries I raised during the public forum and I believe a few other people who raised questions there are also waiting for responses to their respective questions. Michele

Garth Bruen Discussing Whois, DNSSEC and Domain Security

• Comment posted Apr 05, 2011 4:09 pm PDT — by Michele Neylon
  Garth You know full well that I have zero issue debating / discussing these matters with you be that in public or in private. However, the matters I am taking issue with in this instance are specifically related to a…

• Comment posted Apr 05, 2011 2:59 pm PDT — by Michele Neylon
  Garth I wasn't referring to Garda Moran. I was referring to a number of statements in that interview made by you that were factually incorrect. Sure, they're great for headlines and grabbing attention, but at the cost of reality ie.…

Epsilon Interactive Breach the Fukushima of the Email Industry

• Comment posted Apr 05, 2011 9:18 am PDT — by Michele Neylon
  Seemingly *some* people have been contacted by the affected companies to warn them about the breach. I'm on several of these lists and am yet to receive any warnings, which I'm not overly impressed about.

Garth Bruen Discussing Whois, DNSSEC and Domain Security

• Comment posted Apr 05, 2011 9:17 am PDT — by Michele Neylon
  That interview should come with a health warning: "May not be factual"

What New gTLDs Mean for Developing Economy Applicants?

• Comment posted Jan 23, 2011 8:11 pm PST — by Michele Neylon
  Avri So what are you suggesting exactly? Raising funds for the application fee only or something to fund a registry's ongoing operations? Michele

ICANN Board - GAC Geneva Meeting: Open to Observers?

• Comment posted Jan 07, 2011 7:45 pm PST — by Michele Neylon
  Mike Blacknight supports the letter Regards Michele Blacknight Internet Solutions Ltd

Two Years Later Dozens of Registrars Still in the Shadows

• Comment posted Dec 09, 2010 7:01 pm PST — by Michele Neylon
  Without rehashing any of the arguments here (or on the various ICANN mailing lists that many of us are members of), I thought it worthwhile to draw people's attention to ICANN's compliance team response: http://www.icann.org/en/correspondence/burnette-to-bruen-08dec10-en.pdf @Garth - I gather you…

What Does the .CO Launch Mean for New gTLDs?

• Comment posted Sep 10, 2010 9:25 pm PDT — by Michele Neylon
  Antony That's not true. A LOT of people, including me, tweet via SMS. Regards Michele

Brand Protection Domain Registrations: There Are More Than You Think

• Comment posted Jul 23, 2010 10:41 pm PDT — by Michele Neylon
  John Interesting stuff (as usual!) I'm not 100% convinced that ALL new TLDs will be attractive for brand protection. Depending on the registration criteria they might prove to be of little value and there are quite a few measures being…

Who Is Blocking WHOIS? Part 2

• Comment posted Jul 23, 2010 6:27 pm PDT — by Michele Neylon
  Bob If you want to discuss things with me you have my email address, though I don't recall you actually asking me about Cartagena (though it's quite possible that I didn't see the email in the chaos that is my…

DotCo Launch: Over 90 Thousand Domain Names in 15 Minutes!

• Comment posted Jul 21, 2010 7:59 am PDT — by Michele Neylon
  Chuck Do you have any idea what happened with any of them? It would be interesting to see "where are they now" :) Michele

Top Ten New gTLD Gotchas

• Comment posted Jul 16, 2010 8:46 pm PDT — by Michele Neylon
  Jothan - you mean Elisa? :)

Who Is Blocking WHOIS? Part 2

• Comment posted Jul 02, 2010 5:51 pm PDT — by Michele Neylon
  Garth Maybe you'd like the RAA to be worded differently, but the current wording is: 3.16 Registrar shall provide on its web site its accurate contact details including a valid email and mailing address. I am not aware of any…

• Comment posted Jun 30, 2010 4:02 pm PDT — by Michele Neylon
  Garth Do not twist my words As per usual you are being intentionally confrontational and will probably try to abuse anything I say for your own end. Do you speak for all abuse handlers? Do you speak for all consumers…

• Comment posted Jun 30, 2010 2:34 pm PDT — by Michele Neylon
  I'd also wonder who in the various registrars Knujon is contacting with these sort of requests Are you going to the "normal" customer service desk? If you are it wouldn't surprise me in the least that your request was denied.…

The .XXX Fiasco is Almost Over

• Comment posted Jun 29, 2010 8:15 pm PDT — by Michele Neylon
  I'm glad that the board passed the vote, but I am also disturbed by Rod Beckstrom's comments.

Who Is Blocking WHOIS? Part 2

• Comment posted Jun 29, 2010 8:10 pm PDT — by Michele Neylon
  Garth I am not going to defend registrars who deny ALL access to EVERYONE. As a registrar they cause us a lot of headaches, which, in turn, has a negative impact on registrants who want to move their domain(s) to…

• Comment posted Jun 29, 2010 5:02 pm PDT — by Michele Neylon
  Garth I think the WHOIS section of the RAA needs to be updated. The present wording if strictly interpreted, as you obviously do, does not allow for a registrar to rate limit or impose other restrictions to prevent denial of…

EU Ruling on Google Ad Keywords: Implications for Brand Owners

• Comment posted Mar 27, 2010 5:57 pm PDT — by Michele Neylon
  Being based in Ireland we've had to deal with this issue more than once in the past. Some of the advertisers will remove the ads if you send them a polite but firm email, while others (including a competitor to…

"Thin Brand Line" Breaks as Canon Announces Plans for .CANON

• Comment posted Mar 16, 2010 4:41 pm PDT — by Michele Neylon
  Antony I'd have to disagree with you on this. There is absolutely nothing forcing brand owners to do anything right now. They can simply sit back and wait. They won't gain anything or lose anything by waiting. It's not like…

Domain Registry Locking Program: It Is There for a Reason, So Why Not Use It?

• Comment posted Feb 19, 2010 4:53 pm PST — by Michele Neylon
  Christopher - take the number out of the URL, go to the link and look for the document with that number. It will make more sense :) Sorry - there was no way to link to the RSEP directly Michele

• Comment posted Feb 18, 2010 10:56 pm PST — by Michele Neylon
  Jothan Elisa isn't talking about "normal" locks Verisign introduced a new locking service a couple of months ago, which is a totally different system. (See: http://www.icann.org/en/registries/rsep/ 2009005) Registrars pay a premium per domain per month (it gets cheaper based on…

Why is ICANN Traveling Without Moving and Thwarting Innovation in the Domain Space?

• Comment posted Jan 29, 2010 5:57 pm PST — by Michele Neylon
  Can we please refer to them as "overarching issues" since I still feel, like others do, that there is more importance being given to some _perceived_ problems than is truly warranted

The World's Most Dangerous Country Code Top-Level Domains

• Comment posted Jan 05, 2010 5:49 pm PST — by Michele Neylon
  The problem is that the report ignores restrictions. It's easy to see why .jp or .ie are high up the list - you have to do backflips to register a domain in either namespace. It would be a lot more…

Berlin the Latest New TLD Battleground?

• Comment posted Dec 22, 2009 10:15 am PST — by Michele Neylon
  Patrick If Dirk et al have done all the groundwork, why hasn't the city of Berlin made a clear declaration, as was the case in Paris? Michlee

• Comment posted Dec 22, 2009 12:03 am PST — by Michele Neylon
  Jeroen With all due respect we'll have to agree to disagree. While the city of Berlin has not made any statements on the matter that I am aware of, other cities have, such as Paris, where the .paris initiative is…

Trademark Owners Beware: Cybersquatting Spreads to Twitter

• Comment posted Sep 22, 2009 12:54 am PDT — by Michele Neylon
  Username squatting has been going on for ages. It's rampant! Twitter supposedly have policies in place to help people get "their" name, but their support response times are dire (weeks without a reply). Facebook, on the otherhand, are very responsive…

Corporate Domain Registration Practices in Light of New gTLDs

• Comment posted Aug 31, 2009 10:09 pm PDT — by Michele Neylon
  Elisa The "safety" and "fraud" arguments are valid to a point. But only to a point. Financial institutions and pharmaceutical companies may be targetted by various types of fraud, but there are plenty of ways of dealing with these particular…

Domain Registry/Registrar Cross Ownership: A Reality Check

• Comment posted Aug 30, 2009 8:42 pm PDT — by Michele Neylon
  Richard Every argument, no matter how you word it, has a counterargument. 1 - Regardless of any supposed rules that ICANN may or may not have it is incredibly hard for registrars to offer all TLDs, as the registries do…

The Chinese Domain Name Bubble Bursts

• Comment posted Aug 29, 2009 2:20 am PDT — by Michele Neylon
  That .cn registration figures rose dramatically is hardly surprising when you consider how cheap they were. As already mentioned, there's no way to know if the registrants were Chinese or not, unless the registry releases figures on that. Do they?…

Corporate Domain Registration Practices in Light of New gTLDs

• Comment posted Aug 29, 2009 2:09 am PDT — by Michele Neylon
  Trademark holders have rights - yes. But you cannot expect trademark holders rights to be extended in such a manner as to force the registrant, registrar and registry to prove their "innocence' when registering a domain name. One example that…

Swedish Regulator Bans Inclusion of Letters "b", "a", "n", "k" in Domain Names Under .SE

• Comment posted Aug 29, 2009 1:53 am PDT — by Michele Neylon
  And I thought the IE registry did odd things! So any domain containing that string is to be blocked?

ICANN Culls Three More Domain Name Registrars

• Comment posted Aug 18, 2009 3:14 pm PDT — by Michele Neylon
  That comment doesn't make any sense. I was talking about _registrars_ NOT registries

Realizing There's More to Life Than .COM, Europe and Asia Already Do

• Comment posted Aug 18, 2009 3:08 pm PDT — by Michele Neylon
  Unbeatable? There have been plenty of good sales in cctlds and there are plenty of successful businesses using cctlds instead of .com.

• Comment posted Aug 12, 2009 10:17 pm PDT — by Michele Neylon
  Antony Yes .com is "king" and there are plenty of gullible people who will spend stupid amounts of money on rubbish domains just to have the .com in the domain. However, there are also a lot of really good names…

Think China Is the Highest Spamming Country? Think Again

• Comment posted Jul 25, 2009 8:37 pm PDT — by Michele Neylon
  How do you know it's actually spam from that country? While the source IP may be located in the country in question it could just as easily be argued that the devices sending the spam are compromised PCs / servers.…

New TLDs For Dummies (Sort of)

• Comment posted Jun 12, 2009 3:33 pm PDT — by Michele Neylon
  Carl According to the ICANN blog there are 248 http://blog.icann.org/2009/03/tld-census/ which is where I got the figure from Michele

".Pol", a ".Com" for Political Candidates

• Comment posted May 06, 2009 9:31 pm PDT — by Michele Neylon
  Jeroen I'm not sure the advocates of IDN TLDs would agree with you. Personally I don't have an issue with there being hundreds of new TLDs as long as they are sustainable. If a large enough community want a TLD…

• Comment posted May 05, 2009 11:54 pm PDT — by Michele Neylon
  Maybe in some countries politicians might not be "for profit", but in Ireland at least they earn way more than most people

• Comment posted May 05, 2009 11:52 pm PDT — by Michele Neylon
  I honestly don't see how you can contend that they "fall through the cracks". Private individuals can register domain names without any issue, so why can't politicians? As for "remedial measures" - I think you're contradicting yourself. Didn't you already…

• Comment posted May 05, 2009 1:16 pm PDT — by Michele Neylon
  Again .. ICANN have to receive an application from someone in order for it to be considered. Now if you want to get some backers to put together a proposal for a .pol tld then "go for it", however I…

• Comment posted May 05, 2009 12:36 pm PDT — by Michele Neylon
  To start with it's not ICANN that creates the TLD. It would be up to a 3rd party to put forward an application to run a .pol TLD and then ICANN may or may not allow it to go ahead.…

Domain Name Registries Must Do More to Protect Highly-Trafficked Domains

• Comment posted Apr 26, 2009 9:52 pm PDT — by Michele Neylon
  Jay Excellent comment which sums up a lot of the issues that I perceived. I posted a followup over here: MarkMonitor vs NZ Michele

• Comment posted Apr 25, 2009 12:30 am PDT — by Michele Neylon
  While I can understand where you're coming from, I'd have to take issue with the idea of registries singling out specific domains for special treatment. Improving security across the board would be a good thing, but singling out specific domains…

Trademark Owners Should Consider .mp Domain Name Registration

• Comment posted Mar 01, 2009 4:32 am PST — by Michele Neylon
  What's confusing me is that the dotMP site does NOT allow you to register a .mp domain for $20, or if it does the process is very well hidden. So how can a trademark holder protect their brand?

Domain Name Registration: Not a Technology Service Any More?

• Comment posted Mar 01, 2009 4:23 am PST — by Michele Neylon
  What impact, if any, does this have on existing trademarks that are held under class 42? Michele

Dublin.tel Grabbed by Lantec

• Comment posted Feb 02, 2009 11:10 am PST — by Michele Neylon
  Jeroen Have a read of my post about why .tel is a fantastic and useful concept before jumping to misinformed conclusions: Why .tel rocks Regards Michele

ICANN Faces Questions on Accountability and Outside Takeover

• Comment posted Oct 01, 2008 11:25 pm PDT — by Michele Neylon
  Wasn't there a letter to ICANN recently from the US Dept. of Commerce clearly indicating that they had zero intention of cutting them loose?

Study Finds 75% of Malicious Websites from Legitimate, Trusted Sources

• Comment posted Jul 29, 2008 6:28 pm PDT — by Michele Neylon
  It's not that surprising. Most of the phishing attacks we see on our network would be via compromised websites. The number of actual pure phishing sites is minimal

Launch of .PARIS

• Comment posted Jul 01, 2008 12:25 pm PDT — by Michele Neylon
  Antony The event in Hotel de Ville was very badly organised and the PA system wasn't setup properly. I think they adjusted the volume levels etc., shortly after the mayor made his announcement. I don't think people were being rude…

North Dakota Judge Gets it Wrong

• Comment posted Jan 16, 2008 11:35 pm PST — by Michele Neylon
  I had to check the date after reading this. It sounds like a bad April's Fool. So basically if you have servers in Dakota you might want to move them!

Domain Management White Paper

• Comment posted Nov 08, 2007 1:47 am PST — by Michele Neylon
  Patrick It's on the main page on the right if you follow the link in the article Regards Michele

ICANN Investigating Domain Tasting

• Comment posted Aug 14, 2007 3:26 pm PDT — by Michele Neylon
  Bradley Part of the issue is the cost of taking a UDRP. It's prohibitive for smaller businesses compared to the costs of a DRS with Nominet, for example Michele

EU NameSpace is Dead?

• Comment posted Jul 17, 2007 11:30 pm PDT — by Michele Neylon
  Dirk - Active usage of .eu is probably the way to drive it forward Frank - I'd have to disagree with you in some parts and agree with you in others. With regard to national identity - you're 100% right.…

Canadians Now Pay for Different Levels of Internet Speeds

• Comment posted Jun 14, 2007 7:14 pm PDT — by Michele Neylon
  It sounds like the Canadian ISPs are going to have adopt similar pricing models to those used in Europe.

IPv6 for the Rest of Us

• Comment posted Jun 05, 2007 1:32 pm PDT — by Michele Neylon
  If ARIN policed their IPv4 space more carefully they wouldn't have as many issues with IP space ....

Getting WHOIS Server Address Directly from Registry

• Comment posted Apr 22, 2007 2:57 pm PDT — by Michele Neylon
  Unfortunately jwhois does not work with a lot of the ccTLDs - I've been trying it :)

• Comment posted Apr 20, 2007 12:31 pm PDT — by Michele Neylon
  It would help if more of the ccTLDs provided some form of CLIbased whois or at least a DAS check.

ICANN Asked to Adopt Specific TLD for Banks

• Comment posted Apr 02, 2007 11:40 pm PDT — by Michele Neylon
  I can see both sides of this argument. We deal with end users every single day, so I can fully understand why people would be so sceptical of a new TLD for financial institutions. Most end users would not be…

.COM and .NET: Thick Or Thin?

• Comment posted Apr 02, 2007 11:30 pm PDT — by Michele Neylon
  Gavin At least I'm not losing my mind (though after last week I'm sure I lost a few brain cells). From what I can gather the registrants that opted for Registerfly's privacy service are going to have to prove that…

• Comment posted Apr 02, 2007 10:10 pm PDT — by Michele Neylon
  Gavin Sorry if this is a really dumb question, but what about domains with "whois privacy"? In a thick registry is the "real" data held by the registry or the registrar? I was under the impression that it was held…

Irish Government To Kill IE ccTLD?

• Comment posted Feb 26, 2007 11:54 pm PST — by Michele Neylon
  dahamsta - that was my thinking as well. While I can appreciate that a national government would wish to have some oversight on the ccTLD there are some aspects of the legislation that go beyond mere oversight, which is one…

IP Address Intelligence Burdening Content Providers with Regional Laws?

• Comment posted Feb 07, 2007 7:59 pm PST — by Michele Neylon
  Susan We use geolocation for two things: 1 - Email filtering (see http://www.mneylon.com/blog/archives... ) 2 - Fraud prevention I've come across a number of sites that use geolocation to serve up targetted content, but I've also come across sites that…

IE Namespace: We Need Personal Domains!

• Comment posted Jan 26, 2007 6:58 pm PST — by Michele Neylon
  Simon The wholesale prices have dropped by 50% over the past 4 years, so you will find IE domains retailing from as low as EUR30 to as high as EUR120, while the registry themselves sell the domains for EUR69 (see…

• Comment posted Jan 26, 2007 6:53 pm PST — by Michele Neylon
  Jothan Compared to some of the ccTLDs I've had to deal with over the last couple of years the IEDR is not the worst by a long shot :) They have given us access to an API to submit applications…

EURid Tightens Control on .eu Domain Names

• Comment posted Jan 25, 2007 11:36 am PST — by Michele Neylon
  I can't see how it can keep squatters off there, as you still would have to go to ADR. It seems to be aimed more at abusers…

• Comment posted Jan 24, 2007 6:50 pm PST — by Michele Neylon
  Anything that improves the perception of .eu and Eurid is welcome, but it maybe a little too late

She Gave Me a Fake Phone Number!

• Comment posted Dec 15, 2005 9:46 pm PST — by Michele Neylon
  I would think that the figures are significantly higher. The methodology employed in this "study" seems to be flawed in my opinion. I posted on this at my blog The phishers are the more visible infringers, but they are anything…

The "Parked Domain Monetization" Business

• Comment posted Dec 08, 2005 1:35 am PST — by Michele Neylon
  It's a very sticky issue. We probably all have clients who speculate in domain "monetisation" and considering that .eu was launched today it is a very topical point. If you look at some of the current entries in the queue…

The Problem With Wikis

• Comment posted Dec 06, 2005 8:20 pm PST — by Michele Neylon
  Although I find that wikis can be extremely useful they seem to have been adopted by a lot of organisations without any real thought of the implications. If email spam and blog comment spam wasn't bad enough, having to contend…

IETF Publishes RFCs on SPF and Sender ID

• Comment posted Jul 06, 2005 6:50 pm PDT — by Michele Neylon
  What is confusing me is that the "help" page on Microsoft.com points to information on SPF, so what is the actual difference, if any, between them? Or is there even a difference worth talking about?

ICANN Transfer Policy: Domain Hijacking Got Easier or Did It?

• Comment posted Nov 12, 2004 1:12 am PST — by Michele Neylon
  What I would be very concerned about is the likes of DROA. As things stand "companies" like them tend to prey on the not so technically literate clients. What will happen now? Will we see a situation where more of…

ICANN Starts IPv6 Ball Rolling

• Comment posted Jul 28, 2004 8:11 am PDT — by Michele Neylon
  IPv6 is definitely the way forward. Although it will probably take another 5 years before it is adopted by commercial ISPs a number of the Irish universities have already deployed it internally.

Ireland's .ie To Come Under Government Control

• Comment posted Apr 29, 2004 11:42 pm PDT — by Michele Neylon
  John Although I can appreciate some of your concerns I would be very cautious about welcoming the move to comreg. As a government body they are yet to have any significant impact on any of the industries that they regulate.…

New Regime for Registration of .fr

• Comment posted Mar 05, 2004 10:52 am PST — by Michele Neylon
  This sounds very similar to the way the .it registry is handled. What I would find to be a matter of concern is the handling of trademarks and copyright. Have they some form of dispute policy in place?