.Build Registry Accepts Bitcoin Payments from Its Customers

.Build Internet Domain Registry announced today that it will accept Bitcoin as a payment method from its customers.

 

You can read the press release after the jump :

” .Build, the new Top Level Domain (TLD) for internet domain names announced it will now accept Bitcoin as a payment method from its customers.

.BUILD, went live in April of 2014 is a part of the new expanded Internet made up of many new TLD’s beyond .com, .net and .org. By having a meaningful extension to a website or email .BUILD provides an opportunity for companies to improve their online identity and web presence with the power of an industry-specific domain name. These targeted domains will become an integral part of any company’s web presence and SEO strategy in 2014 and beyond.

“We are excited to be a leader in the creation and innovation of the New Internet,” says George Minardos, CEO and Founder of .BUILD. “As security with online payments becomes a growing concern every day, it was the logical next progression in the virtual building world to accept a crypto-currency standard like Bitcoin. At .BUILD it is our mission to constantly improve and innovate the way the domain name industry conducts business in order constantly provide value for end users.”

.BUILD is the name provisioner of domain names ending in .BUILD, which and are sold through all the major registrar channels such as GoDaddy, Crazy Domains, Enom, Network Solutions, Name.com, 1&1, Tucows, United domains, Uniregistry etc. For a complete list of partners please visit http://www.getmy.build.”

Norid Looks To Make .BV Available In Netherlands

Norid, best known as the registry for .no (Norway) but also .bv (Bouvet Island) and .sj (Svalbard and Jan Mayen) is looking at making .bv available to Dutch registrants.

The ccTLD is attractive to Dutch companies as the initials “bv” have the same meaning as “Ltd” for British companies and Dutch companies have been making requests to register .bv domains.

So Norid is negotiating with the .nl (Netherlands) registry, SIDN, about a collaboration to make the .bv TLD available to the Dutch market. According to a statement from Norid, SIDN is currently looking into its potential.

For Norid it is important that a TLD we are responsible for is operated in a way we can vouch for, especially with regard to our values and the quality of the service. It is also important that the operation will not harm the good reputation of .no.

“If .bv is going to be used, Norid and SIDN want the TLD to provide actual value to Dutch domain name holders, not become yet another top-level domain full of defensive registrations,” said Managing Director of UNINETT Norid AS, Hilde M. Thunem. “We have also discussed this idea with the Norwegian authorities. They regard the utilisation of an unexploited resource as a positive addition to the existing domain market.”

“Having this domain alongside our successful country-code domain, .nl, can open up new opportunities,” said Roelof Meijer, CEO of SIDN. “We have a strong relationship with Norid and therefore look forward to working with them, and with the Dutch business community, to make the .bv domain a success.”

HuntingMoon’s Auction is Underway ! The auction features 675 Adult, Gambling, Dating and New gTLDs

HuntingMoon is hosting these days an online auction. The auction features 675 domain names, from different categories and with different reserve ranges.

 

The auction is being held in Amsterdam and will end October 1,2014 at 4 PM EST/1PM PST.

The auction features many premium adult , gambling and dating domain names, as well as valuable new gTLDs.The reserve range goes from $80 all the way up to $500,000.

Some valuable domain names included in the auction are : (If you’re under 18, you should not read further) :

freecasinogames.com     $500,000
analporn.com     $350,000
freeblackjack.com     $250,000
pokerhands.com     $250,000
StockFutures.com     $250,000
Pimps.com     $230,000
Mischief.com     $210,000
pokertv.com     $200,000
gayporn.org     $195,000
Scores.net     $185,000
bettingtips.com     $150,000
casinocalifornia.com     $150,000
casinoroyal.com     $150,000
freeroulette.com     $150,000
internetslots.com     $150,000
iSex.com     $150,000
blackjackgames.com     $125,000
pokermagazine.com     $125,000
Playpen.com     $100,000
breasts.com     $100,000
adultvideogames.com     $100,000
betsonline.com     $100,000
blackjackgame.com     $100,000
internetblackjack.com     $100,000
playingpoker.com     $100,000

Check out the entire inventory here.

AFNIC : The Internet Resiliencs Observatory in France Publishes its Report For 2013

Afnic, the company behind .FR extension, announced that the Internet Resilience Observatory in France has recently published its report for 2013.

 

You can read the press release after the jump :

“The report by the Internet Resilience Observatory in France, written by the French National Agency for the Security of Information Systems (ANSSI) in conjunction with Afnic, provides an annual analysis of the state of the French Internet through an in-depth study of the Border Gateway (BGP) and Domain Name System (DNS) protocols. The two protocols are responsible for almost all of the queries transmitted over the Internet.

 

According to the findings of the study, the situation of the French Internet remains satisfactory. The 2013 study shows that a French Autonomous System (AS)[2] with two suppliers can contact the rest of the Internet in case of failure of any other AS. Regarding the DNS, the concentration of DNS hosts in France is very high, which is directly reflected in the results.

Based on these results, the Observatory encourages Internet stakeholders in France to adopt the best practices accepted for BGP and DNS and has made the following recommendations:

     deploy IPv6 to anticipate future operational problems and facilitate the build-up in skills

    evenly distribute the authoritative DNS servers to improve the robustness of the infrastructure,
    deploy the DNSSEC secured protocol to fight against cache pollution attacks,
    systematically declare route objects, and keep them up to date in order to facilitate the detection and filtering of illegitimate BGP announcements,
    use RPKI (Resource Public Key Infrastructure) certification and declare ROAs (Route Origin Authorizations)
    apply good BGP[3] practices in interconnections between operators.

ANSSI encourages Internet stakeholders to adopt these recommendations and fully implement them at the earliest.

The 2013 report is available here: http://ssi.gouv.fr/observatoire (in French only, soon available in English) “

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