🟡 DNS4 EU is officially launched!
DNS4EU Public Service is a publicly accessible DNS resolver that offers EU citizens a safer and more private internet experience. That is a European Alternative to Google and Cloudflare DNS, Powered by Whalebone. 🔗https://www.joindns4.eu/
🟡 Security concerns persist – OpenProvider Registry/Registrar Leak
A misconfigured Elasticsearch server exposed 164 GB of data—including domain-transfer auth codes, registrant PII, WHOIS data, and internal logs. The exposure lasted from April 6–7, 2025, and was closed after discovery (reporting on June 20). 🔗https://cybernews.com/
🟡 GAC concerns
GAC (ICANN) urges the ICANN Board to ensure timely delivery of a functioning, globally accessible system for access to non-public registration data… The GAC highlights persistent patterns of malicious domain clusters that are not sufficiently addressed by approaches. 🔗ICANN83 GAC Communiqué
🟡 Did you miss the new gTLDs window too?
Recent data released by the ICANN Registrar Service Provider Evaluation Program (RSP Program) show the number of potential operators of future new domains has decreased significantly. ICANN org closed this submission period on 20 May 2025. 🔗 https://dn.com/en-us/
🟡 IDN defense small nation languages
Domains using national alphabets help protect the languages of small nations from extinction – experience of the UNESCO Convention 2005 implementation. 🔗https://cctld.ru/
🟡 Ready to celebrate 40th anniversary of the most trusted TLD!
.ORG was officially delegated on July 10, 1985. That’s the date it was added to the Internet’s authoritative root zone as one of the original seven generic top-level domains (gTLDs). 🔗https://pir.org/