Press Releases

LogicBoxes waives off Upfront Fees for New gTLD Vertical Integration Solutions

Posted on by Amreen Bhujwala

LogicBoxes, the premier technology and consulting company for Domain Registries, Registrars and large Web Hosts, today announced that it has waived off all upfront fees for its Vertical Integration Solution for New gTLDs.

New gTLDs have great potential, especially the Geo and Community extensions that provide a unique online namespace for people belonging to that community and region. However, with over 300+ TLDs already launched, these New gTLDs haven’t quite achieved their true potential. One of the main reasons for this is the fact that Traditional Partner Registrars are aligned towards Mass Market Products and can only provide limited success for these extensions. Although Partner Registrars are a must for the Launch of gTLDs, a lot of the Niche TLDs can truly succeed only if they take control and Integrate Vertically.

In order to take complete control, it’s imperative for these New gTLD Registries to get their own retail storefront and also get local / regional players and Specialized Partners (Communities, Organizations, etc.) on board from their Target Region(s). The right Technology Partner holds the key for a successful Vertical Integration Solution for Niche TLDs. LogicBoxes, a premier Technology solutions provider in the Vertical Integration space, provides a tried-and-tested, robust automation platform used by 100+ ICANN Registrars. LogicBoxes also has extensive experience in providing Vertical Integration Solutions to a bunch of New gTLDs and ccTLDs such as .wein, .desi, .coop, .mn and .bz.

To facilitate New gTLD Registries to adopt Vertical Integration Solutions more readily, LogicBoxes has now waived off all Upfront Costs that includes platform setup and TLD integration fees. Also, LogicBoxes does not charge any Annual Maintenance / Management Fees for the usage of its platform.

Here’s what Siddharth Taliyan, Sr. Manager – Business Development at LogicBoxes, had to say,

We have been working closely with many New gTLD Registries for quite some time now and we would like to ensure that Upfront Costs are not a barrier for any New gTLD to Integrate Vertically. Our new model is built to scale as per the TLD’s growth, thereby, ensuring that our success is vested in the success of our New gTLD Partners.

LogicBoxes will be attending the ICANN conference in London later this month from the 22nd to the 26th of June. New gTLD and ccTLD Registries can catch the LogicBoxes team at its booth to discuss strategies on launching and expanding their TLDs. You can also schedule a meeting at the event with us by sending an email to [email protected]

Visit the following link for complete details on LogicBoxes Vertical Integration Solutions.

Events

Catch us at HostingCon 2014 in Miami!

Posted on by Amreen Bhujwala

HostingCon, the largest Hosting Conference in the Western Hemisphere, moves to Miami this year and we are very excited about it! LogicBoxes has been a frequent visitor at HostingCon, however this year is all the more special because it’s the 10th edition of the conference!

The LogicBoxes team be available at Booth #125 to meet Web Hosts and discuss solutions to further grow their hosting business. Web Hosts can learn about LogicBoxes’ Elite Reseller Program – an offering designed exclusively for Large Web Hosts. You can schedule a meeting with us at the event in advance here.

Also, Siddharth Taliyan, Sr. Manager – Sales at LogicBoxes, will be giving a talk on “5 Insights about New gTLDs that will give Web Hosts an Unfair Advantage” on the final day (18/06/14) of the conference at 10.00 am (local time). The talk will give insights to Web Hosts on how to make the most of the New gTLD Opportunity. It’s one of the most looked forward to sessions at the event and we strongly recommend you attend it. Add the event to your calendar to ensure you don’t miss it!

So do make sure to drop by at our booth in the event, if you are attending. Looking forward to meet you all at the event and at the beach shacks post the event. 😉

See you at Miami!

Press Releases

LogicBoxes delivers Vertical Integration solution for .WIEN retail operation, Netzadresse.at

Posted on by Amreen Bhujwala

It gives us great pleasure in announcing the successful execution of a comprehensive Vertical Integration project in the .WIEN namespace.

.WIEN is a new gTLD extension that caters to businesses, organizations, individuals and any other entities associated with Vienna, the Austrian capital. The vertically integrated retail operation for .WIEN, netzadresse.at GmbH, focuses specifically on the Austrian market, offering regional TLDs such as .TIROL and .AT as well. This strategy will enable them to gain direct access to local business, and effectively help to maximize the TLD’s adoption.

“The business plan and launch strategy of the .WIEN namespace was unique in ways more than one. With LogicBoxes, netzadresse.at was backed by a friendly, responsive team that delivered a highly customized solution with a really quick turnaround, enabling them to launch right on time. Sunrise application numbers received through netzaddresse.at far exceeded our expectations.” says Ronald Schwaerzler, CEO at punkt.wien GmbH.

From the LogicBoxes team, Siddharth Taliyan, Manager of Sales adds “The partnership with netzadresse.at on the .WIEN namespace is a very interesting one for us. It’s great that we could work with them as a unified team and deliver a vertical integration project that showed impressive results from day 1. We’re proud to partner with netzadresse.at and look forward to fully support them in taking their business to maximum .Wien adoption.”

As part of the deal, we offered a custom solutions package that included the design and implementation of a feature-rich retail storefront (http://netzadresse.com) for .WIEN domains. The business automation and process flows were custom-built to accommodate the Registry’s unique Sunrise and Landrush plans. The retail business now runs on our domain distribution and business automation SaaS platform – OrderBox which is already being used by about 110 Registrars as of today.

For more details on LogicBoxes’ Vertical Integration Solutions please visit out website. Have any comments? Feel free to post them below.

About punkt.wien GmbH
punkt.wien GmbH is the registry of .WIEN – the new top-level domain for all those who want to demonstrate a connection to the Austrian capital WIEN – Vienna, Austria.

About netzadresse.at GmbH
netzadresse.at GmbH is an ICANN accredited registrar, located in Austria. Besides regional top-level domains such as .WIEN and .TIROL, netzadresse.at provides various TLDs as well as webhosting and e-mail services.

Industry News

The Heartbleed Bug – What’s going on!?

Posted on by Amreen Bhujwala
Heartbleed Bug

Image Source: Mashable.com

The internet is abuzz with reports on the Heartbleed Bug and how it could be one of the biggest security threats the Internet has ever seen. Earlier this week, security researchers announced a security flaw in OpenSSL (a popular data encryption standard) that gives hackers the ability to extract massive amount of data from the services that we use every day and assume are mostly secure. The bug has exposed the potential vulnerability on any machines powering services that transmit secure information, like Facebook and Gmail.

At LogicBoxes, we have already implemented remedial measures so as to secure the Businesses of our Partners from any further security threats due to this bug. In this blog post we’ll take you through:

  • What is the Heartbleed bug?
  • What steps are we taking?
  • What steps should you be taking?

What is the Heartbleed Bug?

Heartbleed is a flaw in OpenSSL, the open-source encryption standard used by majority of sites on the web to encrypt transmitted data that users want to keep secure. It basically gives you a “secure line” when you’re sending an email or chatting on IM. Encryption works by making the data that is sent, look like illogical to anyone but the intended recipient.

Occasionally, one computer might want to check that there’s still a computer at the end of its secure connection, so it will send out what’s known as a “heartbeat,” a small packet of data that asks for a response.

Due to a programming error in the implementation of OpenSSL, the researchers found that it was possible to send a well-disguised packet of data that looked like one of these heartbeats to trick the computer at the other end of a connection into sending over data stored in its memory.

How bad is that?

It is really bad. Web servers can keep a lot of information in their active memory, including usernames, passwords, and even the content that users have uploaded to a service. This flaw, however, has worse implications as it makes it possible for hackers to steal encryption keys – the codes used to turn gibberish encrypted data into readable information. With encryption keys, hackers can intercept encrypted data moving to and from a site’s servers and read it without establishing a secure connection. This means that unless the companies running vulnerable servers change their keys, even future traffic will be susceptible.

What steps are we taking?

The security of our Partners and their customers is our top priority. We began addressing this issue immediately upon disclosure and have successfully applied patches to all of our platforms. The likelihood that private information was compromised is very minimal due to the lack of a public exploit at the time of the disclosure.

We have updated the OpenSSL packages installed on all our Linux shared hosting servers. We have also re-issued Digital Certificates on affected web servers after moving to a patched version of OpenSSL.

As always, we will continue to work to protect the security of our Partners and their data.

What steps should you be taking?

The Heartbleed bug makes it practically impossible to detect history of abuse, but to be on the safer side, we strongly recommend that you change your Account passwords and also notify your customers to change their passwords. Not just that, we suggest that you should also change your passwords at other 3rd Party Services like Gmail, Facebook, etc.

For Partners selling Hosting and/or SSL certificates through us:

  • If you / your customers have purchased both Hosting and SSL Certificates for an installation from LogicBoxes, follow steps 1 and 3 below
  • If you / your customers have purchased Hosting from LogicBoxes and have SSL enabled on it with an SSL Certificate from a 3rd party vendor for your installation, follow steps 2 and 3 below
  • If you / your customers have purchased SSL Certificated from LogicBoxes but host with a 3rd party provider, follow step 1 below and reinstall the Certificate according to the instructions of your hosting provider
    1. Re-issue the SSL certificate from the OrderBox control panel by referring to the steps mentioned in the following KB article : http://manage.logicboxes.com/kb/servlet/KBServlet/faq1094.html
    2. Contact the SSL Certificate vendor to re-issue the SSL certificate. Once the SSL certificates are re-issued, you will need to install the new certificates under the hosting packages
    3. Install the reissued SSL Certificate by following the instructions relevant to you from the below options:
  • Also, partners reselling Hosting through us can use the force password reset option in WHM to ensure that all your hosting customers change their passwords

For Partners using LogicBoxes API:

We strongly recommend that you regenerate your API key by logging into your Control Panel and navigating to Settings >> API and clicking on the ‘Regenerate’ icon to get your revised API key. Update your API calls to use the new key.

Further Reading

If you are a Logicboxes Partner and require any further information regarding the Heartbleed Bug, please feel free to get in touch your Account Manager.

That’s it for our update on the Heartbleed bug. Have something to add to this post? Do share it in the comments.

Events

Meet Us @ WHD.Global 2014 in Germany!

Posted on by Amreen Bhujwala

WHD-2014

As is the case every year, we’re looking forward to attend WHD.Global 2014 at Rust, Germany from 1st to 3rd April, 2014. The conference is one of the biggest Hosting events of the year, giving everyone in the community an opportunity to meet & greet in person!

Siddharth, Clifford and Eeshaan will be present at the LogicBoxes Booth (A14) to meet Web Hosts and discuss business strategies to further boost their Hosting Business. Web Hosts can learn about the new LogicBoxes’ Elite Reseller Program – a new offering designed exclusively for web hosts that have sharp business trajectories.

Also, Siddharth will be presenting a talk on “5 insights about new gTLDs that will give web hosts an unfair advantage” on the 2nd day of the conference at 3.45 pm (local time). If you’re a web host looking to boost hosting sales, we suggest that you attend this talk!

We recommend that you schedule a meeting with us today to ensure that we can allot dedicated time for you.

Looking forward to meeting you in Germany!

P.S.: In case if you haven’t registered for the conference yet, feel free to use our free coupon code SM51VRO & gain free access to the entire event!