Announcements

Name Server Migration

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We have recently migrated one of our branding name servers, venus.orderbox-dns.com to a new, more robust data center.

The migration has necessitated certain steps which You and your Resellers will need to take, in order to ensure that these services continue to function normally.

The below modifications are required only if you have setup your fully branded Name Servers. Otherwise, you need not make any changes since we have already updated your partially branded Name Servers from our end.

In case you have registered your fully branded Name servers with the old IP addresses, you would have to modify the IP addresses to the ones mentioned below:

Partially branded NS Existing IP Addresses New IP Addresses
<your reseller id or chosen prefix>.mercury.orderbox-dns.com
67.15.47.189, 67.15.253.220, 67.15.253.251
 No change
<your reseller id or chosen prefix>.venus.orderbox-dns.com
66.249.5.75,
66.249.5.95,
66.249.5.243
 74.54.56.227,
74.54.56.231,
74.54.56.236
<your reseller id or chosen prefix>.earth.orderbox-dns.com
67.15.47.188, 67.15.253.219, 67.15.253.252
 No change
<your reseller id or chosen prefix>.mars.orderbox-dns.com
66.249.5.25,
66.249.5.105,
66.249.5.122
 No change

The following actions are required:

  • The IP Addresses for the affected Name Server needs to be modified from your domain management interface (modification to the Child Name Server).

  • The DNS Records for the affected Name Server need to be updated with the New IP Addresses from your DNS management interface.

Please ensure that you inform all your resellers about the aforementioned changes so that they too may accommodate for the same.

For any doubts or questions that may you have pertaining to this migration, please feel free to contact our Support Team.

Industry News, Registries

Landrush for .Asia Domain Begins February 20, 2008

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Go Live on schedule for March 26, 2008 as .Asia outpaces .EU in quality and quantity

Individual companies and the general public will soon be eligible to register for available .Asia domain names when the Landrush phase kicks off on February 20, 2008. Landrush concludes on March 12, with Go Live (i.e. start of normal First-Come-First-Served registration process) scheduled for March 26, 2008.

During the Landrush phase anyone around the world can apply for any available .Asia domain, representing a golden opportunity for individuals looking to invest in the most prestigious and potentially profitable cyber real estate in Asia. Domain names receiving more than one application during the Landrush period will be auctioned between the applicants in an equitable process that would encourage the adoption of the .Asia domain. Popular “keyword” domains, such as names consisting of common terms are expected to generate the most intense bidding.

ICANN Announcements

ICANN Board Approves Historic F-Root Agreement

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First formalization of mutual responsibilities between ISC, F-root server operator, and ICANN

MARINA DEL REY, Calif.: The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers has formally approved the Mutual Responsibilities Agreement with the Internet Systems Consortium (ISC), the operators of F-Root.

“The security and stability of the domain name system are at the heart of ICANN’s core mission, and the formal approval of this agreement is a key component in meeting that mission,” said Dr Paul Twomey, ICANN’s President and CEO. “One of ICANN’s responsibilities under the Joint Project Agreement with the U.S. Government is to work to formalize relationships with root server operators, so this is a real milestone.”

ICANN Announcements

ICANN Formalizes Relationships with ccTLD Manager for Niue

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ICANN announced today that it has signed an Accountability Framework with the country code top level domain (ccTLD) manager for .nu—Niue, Internet Users Society Niue (IUS-N).

The Accountability Framework program provides two mechanisms by which ccTLD managers can formalise their relationship with ICANN. The first is an Accountability Framework document that sets out the obligations of a ccTLD manager and ICANN. It also covers dispute resolution and termination and is designed for ccTLD managers requiring a formal document with ICANN.

The second mechanism is an exchange of letters between ICANN and the ccTLD manager designed for those for whom a simple statement of commitment is more appropriate.

Signed accountability framework and exchange of letters documents can be found at http://www.icann.org/cctlds/agreements.html.

Industry News, Registries

Afilias Announces Spanish Names for .INFO

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Company enhances the non-English speaking Internet by allowing individuals to register web site names with native Spanish characters.

Afilias, a registry services provider, announced that Internet users can now register .INFO domain names that include the Spanish characters á, é, í, ñ, ó, ú, and ü. The introduction of these new domain names, termed Internationalized Domain Names, now enables Spanish-speakers to establish Web sites using words commonly used in Spanish such as película.info, teléfono-móvil.info, Ídolo.info, Piñata.info, and others.

The registry states that this set of Spanish characters adds to their broad support of IDNs, bringing the total number of languages supported to ten. IT also states that these include scripts for Spanish, German, Polish, Swedish, Danish, Hungarian, Icelandic, Latvian, Lithuanian and Korean.