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Dynadot secures domains with mobile phone security. In April I wrote a few stories about domain name security tools offered by various registrars. One tool I missed was Dynadot’s SMS security tool. It works like this: Account holder receives a 6-digit code (sent via SMS) on his cellphone and then enters the code in his [...]
Top ten domain name registrar web site goes down. Moniker.com is currently going through a prolonged outtage. A notice has been posted on Moniker.com: So far the company hasn’t sent any communication to its customers. I reached out to the company this morning for comment and will update this story as I learn more. An [...]
Go Daddy pulls in top honors in this year’s Domain Name Wire survey. Getting buzz from Super Bowl commercials isn’t the only thing domain name registrar Go Daddy does well. For the fifth year in a row, the registrar has been rated best registrar in Domain Name Wire’s annual survey. This year 41% of those [...]
Dynadot extends data use to customers. Last year VeriSign quietly started offering its Internet Profile Service (IPS) to domain name registrars. The service provides traffic data on pending delete domain names. Since VeriSign runs the DNS for .net and .com, it has access to data that most other sources don’t have. Now domain name registrars [...]
Domain registrar’s web site down for two days due to hardware failure. Domain name registrar Dynadot is recovering from a hardware failure that took dynadot.com offline for two days. Webhosting, dns servers, website forwarding, parking, and email forwarding were not affected. In an email to customers, Dynadot president Todd Han explained: …Although we had prepared [...]
