Blackrock Networks, Inc.

Category: Domain Names

  • ICANN Goes International. Is it a good thing?

    US Agreement With ICANN Leaves Much Undone
    “The oversight of the Internet’s infrastructure will become more international under a new government agreement with ICANN. But many concerns remain unresolved.”

    Not that I disagree in the idea that all people be involved in a free and open internet; I believe that opening ICANN up in a United Nations Model without any clear agreements in place about who and how domains can be used is a problem. Countries that support censorship in areas such as search engines would likely look to impose censorship of domain purchases in one form or another. Really look how well and how fast the United Nations works now when accomplisging goals.

    In case you haven’t already noticed the chaos of all the new domain extensions coming at you in email after email, .expert, .guru, .almostanything, you can see how it is already starting to run away.

    With all these new regulations and requirements being added to ICANN for domain name registrars  we have decided to partner with TuCows to manger domain registrations to help keep up with the ever changing regulations coming this way. With this partnership customers will be able to manage their domain names themselves, update their billing and have full control over their domain names. This does mean that clients will be fully responsible for keeping their contact and billing information current in order to avoid the cancellation of their domain.

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    “The Tucows Domain Promise”

    “When you buy a domain name through a Tucows partner, you are buying more than just a domain name. You are buying a commitment to the fairest, most honest, most consumer-friendly principles and policies in the industry. Taking that commitment even a step further, we offer you this promise. Read More”

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    So why buy through TuCows and Blackrock Networks, Inc instead of GoDaddy or Network Solutions?

    Here’s why:

    • Free contact privacy! (most domains/TLDs) NO Extra fee to keep your info to yourself.
    • Free easy-to-use domain manager. Even non-techies can make updates without being bombarded by constant ads.
    • Select from a large inventory of premium names
    • Free easy to use DNS
    • Free Domain Forwarding

    To purchase a domain go to http://domains.blackrocknetworks.com

     

     

  • Domain Transfers

    Basic Domain requirements to begin a transfer.

    A domain name transfer moves your domain name registration from one registrar to another. These instructions are to transfer your domain name from your current registrar to us.

    Before authorizing your domain name transfer, be sure that:

    • The domain name is unlocked at your current registrar.
    • You have an authorization code from your current registrar, if required. Some domain name extensions, primarily country-code top-level domain names, ccTLDs, do not require an authorization code.
    • The administrative contact for the domain name has a valid, published email address in the Whois database.
    • You have the transfer authorization email we sent to the domain name’s administrative contact right after the transfer purchase.

    Once you’ve gathered and verified the above information, you’re ready to begin authorization of the transfer.

    Tips to make your domain transfer run smoothly

    • All transfer authorization communication uses the the email address for the administrative contact of the domain name. Be sure that it’s correct with your current registrar.
    • The domain name must be unlocked at it’s current registrar for the transfer to proceeded.
    • ICANN regulations prohibit transferring domain names registered or previously transferred in the last 60 days.

    NOTE: For most domain name extensions, the move between registrars takes from 5 to 7 days once the transfer is authorized. The process and time required for the transfer can vary for certain extensions, primarily ccTLDs. For more information on exceptions to the transfer process for a specific domain name extension, see help content for that extension.

    See Providers Documents

  • SSL

    Although having an SSL certificate can present certain user errors in regards to notification from older browsers certificate-authenticated SSL is considered mandatory by all security guidelines whenever a web site hosts confidential information or performs material transactions.

    WildCard Domains:

    Unfortunately there has never been a good RFC on how wildcard matching works so the different implementations (SChannel and NSS mainly) are slightly different. However, here’s the draft standard which will pin this down:

    http://tools.ietf.org/html/draft-saintandre-tls-server-id-check-09#section-4.4.3

    And here’s Microsoft’s take on it:

    http://support.microsoft.com/kb/258858

    Accepted wildcard examples

    • www.example.com matches www.example.com
    • *.example.com matches www.example.com
    • w*.example.com matches www.example.com
    • ww*.example.com matches www.example.com
    • Www.Example.com matches www.examPle.cOm

    Nonaccepted wildcard examples

    • *www.example.com
    • *w.example.com
    • w*w.example.com
    • *ww.example.com does not match www.example.com
    • www.e*ample.com does not match www.example.com
    • www.*ample.com does not match www.example.com
    • www.ex*.com does not match www.example.com
    • www.*.com does not match www.example.com
    • example.com does not match *.com does not match www.example.com
    • www.example.abc.com does not match *.abc.com
    • example.com does not match *.*
    • example does not match *
    • abc.def.example.com does not match a*.d*.example.com
    • www.example.com.au does not match *.*.com.au
    • www.example.com.au does not match www.*.com.au

    Basically, a wildcard may appear as the left-most label and it matches exactly one label. So *.example.com matches www.example.com, but not example.com (because that would mean matching zero labels).

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