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| SIDN Annual Report 2015 |
| This week, we published our annual report for 2015. See the on-line report for information about developments at SIDN and events surrounding the .nl domain last year. Read more |
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| News |
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| Internet security |
| Identifying abusive domain registrations in real time |
| The sooner after registration abusive domain names are identified, the better. So SIDN Labs has been working on the development of nDEWS: a DNS infrastructure monitoring system for the early detection of domain names associated with phishing, spamming and other such activities. Read more |
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| Services |
| Domain Name Surveillance Service pre-scan now available |
| The Domain Name Surveillance Service detects and monitors domain names that look very like your brand name. Knowing when a lookalike name is registered helps you protect yourself against brand abuse and phishing. In addition to various subscription packages, DBS is now available as a one-off pre-scan. Read more |
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| Knowledge and development |
| How do you comply with open standards? |
| On 12 May, we are teaming up with Govroam and the Standardisation Forum to organise a knowledge exchange session devoted to open internet standards. Held in Arnhem, the session will be geared specifically to the needs of municipalities. Read more |
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| Domjur.nl is redesigned |
Domjur.nl – the website where you can look up Dutch court rulings about domain names – has been redesigned. As well as having a modern look and feel, the site is now responsive. So it's equally easy to browse on a PC, a tablet or a mobile.
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| Moritz Müller wins Internet Thesis Prize |
| Moritz Müller, Research Engineer at SIDN Labs, has won an Internet Thesis Prize for his paper about SIDekICk. The project involved the development of algorithms capable of automatically detecting names in the .nl zone that are being used for abusive purposes. Read more |
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| Event calender |
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| SIDN sends representatives to many national and international events. In the coming months, SIDN plans to be represented at the following months: |
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| Maarssen, The Netherlands |
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| Amsterdam, The Netherlands |
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| Bloggers |
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| Internet security |
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| DNSSEC in government organisations: state of play |
| It's now four years since DNSSEC was added to the 'use-or-explain' list for government. Yet, out of the twenty-three biggest government sites, only ten have so far been secured with DNSSEC. Read more |
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Michiel Henneke |
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| Knowledge & development |
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| .nl in numbers |
| At the end of the first quarter, the total number of registered .nl domain names was 5,617,753. That equates to a net increase of 13,948. Although the growth was modest by historical standards (the domain grew by about 25,000 names as recently as the first quarter of 2015), it was higher than we had expected. Read more |
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Sean Schuurman van Rouwendal |
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| Knowledge & development |
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| IANA stewardship transition: is 30 September realistic? |
| Following ICANN55 in Marrakech, the detailed proposals for the IANA stewardship transition were finally submitted to the NTIA for approval. In principle, therefore, it is still possible for stewardship of IANA to be switched on 30 September 2016. Whether that date is realistic, is another matter. Read more |
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Maarten Simon |
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