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New .uk Policy Development Process

Phil Smith — Thu, 15 Jul 2010 14:09:45 +0000

Over the last year the Policy Advisory Body (PAB) has been reviewing its role and function and made recommendations on how the policy development process could evolve to deliver improved policy advice to the Board. Nominet consulted on these proposals during March and April 2010 and received overwhelming support for the proposed process. The PAB ceased to operate following its meeting in May 2010.

Following the consultation the new .uk policy development process has been launched. The new process has an open approach to developing policy for.uk, that focuses on specific issues. Each issue will be dealt with in specially convened Issue Groups that ensure the right stakeholders are involved in the development of policy that is relevant to them.

Full details about the new process and how you can get involved are available here: http://www.nominet.org.uk/policy/

Root servers get assigned DNSSEC security standard

Phil Smith — Thu, 15 Jul 2010 11:48:49 +0000

The security standard DNSSEC is set to be assigned to the Internet’s 13 root servers from today (15th July 2010).

From aa.co.uk to zz.co.uk – short domains are go.org.uk!

Phil Smith — Mon, 10 May 2010 18:04:43 +0000

Nominet are planning to release two letter, one character and other reserved .uk domains later this year, and they are currently running a consultation on their proposed release mechanism and the domains to be made available for registration. Read more

Using DNNSEC to make .uk even safer

Phil Smith — Mon, 10 May 2010 18:03:51 +0000

Protection of UK Internet users sits at the heart of Nominet’s activities. Their constitution, processes and commitment to end users ensure that they conduct our business for the public benefit. They are committed to ensuring that .uk remains a safe and trusted space and we take an active role in protecting consumers. Read more

Nominet – DNSSEC signing .uk on 1 March 2010

Phil Smith — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 22:33:16 +0000

As part of the global effort to improve the security of DNS, amongst other registries Nominet are implementing DNSSEC in the zones under their management. DNSSEC prevents the interception of and tampering with DNS queries between nameservers, making the Internet safer. You can find a full explanation of what DNSSEC is and what it does at http://www.nominet.org.uk/tech/dnssec.

As announced at the .uk registrar conference in November, the first phase of this programme is to add DNSSEC information to the top-level .uk domain. They will implement this on Monday 1 March 2010, and you can read details of how this process will work at

http://www.nominet.org.uk/news/latest?contentId=7075

These changes are being made as the first phase of deploying DNSSEC and should have no impact on your systems.

They will provide details of the next phases of their DNSSEC roll-out, which will include signing .co.uk and other SLDs, over the coming months, together with updates and guidance on the benefits and impacts of DNSSEC for your customers.