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Giving .ca a French accent
Monday, January 14, 2013
Giving .ca a French accent
CIRA now supports 16 new characters, which lets .ca domain owners for the first time use a full range of French-language characters and ligatures
CIRA praises Ottawa's support on Internet
Monday, October 22, 2012
CIRA praises Ottawa's support on Internet
Canada's Internet domain registry says a speech supporting an open Internet by Treasury Board president Tony Clement at a Toronto conference is welcome
CIRA voting for new board begins
Wednesday, September 19, 2012
CIRA voting for new board begins
Prominent names are among those running to be directors of the authority that oversees the .ca domain name
CIRA investigating dot-ca phishing scammers
Wednesday, August 15, 2012
CIRA investigating dot-ca phishing scammers
Cyber-criminals had sent e-mails purporting to be requests from CIRA to renew domain registrations
'Anemic' adoption imperils IPv6, says consultant
Monday, November 14, 2011
'Anemic' adoption imperils IPv6, says consultant
Service providers and enterprises should find business cases for new Internet technologies or they will be in trouble, a conference has been told
IPv6 knowledge is 'all over the map,' CIRA says
Tuesday, March 01, 2011
IPv6 knowledge is 'all over the map,' CIRA says
After wrapping up its first ever Canadian Internet Forum in Ottawa last week, CIRA head Byron Holland gives his thoughts on the state of IPv6 readiness among Canadian IT shops. Why he compares the entire process to a big supply chain
New dot-ca registry goes live
Wednesday, October 13, 2010
New dot-ca registry goes live
Moving forward, dot-ca purchases will be solely handed by CIRA-certified registrars. Find out what other changes are in store for IT administrators
IP addresses will run out in two to three years
Tuesday, September 07, 2010
IP addresses will run out in two to three years
There’s no ifs, ands or buts about it – IPv4 addresses are going to run out in the next year and end users will feel the effects in 24 to 36 months, says CIRA’s CEO. What governments, enterprises and end users can do to speed up the move to IPv6
Dot-co sets example for dot-ca, says lawyer
Wednesday, August 25, 2010
Dot-co sets example for dot-ca, says lawyer
A lawyer running for a seat on CIRA’s board of directors says the dot-ca domain has fallen behind in value and prominence, but CIRA's CEO says dot-ca is doing very well, with growth rates stronger than top-level domains like dot-com
Internet's root security reaches 'key' milestone
Wednesday, June 16, 2010
Internet's root security reaches 'key' milestone
A cryptographic key will be generated on one of the Internet's 13 root servers to deploy DNSSEC. When fully implemented next year, it should end spoofing attacks
Dot-ca registration to get easier later this year
Friday, January 15, 2010
Dot-ca registration to get easier later this year
CIRA, the non-profit corporation in charge of dishing out Canadian domains, is changing its registry system and streamlining the process that consumers and business go through to purchase a dot-ca address. Find out the motivation for the changes and what it will mean for Canadian Web site owners
By any other name
Thursday, April 04, 2002
By any other name
There was a time when, if your company didn’t have a .com at the end of its name, it was a sign of its rapidly on-setting demise. In the dot-com boom era, companies that had failed to “dot-com” were considered dinosaurs soon to be overthrown by young new upstarts with an attitude and a snazzy name.
Dot-ca overseers clamp down on cybersquatters
Monday, September 24, 2001
Dot-ca overseers clamp down on cybersquatters
Dot-ca bandits look out. Businesses and individuals denied their desired dot-ca Internet domain names because of bad faith registrations — commonly known as cybersquatting — will soon have an alternative to the long and costly process of going to court.
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