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The Registration Record
A domain registry entry splits into two sets: delegation and the right of use. This map clears up what happens where, using .hu and .com as two…
Aug 18
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Attila Borcsa
The Path of Name Resolution
Typing a domain name is a question. The answer travels back through the resolver, the root server, the registry and the name server. The map shows that…
Aug 12
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Attila Borcsa
WHOIS got retired, but RDAP doesn't talk to mortals
The internet was an open phonebook for 40 years, then GDPR closed it to the public. The phonebook is still there, more complete than ever. But if you…
Aug 3
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Attila Borcsa
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July 2026
Hundreds of Companies Bought Their Own Domain Extension. Then Never Moved In.
While a custom domain ending seems like the ultimate walled garden, most past buyers never used theirs. As the 2026 round opens with a $227,000 fee…
Jul 28
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Attila Borcsa
A domain name was the off-switch for WannaCry
The WannaCry virus asked one hardcoded domain name for permission before it encrypted anything. Nobody had bought that domain yet. It was about ten…
Jul 22
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Attila Borcsa
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The domain market was born from the end of a monopoly
Until 1998 one company sold every .com. A government decision split the market in three — and that split is still the map of who to call when your…
Jul 20
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Attila Borcsa
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Two Thousand Words Hold the Namespace. Since 1994.
Jon Postel's 1994 memo on domain delegation is neither law nor standard. Yet, it still decides how over 300 country endings, from .de to .io, live and…
Jul 10
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Attila Borcsa
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Fourteen Years On, the Root Is Expanding Again. The 2012 Round Is the Handbook.
New gTLD applications close 12 Aug 2026. Building on 2012 lessons, new rules tighten controls and support entrants. October’s published list will reveal…
Jul 3
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Attila Borcsa
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June 2026
Worth more than the company on it, but easier to take than real estate
Voice.com sold for 30 million dollars. A record in a database someone else keeps, changeable by a forged letter or a warrant. The asset is real, but the…
Jun 29
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Attila Borcsa
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The Internet Was Patched in One Day. The Flaw Is Still There.
The 2008 patch that saved DNS never fixed it. Eighteen years on, the flaw sits in the protocol — and the real cure is still mostly unused.
Jun 24
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Attila Borcsa
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The Domain You Forgot to Renew Wasn't Bought. It Was Caught.
An expired domain doesn't go on sale — it drops on a fixed schedule and is caught instantly. Drop-catchers stockpile accreditations. The firms that…
Jun 16
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Attila Borcsa
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Your Link Shortener Lives Under the Law of a Country You've Never Visited
In 2010 Libya's registry deleted the vb.ly link shortener over content it deemed unlawful. Every domain hack — .ly, .ai, .tv — runs under a law its…
Jun 9
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Attila Borcsa
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