Tucows acquires wholesale domain registrar Ascio Technologies
Earlier this morning, our parent company, Tucows Inc. released some exciting news: we’ve officially acquired Ascio Technologies, another wholesale domain registrar that, like OpenSRS, is dedicated to supporting a … Continue Reading
OpenSRS’ Tiered Access Directory: a look at the numbers
Tucows’ Tiered Access Compliance & Operations portal (which we commonly refer to as a “Tiered Access Directory” or “gated Whois”) launched at the end of May 2018. With its … Continue Reading
What does data privacy mean to you?
For Data Privacy Day 2019, we wanted to do something a little bit different.
Regular readers will know that we write about things like the … Continue Reading
ICANN Updates: New Transfer Policy, RDAP, and Privacy and Proxy Service Accreditation
This is the third post in our series on the ICANN 63 conference that was held in Barcelona in October 2018. You can also take … Continue Reading
Domain Names and Their Influence on SEO
Guest Author: Alisha Shibli
Alisha is a Content Marketing Specialist at Radix, the registry behind some of the most successful new domain extensions, including .STORE and .TECH. You can connect with … Continue Reading
ICANN 63 Recap: “Unified Access” to Registration Data
This is the second post in our series on the ICANN 63 conference that was held in Barcelona in October 2018. Before diving in, we recommend taking a look … Continue Reading
Comodo CA has rebranded as Sectigo
For the past two decades, Comodo CA has provided digital identity solutions to both enterprises and small businesses, issuing more than 100 million SSL certificates … Continue Reading
ICANN 63 Recap: EPDP and Temp Spec Updates
TL;DR: Much of the ICANN 63 conference focused on the GDPR’s effects on our industry. We’ve recapped the EPDP team’s work, focusing on the possible policy outcomes that could most … Continue Reading
Greater Email Security with Two-Factor Authentication and App Passwords
OpenSRS Hosted Email enables our domain resellers to offer custom email addresses to their clients. What sells most people on our Email solution is that it’s easy for resellers to … Continue Reading
What ICANN’s Temporary Specification Means for Domain Resellers
On May 17, 2018, ICANN issued a “Temporary Specification for gTLD Registration Data,” the purpose of which is to provide ICANN’s contracted parties (registrars and registries) a path towards compliance with … Continue Reading