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- 11 Feb 2014
Prolexic Issues High Alert Threat Advisory for DNS Flooder DDoS Attack Toolkit
Prolexic Technologies, the global leader in Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) protection services, has issued a high alert DDoS attack threat advisory on the DNS Flooder v1.1 toolkit. The toolkit…
- 12 Jul 2017
ICANN, ISOC & AFTLD Prepare For 5th Africa DNS Forum
The fifth Africa Domain Name System (DNS) Forum is being organized by the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN), in partnership with the Internet Society (ISOC) and the Africa…
- 28 Jun 2017
NIRA Seeks Media Support on DNS Awareness
The Nigeria Internet Registration Association (NiRA) has called on the media to support towards educating the public on the Domain Name System (DNS), as an emerging industry in the country. According…
- 26 Jun 2017
ICANN’s Report Shows African DNS Market Worth $52m
The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) has released its Final Report on Africa Domain Name System (DNS) Market Study. The study serves as part of ICANN's outreach efforts to…
- 27 Jan 2017
ICANN Seeks Increased Support To DNS Industry within Africa
The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) has called for increased support to the Domain Name System (DNS) industry within the African Continent. Göran Marby, President of ICANN…
- 29 Nov 2017
Nira Reiterates Passion to Develop DNS Industry In Africa
By peter oluka The Nigeria Internet Registration Association (NiRA) has reiterated its passion to deepen DNS industry in Africa. In lieu of this, NiRA Academy was set up as an entity charged with the…
- 28 Nov 2015
NiRA Willing to Partner Registrars to Bridge Gap in DNS Industry
The Nigeria Internet Registration Association (NiRA) has declared her readiness to partner as many Registrars and affiliates as possible to bridge the gap in the DNS Industry in Nigeria. Sunday…
- 23 Jan 2016
NiRA Is Committed to Grooming Entrepreneurs in DNS Industry- Folayan
Sunday Folayan, president of the Nigeria Internet Registration Association (NiRA) has reaffirmed the Association’s committed plan to boosting entrepreneurial growth in the Domain Name System (DNS)…
- 26 Jul 2017
IPv6, Security On Front Burner as 5th Africa DNS Forum Begins
The fifth Africa Domain Names System Forum (DNS) Forum commenced Wednesday in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, to end on Friday; with discussions on the Internet Protocol version six (IPv6) and securing the…
- 7 Jul 2017
The African DNS Market and Echoes of ICANN 59
I led the NiRA delegation to the just concluded ICANN 59 Public Meeting held in Johannesburg, South Africa from 26th to 29th June 2017. Because the meeting held in Africa, more focus was on our…
- 9 Jul 2015
NiRA Says Africa DNS 2015 Forum as Leapfrog for Domain Services on Continent
Stakeholders from around the globe, in the African Domain name business gathered recently in Nairobi, Kenya, for the third edition of the Africa Domain Name System Forum 2015, to discuss the…
- 15 Feb 2017
Nigeria’s Webhosting, DNS Industry Set to Become Largest in Africa- Ajao
Oluniyi Ajao is the manager, Web4Africa, an Internet Entrepreneur and Technology Enthusiast. He was an author with ‘Global Voices Online’ for six years, aggregating blog posts from West Africa.…
- 27 Jan 2017
NIRA, Kenictld Building ‘United Africa’ in DNS Industry, Sign MoU
Nigeria Internet Registration Association (NIRA), the managers of .ng Country Top Level Domain (ccTLD), has stepped up its African and global presence with the signing of a Memorandum of…
- 10 Aug 2015
NiRA to Discuss .ng Domain Name Relevance to Internet Governance
The Nigeria internet Registration Association (NiRA) has identified that who manages the Internet and how the Internet is governed as constantly discussed in the domain name system (DNS) requires…
- 18 Aug 2016
US to Hand over Power of the Internet's Naming System
The US government's 20-year role in governing a crucial part of the internet is about to end. Starting October 1, the US will no longer have power over the domain naming system (DNS), the US…
- 2 Oct 2017
ICANN Delays Changing Keys Protecting Domain Name System
By peter oluka The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers ("ICANN") Thursday announced that the plan to change the cryptographic key that helps protect the Domain Name System (DNS) is…
- 20 Nov 2024
ICANN Empowers Underrepresented Communities with New gTLD Applicant Support Program
The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN), the nonprofit organization that coordinates the Domain Name System (DNS), announced today the opening of the Applicant Support Program…
- 12 Jun 2020
Junaid, Adebayo, Olodo for 2nd ITREALMS-DigitalSENSE Webinar Series
The speakers for the second edition of the ITREALMS digital rights webinar series in collaboration with DigitalSENSE Africa, DNS Women – Nigeria and NaijaAgroNet, has been confirmed, with the: ‘Women…
- 1 Sept 2017
ICANN Moves to Change Internet's Master Key
The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) for the first time, is about to change the cryptographic keys that help secure the Internet's Domain Name System (DNS). ICANN is a…
- 13 Feb 2017
HTTPS,. Ng Adoption to Increase this Year- Web4Africa
Nigeria’s web hosting and domain name system (DNS) industry has been tipped to witness massive growth in the year 2017. Sunday Folayan, president, Nigeria Internet Registration Association (NIRA),…
- 1 Feb 2017
NiRA Opens Nomination for .ng Awards 2017
The Nigeria Internet Registration Association (NIRA) seeks to recognize and acknowledge those who are contributing to the growth of the .ng domain name registration and the promotion of the DNS…
- 20 Mar 2018
NIRA to Honour Nigerian Internet Innovators @ .ng Awards
NiRA seeks to recognize and acknowledge those who are contributing to the growth of the .ng domain name registration and promotion of the DNS Industry. Using the .ng Awards, NIRA celebrates the…
- 16 May 2021
Cloudflare Launches New Security Key-Based Replacement for CAPTCHA
Cloudflare, which you may know as a provider of DNS services or the company telling you why the website you clicked on won’t load, wants to replace the “madness” of CAPTCHAs across the web with an…
- 2 Aug 2019
Remmy Nweke Urges Media Patriotism on dotNG, Says Pros are Original Social Influencers
Mr. Remmy Nweke, Lead Strategist and Group Executive Editor at DigitalSENSE Africa Media has urged Nigerian media practitioners to be patriotic about the country’s code Top Level Domain (ccTLD),.…
- 13 Jun 2024
Nigeria Ranks Second as Africa Domain Name Registrations Hit 4.33m
In the latest study commissioned by the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) in collaboration with PowerSoft Africa, Nigeria moved up to second place in the Africa Domain Name…
- 21 Sept 2018
ICANN Set to Change Internet's Address Book
The board of directors for the Internet Corporation of Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) has approved plans for the first-ever changing of the cryptographic key that helps protect the Domain Name…
- 1 Nov 2015
Imperva Incapsula DDoS Trend Report
As our recent Imperva Incapsula DDoS Trend Report points out that Persistent attacks entail losses of hundreds of thousands of dollars-if not millions. Businesses today need solutions that can help…
- 16 Jun 2017
ICANN Prepares for Annual Meeting ‘ICANN59’ In Africa
The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN), is set to hold its annual meetings ‘ICANN5’ at the Sandton Convention Centre, Johannesburg on 25-29 June 2017. ICANN is expecting…
- 22 Jun 2017
ICANN Holds 2nd African Law Enforcement Capacity Building Workshop in S/A
Building on the success of the first workshop held in Nairobi, Kenya in January 2017, the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) and Governmental Advisory Committee (GAC) under…
- 14 Mar 2017
Internet Community Needs ‘Diversity’ to Accommodate Next Generation- Marby
Göran Marby, Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN’s) President and CEO, has stressed the need for members of the internet community to make conscious efforts towards…