Tag: dns
DNS resolver web-blocking case back in court in Germany
Italian court upholds web-blocking order against Cloudflare’s DNS resolver
Court Upholds Piracy Blocking Order Against Cloudflare’s 1.1.1.1 DNS Resolver
Cloudflare’s defenses failed to gain traction in court and its appeal was dismissed. DNS blocking may not be a perfect solution, but that doesn’t mean that Cloudflare can’t be compelled to intervene. […] Cloudflare believes that these types of orders set a dangerous precedent. The company previously said that it hadn’t actually blocked content through the 1.1.1.1 Public DNS Resolver. Instead, it implemented an “alternative remedy” to comply with the Italian court order.
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DNS resolvers hit out at the music industry’s web-blocking orders
Web3 DNS Provider Could Lose Its Domain. The Only Person Who Can Renew It is In Jail
“That’s because the only person with the authority to renew the domain, Virgil Griffith, is serving a 63-month prison sentence for helping North Koreans use cryptocurrencies to circumvent sanctions and has been unable to renew the domain from prison.”
According to a notice domain registrar GoDaddy published on its website late Friday, eth.link expired on July 26 and is set to return to a domain registry on Sept. 5, where it will be up for grabs for anyone who is able to take it.
ENS DAO is a decentralized autonomous organization (DAO) that governs the Ethereum Name Service protocol, a Web3 version of a Domain Name Service provider. ENS is the protocol behind the numerous .eth names that have popped up throughout the Ethereum community. Users have bought .eth names as a way to own their own domains. ENS names can then be tied to your wallet address, making it easier for users to send and receive crypto (instead of having to type out a long, complex Ethereum address)…. The DAO relied on the eth.link site to provide access to information about all ENS names.
ENS DAO is already advising its users to switch over to eth.limo, another community operated domain.
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