Garrett Saundry, Author at Webnames Blog

Chrome to Stop Supporting Symantec Family of SSL Certificates

Action Required by Most  GeoTrust, RapidSSL and Thawte to Customers to Remain Trusted by World’s Most Popular Browser As you may be aware, in early 2017 the developers of Google’s Chrome web browser formally expressed concern regarding evidence that Symantec had failed on multiple occasions to properly conduct required validation prior to the issuance of…

ICANN IRTP Update: New Changes to Domain Transfers

On December 1, 2016, changes to ICANN’s Inter-Registrar Transfer Policy (IRTP) will go into effect. Changes to ICANN’s Inter-Registrar Transfer Policy (IRTP), the policy governing how domains are transferred between registrars and registrants, will go into effect on December 1, 2016. The ICANN IRTP, the policy governing how domains are transferred between registrars and registrants,…

New OpenSSL Vulnerability Discovered

Webnames.ca would like to notify all customers that our servers have not been affected by the OpenSSL Security Advisory issued on June 5th 2014 and that your information, data and privacy remain secure. This recently discovered SSL vulnerability again affects the popular OpenSSL encryption software, and comes only weeks after the infamous Heartbleed vulnerability. The…

CIRA Proposes Revised Policy on French Characters in .CA Domain Names

The Canadian Internet Registration Authority (CIRA) is in the midst of a public consultation http://idnconsultation.ca on the use of Internationalized Domain Names (IDNs) in the .CA domain. Specifically, CIRA is proposing to support the use of French characters in .CA domain names. After making an initial proposal and conducting an extensive consultation in 2011, CIRA…

Webnames.ca President Cybele Negris Speaks at TEDxCapU November 5th

On Saturday, November 5th , Cybele Negris, Webnames’ President, will be a speaker at the TEDxCapU.  Cybele’s talk will address technology in an event themed: R U READY?, that is all about the impact of change on business. “The speed of change in Technology, Expectations, Demographics is frustrating, challenging, exciting and resource-consuming! Change also presents…