Garrett Saundry, Author at Webnames Blog

What to Know About Recent Fraudulent Domain Renewal Emails

Garrett Saundry — Thu, 09 Apr 2026 21:42:54 +0000

Out of an abundance of caution, our team at Webnames.ca would like to draw attention to a wave of misleading renewal messages being sent to domain owners across Canada, including some customers of Webnames.ca. These messages can be easy to mistake for a legitimate renewal notice, as they have been written and designed to mimic renewal…

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Webnames API: Powerfully Automating Domain and DNS Management at Scale

Garrett Saundry — Mon, 03 Nov 2025 21:25:52 +0000

Administering sizeable domain name portfolios and DNS settings can be tedious and time-consuming, especially for organizations overseeing a large number of domain names, DNS records, online services, and SSL certificates. That’s why Webnames has modernized its JSON/REST API to make domain and DNS management faster, more secure, and easier to automate. What’s an API —…

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Chrome to Stop Supporting Symantec Family of SSL Certificates

Garrett Saundry — Mon, 11 Sep 2017 19:35:02 +0000

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…

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ICANN IRTP Update: New Changes to Domain Transfers

Garrett Saundry — Wed, 30 Nov 2016 17:57:03 +0000

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,…

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New OpenSSL Vulnerability Discovered

Garrett Saundry — Thu, 05 Jun 2014 20:18:24 +0000

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…

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New gTLDs and the Trademark Clearinghouse: What you need to know

Garrett Saundry — Tue, 30 Jul 2013 16:34:39 +0000

It has been years in the making but new generic Top Level Domains (gTLDs) are set to launch this year. Once all the new domain extensions begin to launch things will happen at a furious pace. The first domains are expected to be released between the end of September and the end of October 2013.…

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Internet Security Tips from Webnames.ca Support Team

Garrett Saundry — Thu, 06 Jun 2013 16:28:11 +0000

The Internet is an integral part of our society, and continues to be a great research tool that can be accessible anywhere around the world. Since the internet is accessible to anyone, it presents potential risks that “hackers” can exploit. Here are a few internet safety tips directly from our customer support team member, Sean…

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Happy Holidays! 2012 Year in Review at Webnames.ca

Garrett Saundry — Fri, 21 Dec 2012 00:43:49 +0000

Another Great Year at Webnames.ca in 2012 A message from our President: Webnames.ca had another extremely productive year with key product launches and upgrades. We continue to live our core values to “amaze every customer with exceptional service”, maintaining an average under one minute response time in our contact centre. We continue to be very…

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

Garrett Saundry — Fri, 27 Jan 2012 00:16:15 +0000

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…

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Happy Holidays! 2011 Year in Review at Webnames.ca

Garrett Saundry — Wed, 21 Dec 2011 21:50:07 +0000

A message from our President: As another successful year draws to a close, on behalf of everyone at Webnames.ca I’d like to thank all of you for your business, for being a part of our growth and helping us give back to the community we serve. We’ve accomplished a lot in the past year with…

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Webnames.ca is Proud to Sponsor vansunkidsfund.ca

Garrett Saundry — Thu, 10 Nov 2011 23:30:22 +0000

After a particularly frustrating day this September, Carrie Gelson, a teacher at Seymour Elementary, an inner city school in Vancouver, sat down and wrote an open letter to the people of Vancouver. In it, she voiced her frustration with the difficulties of trying to teach children who come to school hungry, cold and emotionally stressed. …

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$12.50 Domain Pricing is Now Available from Webnames.ca!

Garrett Saundry — Wed, 02 Nov 2011 18:14:47 +0000

Webnames.ca is happy to announce the launch of our new Retail Pricing Program. This new program allows you to qualify for industry leading domain pricing based on the number of domains and/or services within your Webnames.ca account. Get domain pricing as low as $12.50/year! Our Retail Pricing Program is broken down in to two price…

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

Garrett Saundry — Fri, 21 Oct 2011 19:25:48 +0000

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…

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.CA To Be Released Domain Picks for October 12th, 2011

Garrett Saundry — Wed, 05 Oct 2011 17:53:33 +0000

Below are our “top picks” from this week’s CIRA TBR (to-be-released) domains list. The TBR for October 12th, 2011 has lots of great names, so pre-book your favourite .CA domains early. We publish a “top picks” list each week after CIRA publishes its latest batch of expiring dot-CA domains. CIRA adds more domains to the…

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Webnames.ca Announces $4.99 .CA Pricing this October

Garrett Saundry — Mon, 03 Oct 2011 19:00:24 +0000

Webnames.ca is excited to announce $4.99* pricing on all new 1 year .CA domain registrations in October! Show your visitors you’re Canadian with a new .CA domain name. There is no better time to register than now! Why .CA? Show your visitors you are proudly Canadian .CA was the second fastest growing ccTLD this year…

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Webnames.ca Introduces New Domain Transfer Pricing

Garrett Saundry — Tue, 27 Sep 2011 18:00:53 +0000

Webnames.ca is happy to announce new lower Domain Transfer Pricing. Take advantage of our industry leading customer support, now at an even better price. Transfer your .CA or .COM from your current Registrar to Webnames.ca for only $13.00! .NET, .ORG, .BIZ and many other domain extension transfer prices have also gone down. See Full Pricing…

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Webnames.ca Introduces Professional Video Marketing

Garrett Saundry — Wed, 14 Sep 2011 18:16:06 +0000

Webnames.ca is proud to announce our partnership with BBN3 Video to bring you professional Video Services, quickly and at a great price. With 30, 60 or 90 second options to choose from, select the option that best suits your specific needs. Why Video? Video is hugely popular, YouTube being the 2nd most actively used search…

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.XXX Sunrise B Registration Period Starts September 7th

Garrett Saundry — Tue, 30 Aug 2011 18:33:19 +0000

The Sunrise B Registration Phase for .XXX allows trademark owners to protect their trademarks by blocking their names from being registered.This phase starts September 7th and runs until October 28th, 2011 (52 days). Webnames.ca is accredited with ICM Registry to accept Sunrise B applications and pre-registrations for General Availability for the new, sponsored top-level .XXX…

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Webnames Introduces New SSL & EV SSL Certificates Starting from just $115/year

Garrett Saundry — Wed, 24 Aug 2011 19:22:43 +0000

Webnames.ca is excited to announce the expansion of our current GeoTrust SSL certificate offerings with the addition of several certificates from the leading brands in internet security, GeoTrust and VeriSign. Choose from our wide range of SSL Certificates, including EV SSL with the green address bar. Security your visitors can trust If you collect personal…

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CIRA implements revised CDRP Policy and Rules

Garrett Saundry — Tue, 09 Aug 2011 21:40:53 +0000

The CIRA Domain Name Dispute Resolution Policy (CDRP), which has been in effect since 2002, is a forum which is intended to provide quick, out-of-court arbitrations at relatively low cost for .CA domain names registered in bad faith Last summer, CIRA (The Canadian Internet Registration Authority), held a public consultation on it’s CDRP to gather…

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