ICANN Unleashes Historic 'New gTLD Program'

In June 2011 the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) approved the new gTLD Program Guidebook and made a historic decision to initiate the new gTLD process.

At the 41st International Meeting in Singapore, ICANN’s decision was met by enthusiastic cheering and a standing ovation. The meeting, attended by some of the biggest names in Domain Industry, saw the ICANN board approve the new gTLD program with a vote of 13 to 1.

This development quickly became the biggest news the Domain Industry has seen in recent times. Our business partner, who was one of the few Industry leaders at the event, had some truly remarkable words to say:

“We witnessed history in the making on Monday when after 6 years the ICANN board finally approved the launch of new gTLDs. This is a once in a lifetime, iconic moment for our industry, and an exciting time. We’ve been at the forefront of the domain name industry for nearly a decade now we intend on aggressively commit ourselves to the new gTLD process too.”

Anyone can apply for new gTLDs

Currently, applicants ranging from brands like Canon (.CANON) to industries like Music (.MUSIC) and hotels (.HOTEL) have been identified.
The Application process is slated to begin early next year, with the possibility of seeing new extensions sometime in 2013.

What you should know

The new gTLDs will have an immense impact on this Industry, the full potential of which we’ll see only in the years to come. For now, everything you or your Customers need to know about new gTLDs, can be found in this video released by ICANN a few days ago.

Watch what ICANN says about its 'New gTLD Program'

More about new gTLDS, along with the applicant guidebook, the history as well as announcements and updates can be found on theICANN website.

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As per a Press Release ICANN released last week, Rod Beckstrom, President and Chief Executive Officer of ICANN said,

“ICANN has opened the Internet’s naming system to unleash the global human imagination. Today’s decision respects the rights of groups to create new Top Level Domains in any language or script. We hope this allows the domain name system to better serve all of mankind.”

We couldn’t agree more and along with other Internet Community leaders, business groups and governments, we will continue working towards making this a reality!

Service Update - Disabling Port 25

As part of our efforts to minimize mail deferrals, we will be deploying a popular and simple technique to combat outbound SPAM i.e disabling Port 25 for MUAs (such as outlook, thunderbird etc). Port 25 will be disabled in the third week of January and we will announce the final date soon.

Port 587 has already been enabled as a replacement and we encourage all Customers to enable Port 587 for SMTP connections.

To change the SMTP Port you need to enable Port 587 in the following way:

• Outlook: Tools >> Account Settings >> Email >> Change >> More Settings >> Advanced >> Outgoing server (SMTP)

• Thunderbird: Tools >> Account Settings >> Outgoing server (SMTP) >> Edit >> Port

Coupled with SPF and DKIM that we launched earlier, disabling Port 25 will help ensure a more stable and seamless email experience for all the Customers.

IMPORTANT UPDATE : LINUX Hosting - Modifications in your .HTACCESS files‏

All LINUX Hosting Customers

After investigating a certain hack, we've discovered a certain vulnerability in the cPanel set-up which could potentially allow an attacker to gain access to files and databases from other packages.

To prevent issues arising from the above, we have disabled the use of "Options +FollowSymlinks" in the .htaccess file. If a website is using that code, you will receive a "500 Internal Server Error" while browsing that directory.
(Most Joomla/Wordpress/Drupal content management systems use the line of code in their .htaccess files).

As a workaround, you will need to replace "FollowSymlinks" with "symlinksifownermatch" as its more safer option from the .htaccess file. We already have "SymlinkIfOwnerMatch" enabled for entire "/home" directory.

The vulnerability was a real concern, which is why the changes needed to go live immediately. We do apologize if you have encountered a "500 Internal Server Error" owing to the change.

NOTE : Older Linux Hosting packages (before cPanel) will not be affected by this modification.

You are always free to get in touch with our Support Team incase you have any clarifications in this regard.

Sincerely,
KLIK247 Support

WWW Trends - July 2009

Free Domain Forwarding Service - GO LIVE!

As announced earlier, our Domain Forwarding Service will be provided absolutely FREE from the 9th of August. To ensure a seamless launch, here are a list of updates and modifications that customers should make a note of.

Domain Forwarding Sign-up and Setup:
* All accounts on the system will be signed up for the Free Domain Forwarding Service on the 9th of August
* All Customer sign-ups post 9th August will be automatically signed up for this service

Activating Free Domain Forwarding:
In order to activate the Free Domain Forwarding Service, Customers will need to:

* Navigate to the associated Product Management Console
* Click on the "Free Domain Forwarding" button
* Click on the "Activate Domain Forwarding" button
* Once successfully activated, the "Activate Domain Forwarding" button will be replaced by a "Manage Domain Forwarding" button

Nameserver Information:
1. If the Domain Name using the service is registered through us, but the nameservers are not the same as those required, our system will prompt the Customer by displaying an "Auto Update Nameservers" button. On clicking this button, the nameservers will be updated automatically.

2. If the Domain Name is not registered with us, the required nameservers will be displayed to the Customer. The auto-update option will not be available.

Impact on Existing Orders:
1. If the Domain Forwarding order is associated with one or more Products in the system, Customers will simply need to search for the Product associated with the Domain Forwarding Service and access the management console from the "Order Details View". Alternatively, Customers can use the widget on the Control Panel homepage to locate their Domain Forwarding Service.

2. If the Domain Forwarding order is not associated with any other Product in the system, Customers can use the widget on the Control Panel homepage to locate their Domain Forwarding Service.

For more details please contact us via support@klik247.com or tweet us @klik247.