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About the use of cookies on norid.no

…personal ID and applicant’s declaration During visit Google reCAPTCHA Guidelines from Google norid _zonemaster _gui_session Necessary for DNS-checker During visit IDE Collects data on the users and their activity on…

Norwegian domain names more secure with DNSSEC

…service in question uses. Google is among those who have experienced problems with this issue. In some cases, certificates have been issued for some of Google’s domain names that have…

About the use of cookies on norid.no

…from Google reCAPTCHA and Google Analytics (see below), none of these services transfer data to others. We use the service Google Analytics to map the use of a website as…

30 years of Norwegian domain names

…from newspapers – on actual paper – or the Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation. In newsrooms, editors started their day by going through the several metres of telex notices that had come…

The domain market: Are the rules of the game changing?

…necessarily compatible with rapid growth. Another example includes top-level domains that have not been registered for the purpose of resale, such as .statoil and .bbc. The world’s largest top-level domains…

Online presence – where and how?

…business model that focuses on growth. Having a user profile is free, the service is financed by running ads in various forms. Seeing as the different social media attract different…

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The tug of war over the Internet goes on

…as Greek and Russian. 100,000 characters are needed to represent the written languages in the world, which are estimated to be 7,000. The 26 Latin characters can only represent 100…

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Need of knowledge on Internet and domain names

…anything can be registered as a top level domain. Google can for instance register .google as an alternative to google.com, and thus control all addresses that are registered within this…

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Operations and load remain regular

Business as usual is not normally considered to be newsworthy. However, considering the situation in Norway and the rest of the world has dealt with over the last few months,…

All of the world’s top-level domains

…domains in the world. Norid used to publish a copy of this list, but that is no longer the case. Go to IANA’s list of all the world‘s top-level domains…

What is the Internet Governance Forum?

…arranged several world conferences that they called «World Summit on the Information Society» (WSIS), where the various possibilities for governing the internet were discussed. WSIS decided that they would not…

Plans to utilize .bv shelved

…opportunity to use this domain resource. SIDN runs one of the world’s largest top-level domains, and they are highly recognized internationally for their professional operations. A collaboration would have given…

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Norid in the final for the CENTR Awards

…other geographical terms (.berlin and .amsterdam) and trademarks (.statoil, .bbc). There are strong conflicts of interest connected to this, and there have been discussions between different interest groups over many…

Domain conflicts in the legal system

…many use daily: dagbladet.no, vg.no, google.com and facebook.com. The last part of the domain name – its “last name” – is the top-level domain the domain name is registered under….

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Watch out for domain scammers

…just short of 300 different top level domains today, either of the national kind like .no or .se, or the generic kind like .com or .net. It is up to…

Events and seminars

…the world face new challenges when it comes to security; we hear terms like «digital sovereignty» – how will security policy and other political considerations influence the Internet structure and…

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Domain scammers are at it again

…domain names under several top-level domains in any case, though? Today there are some 1,500 different top-level domains worldwide, either country codes, such as .no or .se, traditional generic top-level…

Possible use of .bv

News article first published 19 September 2014 Norid is negotiating with the Dutch registry, SIDN, about a collaboration to make the .bv top-level domain available to the Dutch market. We…

Problems with the subscription

…end before sounding the alarm. Make sure all software is up to date, check for any loose cables, and make sure your router is working properly. A simple Google search…

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Internet usage increases – trust varies

…domain name 5. With its own domain name, the business itself – the domain holder – is free to set the rules for the content and decide what the domain…

How the domain name system works

…known as the DNS, works. For a user, the value of the internet lies in the services that run on the technical infrastructure. The most well known services are web…

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Norid has taken over the administration of priv.no

Under the current rules, private individuals in Norway can register domain names within the generic domain priv.no. Norid wants to maintain this option and has therefore taken over the management…

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Smooth launch of private domain names

After a successful introduction of priv.no, the Norwegian Post and Telecommunications Authority drew lots today to decide the order in which multiple applications for the same domain names should be…

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Big tasks ahead

…the development demands alot of resources from all parts of Norid. Norid’s own technicians do most of the programming. The same technicians are responsible for keeping today‘s system running faultlessly…

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Steady increase of domain names

…as fundamental and important today as they were ten years ago, and there is no competing technology in sight. Thank you, I’ll take both Facebook and other social media channels…

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Norid transferring to new owner

…and later as a subsidiary. Uninett develops and operates the digital foundation for education and research in Norway, and it was natural that the responsibility for running the registry for…

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Increased security with new registrar agreement

…in June and September. – Today we have fewer registrars than before this shift, but can state that the competition between registrars within different customer segments still works, and that…

Key figures

…2020 we exceeded 800,000. Number of domain names under .no The graph shows the development in the number of new registrations of domain names per year from 1999 until today….

Domain name policy models

…are screened through the different requirements, and the “first come, first served” rule does not apply until all requirements are met. This results in a lower potential for conflicts regarding…

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DNS for dummies

…system can work seamlessly for all countries and all top-level domains in the world? You may become a little wiser if you take a look into this information from the…

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Norwegian domain names for everyone

…stable and among the most secure in the world. We are very pleased to extend this service to private individuals, says Hege Ossletten, Acting Managing Director of Norid. Initiating with…

Frequently asked questions

…registrar for a particular domain name is? How do I find out who the contact person for a particular domain name is? What are the rules for using data from…

New domain name

…of each domain name in the entire world. On our pages you can find out if the domain name you want is available. For the actual registration, you must go…

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Plans to utilize .bv shelved

runs one of the world’s largest top-level domains, and they are highly recognized internationally for their professional operations. A collaboration would have given the opportunity for valuable exchange of knowledge…

Administrative model for the .no domain

rules concerning the allocation of domain names. This document describes the Norwegian administrative model, and other relevant international frameworks. Administrative model for the Norwegian top-level domains International frameworks Other factors…