http://blog.cira.ca Byron Holland's Perspectives on the Internet and Domain Space. Thu, 11 Mar 2010 19:59:20 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en The deadline for the ShowUsYour.CA contest is fast approaching. So far, we’ve received videos from a musician, graphic designers and artists, and even a class of grade five students who produce their own podcast. If you haven’t watched the video submissions yet, I encourage you to go to our YouTube ... http://blog.cira.ca/2010/03/showusyour-ca/ When you type an address into a web browser, many things happen ‘behind the scenes’. Most of the time you get the website you were looking for. But what happens if you make a mistake typing in the address, or the address you are looking for doesn’t exist? Ideally (at ... http://blog.cira.ca/2010/03/dns-redirection/ Today, CIRA launched the ShowUsYour.CA contest, and it’s not like anything we’ve done before. We’re inviting all .CA website holders to make a short video about why their .CA website is the best. There are more than 1.3 million .CA domains out there, and each one of them has a story. ... http://blog.cira.ca/2010/02/show-us-your-ca-contest/ Recently, CIRA became a member of the Ottawa Internet Exchange, or OTTIX.   Fundamentally, OTTIX is a network bridge between Ottawa-based organizations, including Internet Service Providers (ISPs), universities, large corporations, and government. This network bridge results in local network traffic taking shorter, faster paths between member networks, alleviating congestion on major ... http://blog.cira.ca/2010/02/internet-exchanges/ Last week I blogged about the three strikes approach that some countries are looking at and that may be a part of the Anti-Counterfeiting and Trade Agreement (ACTA). While that post focused on some of the potential issues around taking such an approach in the context of the ACTA, it ... http://blog.cira.ca/2010/02/internet-service-provider-gatekeeper-to-the-internet/ This week, representatives from various nations will gather in Guadalajara, Mexico to discuss the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement, or ACTA. ACTA is an agreement being negotiated by several countries, including Australia, Canada, the European Union, Japan, Mexico, Morocco, New Zealand, United Arab Emirates, and the United States. The main objective of ACTA ... http://blog.cira.ca/2010/01/the-anti-counterfeiting-trade-agreement/ We’re making some pretty significant changes here at CIRA. In fact, we’re rewriting our registry system which will make the registration process easier for Canadians and ensure a reliable, robust and secure registry for many years. I’m going to be blogging about the rewrite in the future, and we’re going to ... http://blog.cira.ca/2010/01/ca-registry-rewrite/ At CIRA, we’ve recently taken some pretty significant steps into the social media world. It started with this blog. Now we’ve got a presence on SlideShare, YouTube, Faceboook, Twitter (including my account and CIRANews), and LinkedIn. We’re also looking at ways to make our website more interactive and we’re working on ... http://blog.cira.ca/2010/01/cira-and-social-media/ CIRA is the organization that manages the dot-ca domain space on behalf of all Canadians. It’s a big job, and it’s our Board of Directors who set the policies and strategies that steer our work. For that reason, we need to ensure the Board membership provides the diverse set of skills ... http://blog.cira.ca/2010/01/ciras-nomination-committee/ In my last posting I highlighted some of the issues I think will be hot for 2010.  A friend and colleague, Mathieu Weill, reminded me of a good one that I did not cover: “It is the Internet, so expect the unexpected!”  I probably should have made that my number ... http://blog.cira.ca/2010/01/happy-new-year/