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Nearly every country has an organisation for the technical management of domain names with specific extensions (such as .be). But what does a 'registry' do?

Art. 15 and 17 of the EU 'Copyright in the Digital Single Market' directive are causing considerable controversy. What do these texts imply?

The transition from Internet Protocol v4 to IPv6 is well under way. But what happened to the IPv5, if it had ever existed? A corner of the veil is lifted.

A good domain is worth money – at times, a great deal of money. This has over the years led to certain practices concerning domains that would raise eyebrows. One of these is reverse domain hijacking. What is it exactly, and how can you guard yourself from it?

There are different methods to obtain a domain name. One of them is domain drop catching – registering a domain name once its registration has expired. How does it work and where lies the danger for you?

But what exactly is IPv6, and what is it used for? A crystal clear explanation of all you need to know about it.

You see them sometimes on the Internet: websites with addresses that end in a non-standard extension, such as domain name .gb.com or domain name.se.com.

The Domain Name System (DNS) is a naming system whereby domain names are converted to IP addresses.