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.UK WHOIS Ends 9 Feb 2027: Check Your Domain With RDAP

Nominet retires .UK WHOIS on 9 February 2027. Find your registrar with one RDAP curl command, check your login, and move old WHOIS scripts over.

October 31, 202618 min read

DNS & security

Let's Encrypt Adds Checks Nov 10: Keep Renewals Working

Let's Encrypt plans to validate from seven locations from 10 November 2026. Test your challenge path and fix geo blocks, WAF challenges and bad redirects.

October 31, 202618 min read

A domain dashboard with a globe, blank extension tiles, renewal arrows, a privacy shield and verification check marks.

DNS & security

ICANN's 1,615 New Domain Applications: What Site Owners Should Do

ICANN revealed 1,615 new top-level domain applications on 7 October 2026. Here is the real timeline and the domain checks worth doing right now.

October 30, 202615 min read

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