Now Available!
Unified Communication Certificates

COMODO Unified Communication Certificates (UCC) are available at HEXONET. Designed for securing multiple unique domains (including subdomains) on Microsoft Exchange or Office Communications Server, a SINGLE UC Certificate will reduce certificate costs and maintenance overhead.

What this Certificate is used for

For online businesses that use MS® Exchange 2007 and up) or Office Communications Server 2007, secure all your domains such as mail.yourdomain.com, autodiscover.yourdomain.com, exchange1.yourdomain.local, under one UC Certificate. Comodo certificates allow you to maintain a high level of security with strong encryption and ID verification capabilities. A UCC is an easy, comprehensive and economic alternative to securing all your domains and subdomains under just one certificate.

Unique and Key Feature of UCC

Unlike standard certificate, a UCC uses the Subject Alternative Name (SAN) field, which allows any number of different domain names or common names to be used. This allows you to take advantage of reducing your cost of securing your main website along with your mailserver by combing both servers into a single UCC. One UCC for example can cover the following with tremendous savings:

  • exampledomain.com
  • mail.exampledomain.com
  • internal.exampledomain.net
  • product.exampledomain.info
  • product2.exampldomain.asia

Pricing available on our pricing page here.

AT News and Reports
Austria has a "Domain Capital"

NIC.AT, the official registry of the country-code Top-Level-Domain of Austria, has recently released their second NIC.AT report. In April, we featured a blog posting that provided the inaugural analysis and report of NIC.AT that many of you enjoyed. In this post, we would like to provide a summary of the second and newest report, including some very interesting trends and statistics.

Summary

  • The .AT ccTLD continues to be in high demand. As of July 1, 2010 the .AT zone had over 939,951 registered domains. It is expected to reach the 1,000,000 milestone by the end of this year! This is an impressive number considering that Austria does not have a huge population base.
  • Among all registrants, private individuals register an equal share of .AT domains as businesses and organisations together. Just over half (53%) of all domains are held by legal entities such as businesses and organisations, with the remainder accounted for by private individuals.
  • There is a strong appetite for .AT domains from abroad. According to NIC.AT, “Demand for .AT domains from Germany are undiminished, with almost 190,000 .AT domains currently registered with German owners. The .AT suffix is also proving increasing popular among the Swiss, and somewhat surprisingly, the English.”
  • Holzhausen? This tiny town in upper Austria with a population of 800 people is the domain capital of Austria. The number of domains registered outnumber the locals with an impressive 1.58 registered .AT domains per inhabitant.
  • The report also covered the imminent introduction of new gTLDs by ICANN (Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers). In fact, NIC.AT is leveraging their experience as a registry operator and now offers consulting services to applicants considering applying for a new gTLD. It also provides a Registry-in-a-box service to these applicants.

Why Register an .AT Domain?

  • If you run a business that operates in Austria or sells into Austria, an .AT is a must.
  • Idioms: There is an increasing use of .AT domains to capitalize on catchy domain names that represent certain English expressions / idioms that feature ‘at’ at the end or include ‘at’ in the expression. For example, Form.at, Bureaucr.at ‘good.at’, ‘targeted.at’, etc. In fact, we came across the following US-based company that operates a free online website builder for restaurants called letseat.at
  • Austria does not limit the registration of .AT only to its citizens, but allows .AT domains to be registered by anyone worldwide.

Click here to access the entire NIC.AT report.

Be sure to check out our .AT Special Promotion in September! The more .AT Domains you register the cheaper they get!

GL Now Available
HEXONET Adds .GL to TLD Offerings

HEXONET is happy to announce the immediate availability of .GL, the official ccTLD of Greenland, to the company's ever growing list of ccTLDs. HEXONET through 1API, the official house registrar of HEXONET, is among the first registrars worldwide to be offering the .GL ccTLD to the public.

Pricing

  • RESELLER Price: 297.50 (net: 250.00) DKK per Domain/Year
  • PREMIUM Price: 285.60 (net: 240.00) DKK per Domain/Year
  • PLATINUM Price: 271.32 (net: 228.00) DKK per Domain/Year
  • Restore Price: 476.00 (net: 400.00) DKK per Domain/Year

.NZ IDNs
Now Available at HEXONET

The DNC (Domain Name Commission) office of .NZ, the official ccTLD of New Zealand, made IDNs available on July 26th, 2010. Registrations using Māori words and names with the IDN characters ā, ē, ī, ō and ū are now being accepted. IDNs with .NZ domains not only function exactly as other IDN domains, but are also registered in the same manner.

       

DNSSEC

        

HEXONET now fully supports DNSSEC (Secured DNS) for a number of registries. Support for both DS based and DNSKEY based delegation ensure seamless interoperability with a wide variety of registries for today and in the future. As DNSSEC quickly becomes a standard in the industry, HEXONET is committed to helping our clients utilize this new technology to add better security for themselves as well as their customers.

Currently Supported TLDs:

- .DE: 5 KEY (RRI)
- .ORG: max=10 DS (RFC 4310)
- .SE: 6 DS (RFC 4310)
- .EU: 4 KEY (RFC 4310)

Industry Quotes About HEXONET's DNSSEC (1API is HEXONET's House Registrar)

"We congratulate 1API for passing the DNSSEC certification for .ORG and applaud them for taking a leadership role in the European registrar community for supporting DNSSEC." - Alexa Raad, CEO of .ORG, the Public Interest Registry

"As pioneer in DNSSEC, .SE welcomes 1API as a registrar that can offer DNSSEC to their customers." - Danny Aerts, CEO of .SE Registry

For more information on DNSSEC and HEXONET's Unified DNSSEC API extension, please visit our Support Wiki.

.ME & .IN - Backordering!

HEXONET (www.hexonet.net) announced June 1, 2010 the availability of more backorderable TLDs (Top-Level-Domains), including .ME, to its growing and expansive list of domains to be backordered – snapping up high-value domain names as they expire. The additional TLDs, especially .ME, elevates HEXONET’s Backordering Service into a class of its own, arguably making it the most comprehensive industry wide.

Individuals, businesses, and organizations can signup for free at HEXONET and immediately start backordering .ME and .IN domains. Backordering for other domain extensions, such as .DE, .INFO, .BIZ, .ORG, .ASIA and more are also available. Please note that .IN backorders can include Third-Level .IN domains, such as .co.in, .net.in, .org.in, .firm.in, .ind.in and .gen.in.

Pricing

  • .ME at 58.31 (net: 49.00) EUR - NEW!
  • .IN at 70.21 (net: 59.00) USD - NEW!

For more information on HEXONET's Backordering Services, please visit Backorder Information or contact our Sales Team at sales@hexonet.net.

.TV & .CC - Backordering!

As of May 11, 2010, HEXONET is accepting Backorders for .TV and .CC domains. These new TLDs are in addition to the twelve (12) other extensions offered by HEXONET's Backordering Service:

Backorders successfully obtained by HEXONET, on behalf of resellers or customers, are allocated in one of two ways. Backorders with one bid via HEXONET will immediately be pushed onto the winning reseller's or customer's account. Backorders with multiple bids through HEXONET will be equitabily allocated via an auction, in accordance to our Terms and Conditions.

Pricing

  • .TV at 70.21 (net: 59.00) USD
  • .CC at 70.21 (net: 59.00) USD

For more information on HEXONET's Backordering Services, please visit Backorder Information or contact our Sales Team at sales@hexonet.net.