2011
International Internet Security Workshop Begins in Prague
Workshop is organized by EUROPOL and ENISA in cooperation with CSIRT.CZ, the national computer security incident response team in the Czech Republic.
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CZ.NIC brings clarity to the domain market by introducing registrar certification
As the evaluation project is intended for registrars focused on end customers.
Prague, 1 September 2011 – The popularity of the domain registration bu…
CZ.NIC and SIS - Czech DNS servers are not adequately secure
Workers on the security team of CSIRT.CZ, which is operated by the CZ.NIC association, uncovered approximately 1,500 DNS servers with a very low secu…
CSIRT.CZ applies for international accreditation
On the occasion of submitting the official request for obtaining Accredited status from the international organization TERENA TF CSIRT, the Czech Min…
Exactly one year from now, Prague will be the capital of the internet
ICANN decided at the meeting just ending in Singapore that their next European meeting, planned for 24-29 June of next year, will be held in Prague.
P…
IPv6 World Day is an unexpected success in the Czech Republic
According to the statistics of the CZ.NIC Association, the administrator of the Czech national domain, on 8 June, one in ten .cz domains was accessib…
The .CZ domain is the leader in content available over IPv6
According to statistics from the CZ.NIC Association, nearly 8 % of the content on .CZ addresses is already available over the IPv6 protocol.
Prague, 7…
CZ.NIC and NIX.CZ are the co-organisers of the annual conference Internet and Technology 11
The conference will take place on 8 and 9 June at Klub Lávka in Prague. The first day will be solely dedicated to the current issue of IPv6; 8 June i…
There are already 800,000 .CZ domains
Jubilee domain was registered at 8:20:48 a.m.
Prague, 13 May 2011 – The CZ.NIC Association, the administrator of the national .CZ domain, registered d…
CZ.NIC issues Domain Report for 2010
As of the end of 2010, the CZ.NIC Association had registered 748,801 .cz domains, representing an increase of almost 120,000 new domains compared to …
Key Internet engineers meet in Prague
The 80th jubilee IETF meeting is hosted by CZ.NIC. One of the IETF’s working groups is co-chaired by Ondřej Surý, Head of CZ.NIC Laboratories.
Prague,…
CZ.NIC participates in the development of BIND 10 and hosts an international developer meeting start
The main changes of BIND 10 compared to the previous version are for example modularity, options for individually tweaking the system to suit specifi…
85% of .CZ Domains Are Not Protected Against Fraud
The CZ.NIC Association has launched a campaign to increase awareness of the importance of domain security. A key part of the campaign is the website …
The pace of new domain registrations continues to keep up. There are already 750,000 of them
The round figure was reached at 3:20 a.m.
Prague, 6 January 2011 – Today at 3:20 a.m., the CZ.NIC association, administrator of the Czech top-level do…
2010
CZ.NIC to change prices of .CZ domains
The CZ.NIC association, administrator of the Czech top-level domain, will decrease the annual registration fee for holding a .CZ domain as of 1 Febru…
Bohemiasoft has deployed mojeID in all of its e-shops
Over 3,300 small and medium sized e-shops using systems provided by the Bohemiasoft company now support logging in using mojeID.
Prague, 14 December –…
Two CZ.NIC managers appointed to important positions in international internet organisations
These two achievements of managers of the administrator of the .CZ domain confirm the high esteem they are held in in the eyes of the international i…
CZ.NIC has a new Board of Directors
Tomáš Košňar from the CESNET association is new member of the CZ.NIC Board of Directors.
Prague, 1 December – The Collegium of the CZ.NIC Association,…
Use of diacritics in Czech domains again refused
Eight-seven percent of organisations that responded and 62 percent of ordinary Internet users surveyed objected to the introduction of the IDN system…
CZ.NIC launches a campaign for mojeID. The service has a special website
The centrepiece of the campaign is a special site, jednoheslo.cz, where users will find a summary of all the information related to mojeID.
Prague, 9 …
CZ.NIC presents tools for better communication with the authorities
The dsgui for iPhone, ZFO Editor, and DSGUI applications were created in CZ.NIC Laboratories, the research and development centre of the administrato…
CZ.NIC launches mojeID and increases comfort for using online services
The service will allow users to create their own mojeID identity (meaning “my ID” in Czech), thanks to which they will have access to online services…
39 per cent of Czech organisations do not monitor the number of visitors to their web pages
Even though internet presentations have become a commonplace element of company marketing, only 61 per cent of Czech organisations are interested in …
Czech internet users prefer e-mails with diacritics
A typical user who does not use diacritics in e-mail communication is between the age of 30 and 39 years and lives in a municipality of 100,000 inhab…
CZ.NIC Labs expand to Brno and plan university collaboration
Like the Prague headquarters, employees of the Labs will work primarily on projects concerning the security and stability of the internet and the dev…
CZ.NIC-CSIRT is an accredited member of the European network of security teams
CZNIC-CSIRT was created with the objective of minimising the risks of possible threats to national and international computer security and contributi…
There are already 700,000 .CZ domains, with the longest one being 63 characters long
According to CZ.NIC statistics, men dominate among domain holders with an 87% share, while businesses and legal entities have a 52% share.
Prague, 4 A…
CZ.NIC switches to NSEC3; is the very first to change the key algorithm
The process, finishing with a request to IANA concerning the change of the root zone key, will take the whole day and is scheduled to end around 7 PM…
DNSSEC protects more than one seventh of the Czech internet
The 100,000th DNSSEC-secured .CZ domain was registered on July 29, 20:26.
Prague 30 July 2010 – The Czech Republic is maintaining its leading position…
Disputes concerning domain .CZ follow new Rules
Probably the most important change is a new system for calculating the fees for proceedings.
Prague, 15 June - Predictable tariff scale of the Arbitra…
Fewer than two percent of Czech websites are available through IPv6
Among websites with the .CZ domain, only a small fraction is available through the IPv6 protocol – not even 11 thousands (10,127).
Prague, 8 June 2010…
CZ.NIC is preparing the introduction of the NSEC3 security technology
From today, ISPs in the Czech Republic can test NSEC3, a new version of the DNSSEC technology, on their DNS resolvers.
Prague, 4 June 2010 – From toda…
CZ.NIC BIRD Project Receives International Award
One of the largest internet peering centres in the world, London-based LINX, has granted the LINX Awards 2010 to the Czech project BIRD.
Prague, 11 Ma…
Test the new beta version of PostgreSQL in the CZ.NIC Laboratories
After Japan and the United States, the Czech Republic is only the third country where this testing marathon will take place.
Prague, 5 May - This year…
CZ.NIC Hosts Jubilee Meeting of the International Organization RIPE
Those speaking and appearing in individual discussions will include, for example, Ondřej Surý, Manager of CZ.NIC Laboratory, and Jaromír Talíř, Techn…
CZ.NIC Blocks 150 Malicious Domains since Start of Year
The reasons for shutting these domains down was that they were spreading malicious software and performing phishing attacks.
Prague 25 February 2010 -…
Good Domain Becomes Online Campaign of the Year
The Good Domain online campaign has been awarded a Silver Nutcracker at this year’s presentation of prestigious advertising prizes.
Prague 3 March 201…
A Great Day for the Security of Czech Internet
The Czech Republic is one of the most active countries in terms of introducing the DNSSEC technology.
Prague, 26 January 2010 - Almost 15,000 Czech do…
CZ.NIC is the first to let cell phones into egovernment mailboxes
The solution for access to egovernment mailboxes in particular from open operating systems is being developed by the CZ.NIC Labs.
Prague, 18 January 2…
A book on the GIT system – for the first time in Czech and for free!
The book by Scott Chacon Pro GIT explaining the work and the vast possibilities of the GIT system for version management.
Prague, 5 January 2010 – In …
2009
CZ.NIC Is Changing Its Pricelist
The wholesale price for a domain registration will drop from the current CZK 190 excl. VAT to CZK 155 excl. VAT.
Prague, 30 November 2009 - The CZ.NIC…
“DIP – Develop, Innovate, Program” contest receives 21 project; 10 go through to the next round
The competitors have until the end of February 2010 to work everything out; then on 31 March they will give the presentations of their projects in fr…
CZ.NIC is preparing the introduction of OpenID
Opinions about this document can be submitted until the end of December in e-mails or commentaries at CZ.NIC blog.
Prague, 29 October – Today, CZ.NIC …
The L Root mirror server in Prague
The L Root Server is one of the thirteen Root Name Servers which underpins the Internet's Domain Name System (DNS).
Marina del Rey, USA, October 26 - …
CZ.NIC announces the second annual competition for young programmers
A successful project can be awarded up to 50,000 CZK even this year. Competition participants have until the end of September to send in their projec…
Already 600,000 .CZ Domains
Jubilee domain has been registered September 30, 10:47 p.m.
October 1, Prague - The CZ.NIC Association, administrator of the .CZ domain, registered do…
ENUM Day 3 will offer a wealth of practical information about making calls over the Internet
The highlight of the conference will be the talk by Petr Hruška, who will offer step-by-step instructions on how to implement VoIP in a medium compan…
CZ.NIC demonstrates the advantages of having your own internet domain
The Good Domain awareness campaign will take place mainly online. Its core consists of the specially created microsite www.dobradomena.cz.
Prague, 7 S…
CZ.NIC established its own research and development centre dedicated to Internet technologies
The main projects on which CZ.NIC Labs employees will primarily work involve research and development of the Domain Name System (DNS) and the DNSSEC …
The first thousand of DNSSEC-signed domains
The 1,000th DNSSEC-protected domain was registered on Tuesday 4 August.
Prague, 5 August - Statistical data compiled by CZ.NIC, the administrator of t…