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Nominet also delivers the National Cyber Security Centre's Protective Domain Name Service (PDNS) [74] since 2016, protecting the UK public sector's internet traffic. A £4 million investment into registry services was announced in February 2020 [ 75 ] alongside the acquisition of US-based cyber security company CyGlass.
Domain privacy. Domain privacy (often called Whois privacy) is a service offered by a number of domain name registrars. [1] A user buys privacy from the company, who in turn replaces the user's information in the WHOIS with the information of a forwarding service (for email and sometimes postal mail, it is done by a proxy server ).
Domain name registry. A domain name registry is a database of all domain names and the associated registrant information in the top level domains of the Domain Name System (DNS) of the Internet that enables third party entities to request administrative control of a domain name. Most registries operate on the top-level and second-level of the DNS.
WHOIS (pronounced as the phrase "who is") is a query and response protocol that is used for querying databases that store an Internet resource's registered users or assignees. These resources include domain names, IP address blocks and autonomous systems, but it is also used for a wider range of other information.
In the Internet, a domain name is a string that identifies a realm of administrative autonomy, authority or control. Domain names are often used to identify services provided through the Internet, such as websites, email services and more. Domain names are used in various networking contexts and for application-specific naming and addressing ...
Currently management of the .uk domain name is delegated by IANA to Nominet UK. [17] It is possible to directly register a domain name with Nominet UK at £80+VAT as of 2021, [18] but it is faster and cheaper to do it via a Nominet-accredited domain registrar costing in the region of £10+VAT in 2021. [19]
As the ninth registered member and TAG holder of Nominet (the.uk registry), UKDomains provides a wide range of second-level domains such as.co.uk,.org.uk, and.me.uk domain names. The biggest-selling second level domain in the UK supplied by Nominet is the.co.uk domain, which is intended for use by commercial enterprises and businesses.
Lesley Cowley, OBE. Lesley Ruth Cowley OBE is a British businesswoman, chairwoman and non-executive director. She is best known as the former CEO of .uk domain name registry Nominet UK, and is the current chair of the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency (DVLA) and Companies House, and Non-Executive Director of telecoms operator aql.