Once available to only a small group, .IN domain names will soon be available to everyone who wants one. Companies, individuals, and organizations in India and abroad will be eligible. Show your pride by using a .IN domain name — the symbol of India’s future!

With India emerging as a global destination for IT outsourcing/off-shoring, Indian organisations should change the domain names of their websites and e-mail IDs to sport .in at the end, just like other countries.

Beginning in early 2005, anyone who wants to register a .IN domain name will be allowed to. Registration will also be open to parties inside and outside of India, without restriction. For the first time, domains will be available at the second level — easy-to-use and easy-to-remember domains such as “mydomain.in”. Registration at the third level will also be open. There will be a variety of popular extensions available, such as mydomain.co.in, myorganization.org.in, and more!

The new era for .IN began with a Sunrise Period. Owners of registered Indian trademarks or service marks who wish to protect their marks were given the opportunity to apply for .IN domain names before the general public. Sunrise applications taken from January 1 to January 21, 2005.Open registration for the general public was launched on February 16, 2005.

Unlimited registrations of indian domains is available in the following zones. Registration is available freely to all parties worldwide, and there are no nexus or other qualifications:

* .in
* co.in
* net.in
* org.in
* firm.in
* gen.in (general)
* ind.in (individuals)

The following zones are reserved for use by qualified organizations in India.

* ac.in (Academic)
* res.in (Indian research institutes)
* gov.in (Indian government)
* mil.in (Indian Military)

For more info visit : http://www.aalphanet.com/IN-domains.htm

The security of domain name registrations is an increasing concern for domain name registrants and registrars. However, there are steps you can take to increase the security of your domain name registrations.
Domain Name Security is often neglected by most organisations. Infact a large number of hacking attempts do not really need to happen at the Web Server level. Most hackers can fairly disrupt your business by simply hijacking your Domain Name.

Most Registrars assign paramount importance to Domain Security. Its important you chosoe the RIGHT Registrar and who has implemented several security measures and safety locks to prevent your Domain Name from getting Hijacked or taken over.

There are basically TWO basic options offered by Registrars :

Password based Security

All Domain Names have a password based security. All Domain Names belonging to a particular Customer can only be modified through the right Username and Password combination of that customer.

Domain LOCK

– this is a MUST have for all due to the recently announced TRANSFER Policy by ICANN (Visit : http://www.icann.org/transfers/policy-12jul04.htm)

Several TLD Registries have the ability to create what is known as a Domain LOCK. Most Registrars offers this feature to Customers whereby you may place a LOCK on your Domain Name. Once a Domain Name is locked NO modifications can be made to the Domain by ANYONE. The Domain Name may not even be transferred to another Registrar. The Domain will remain in a LOCKED status until you yourself choose to remove the LOCK. This feature is by far the most powerful feature to ensure that noone can make any changes to your Domain Name without your express approval.
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This is an important topic for anyone who currently has a website and domain name,
as well as for anyone interested in building an internet identity. I am sharing not only
from personal experience (I have five active websites online at this time) but from my
business, Connecticut Secretary, and the projects I have been involved with in creating
and building websites for my customers.

Oftentimes customers will approach me after they have already chosen a domain name.
What I investigate first is who actually owns that domain name. I no longer ask the
customer directly, because 99.9% of the time the response is always “I do!” when in fact
many of them unwittingly do not. Determining this is an easy step; you simply go to an
independent domain registrar such as Register.com, http://www.register.com, and type in
the domain name and choose whois when the results pop up. Feel free to go and type in
connecticutsecretary.com and choose whois.
You will see that I, Kate Smalley, am listed as the owner and administrative contact for
Connecticut Secretary. The technical contact is simply the hosting service I have chosen.

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