https://blogs.damiendye.uk/en/tags/cctld/ Recent content in Cctld on Damien Dye's Blog Hugo en-GB Tue, 25 Aug 2026 14:00:00 +0100 https://blogs.damiendye.uk/en/dns/who-actually-controls-dns/ Tue, 25 Aug 2026 14:00:00 +0100 https://blogs.damiendye.uk/en/dns/who-actually-controls-dns/ The root of the internet is a 1.5 MB text file. Who edits it, who signs it, and what ICANN has done with the power to decide what goes in it. https://blogs.damiendye.uk/en/dns/what-happened-at-nominet/ Tue, 25 Aug 2026 13:00:00 +0100 https://blogs.damiendye.uk/en/dns/what-happened-at-nominet/ The .uk registry is owned by its members. In March 2021 they voted half the board out. This is what the estate looked like from inside, and how a registry with no regulator ended up being disciplined by the only people who could.