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Latest posts
Invitation for registrars going to the ICANN meeting in Prague
Internetstiftelsen and Norid are pleased to invite all registrars attending the ICANN meeting in Prague to join us for a dinner gathering.
Reminder – registrar seminar 26 May 2025
The deadline for signing up to the seminar and dinner is 20 May.
Invitation to registrar seminar and dinner
Norid will arrange a seminar and dinner for registrars on Monday 26 May in Oslo. This seminar will be held in Norwegian only.
Easter opening hours
During the Easter holidays, Norid has the following opening hours:
Registrar seminar 26 May – save the day
Norid will arrange a registrar seminar and dinner in Oslo on Monday 26 May.
Import of data from Enhetsregisteret back to normal operation
The problem with import of data from Enhetsregisteret (The Brønnøysund Register Centre) is now resolved, and the registration system has updated data.
Import of new data from Enhetsregisteret is delayed
We are experiencing problems with the import of new data from Enhetsregisteret (The Brønnøysund Register Centre). This means that the registration system will not be updated with new data from Enhetsregisteret until the problem is corrected.
Limited access to customer data and phasing out of the registrar WHOIS service
The registrar agreement allows registrars to use data from Norid's systems, but only to serve own customers. In order to strengthen the protection of privacy, Norid will implement this limitation in our systems, in addition to it being regulated by the agreement. At the same time, the RDAP service will replace the current registrar WHOIS service. The changes will be implemented on 30 September.
System Maintenance 2025-03
Norid is planning system maintenance on the registry system on two occasions next week.
System Maintenance 2025-03-06
Norid is planning system maintenance on the registry system on Thursday 2025-03-06 from 9 AM to 11 AM CEST.
System Maintenance 2025-02-04
Norid is planning system maintenance on the registry system on Tuesday 2025-02-04 from 09:00 to 11:00 CET.
Holiday opening hours
For the Christmas holidays Norid will have the following opening hours:
Change of certificate authority for TLS certificates
We are preparing a change of the certificate authority for all our public web services, including our EPP service.
Norid makes some changes to the acceptable use policy
We have reviewed the limits in the acceptable use policy for Norid’s registry system. There has been a while since the limits were set, and a review shows that some of the limits may have been set too low compared to the needs of some registrars.
Norid warns against fraud
Over the last few days several people have received an email supposedly from Norid. In this email the recipient is asked to click on a link to pay an invoice for a domain subscription. This is fraud.
Are registrars covered by the Digital Services Act (DSA)?
The European Digital Services Act (DSA) was adopted in 2022 and will eventually be incorporated into Norwegian law through the EEA Agreement.
System Maintenance 2024-10-22
Norid is planning system maintenance on the registry system on Tuesday 2024-10-22 from 09 AM to 11 AM CEST.
Invitation to Internet forum 2024
Welcome to this year's Internet forum where security and freedom are the main topics.
System Maintenance 2024-09-10
Norid is planning system maintenance on the registry system on Tuesday 2024-09-10 from 9 AM to 11 AM CEST.
System Maintenance 2024-09-03
Norid is planning system maintenance on the registry system on Tuesday 2024-09-03 from 9 AM to 11 AM CEST.
Cancelled: System Maintenance 2024-06-18
Norid cancels the system maintenance planned tomorrow 2024-06-18.
The result from the lottery is ready
The lottery for the domain names ans.no, da.no and the domain names «ans» and «da» under the geograpical domains and category domains administered by Norid is now finished and the result is ready.
System Maintenance 2024-06-18
Norid is planning system maintenance on the registry system on Tuesday 2024-06-18 from 9 AM to 11 AM CEST.
The EPP-service and EPP-client will be closed for a short period today
As previously informed, the EPP-service and eppclient.norid.no (EPP-client) will be closed for all processing of applications today, Monday 10 June, at 9.30 am CET.
Norid opens for registration of da.no and ans.no – the transition period day by day
Norid opens for registration of the previously reserved domain names da.no and ans.no, as well as domain names like da.trondheim.no, ans.oslo.no and many more. A lottery will determine who will be allocated the domain names.
SSL/TLS certificate renewal – 2024-05-21
Tuesday 2024-05-21 at 10:00 - 11:00 CEST, Norid will perform renewal of SSL/TLS certificate for registry services.
Easter opening hours
During the Easter holidays, Norid has the following opening hours:
System Maintenance 2024-02-13
Norid is planning system maintenance on the registry system on Tuesday 2024-02-13 from 09 AM to 11 AM CET.
Norid adds DMARC with SPF for municipalities in the geographic name tree
On Tuesday 9 January 2024 we will activate DMARC with SPF for all municipalities in the geographic name tree. We do this in order to increase the security and counteract emails with a forged sender address.
Confirmation of registered information on the registrar web
As a registrar it is important that you keep your contact information on the registrar web updated. From now on you will be asked to confirm your registered contact information periodically.
System Maintenance 2023-10-31
Norid is planning system maintenance on the registry system on Tuesday 2023-10-31 from 09 AM to 11 AM CEST.
Letters will be stopped from 1 November
For six months starting on 1 November 2023 Norid will no longer send letters about deletion of domains to subscribers. These letters are normally a part of the notifications for automated deletion processes.
System Maintenance 2023-09-26
Norid is planning system maintenance on the registry system on Tuesday 2023-09-26 from 9 AM to 11 AM CEST.
Updated EPP client
Norid's EPP client has now been updated so it looks more similar to the registrar web, which was revised a while ago.
Update of the configuration of the EPP Service 2023-06-13
We made a configuration change and restarted the EPP service on Tuesday 13 June at 18:00.
System Maintenance 2023-06-06
Norid is planning system maintenance on the registry system on Tuesday 2023-06-06 from 9 AM to 11 AM CEST
SSL/TLS certificate renewal – 2023-05-30
Tuesday 2023-05-30 at 09:00 - 10:00 CEST, Norid will perform renewal of SSL/TLS certificate for registry services.
System Maintenance 2023-05-23
Norid is planning system maintenance on the registry system on Tuesday 2023-05-23 from 9 AM to 11 AM CEST.
Easter opening hours
During the Easter holidays, Norid has the following opening hours:
System Maintenance 2023-02-21
Norid is planning system maintenance on the registry system on Tuesday 2023-02-21 from 9 AM to 11 AM CET.
Letters will be stopped in February
This February Norid will not send letters about deletion of domains to subscribers. These letters are normally a part of the notifications for automated deletion processes.
Notice of price increase
On Saturday 1 April 2023 the subscription fee will be raised to 65 NOK.
System Maintenance 2023-01-17
Norid is planning system maintenance on the registry system on Tuesday 2023-01-17 from 9 AM to 11 AM CET.
Holiday opening hours
For the Christmas holidays Norid will have the following opening hours:
Authenticated access to RDAP
Norid now offers authenticated access to our RDAP lookup service, rdap.norid.no. Authenticated queries give extended access to data and an extended set of search functions.
Annual registrar fee
All registrars must pay for at least 100 domain name subscriptions each calendar year.
Reminder- registrar seminar 17 November 2022
The deadline for signing up to the seminar and dinner is 11 November.
Reminder – Survey about RDAP
Remember to answer the survey about RDAP. The deadline to participate is 7 November 2022.
Survey about RDAP
RDAP is a lookup service for domain data which is the successor to the current whois protocol. The service is currently under development at many registries, and at Norid as well. Due to this we have made a survey which we hope you as a registrar can answer.