DNSSEC stands for Domain Name System Security Extensions. It is used to secure information provided by the DNS as valid and uncompromised. It is a layer of security to protect the process of exchanging information during DNS lookup procedure that has become an integral part in accessing website through the internet.

DNSSEC is achieved with the implementation of using keys and signatures. DNSKEY is used for verification and it is published in the DNS as public key. The private key however is used for signing and is never published. Please refer to the DNSSEC diagram to get a better understanding on how DNSSEC works.

Domain delegation is a request to change or update nameservers of a domain to where the domain should be pointed in the DNS zone record. In order to successfully delegate a domain name, the nameservers must be authoritative and normally, it should resolve to a web page.

Domain free parking is when your domain name is hosted at our nameservers temporarily while you are building your own nameservers or trying to figure out what nameservers to use. Most of the domains are set to free parking during the registration process as recommended option due to in some cases, it will speed up the process of domain registration. When a domain name is set to free parking with GetYour.iD, you will see our free parking web page and with guarantee no ads at all.

Domain nameserver is a hostname server where you can delegate your domain name to host your website online or email hosting. Every domain name must have two hostname servers as their primary domain nameservers in order to have their domain name resolves in the internet and fully functional to host a website and connect emails to the domain name.

Domain contact is a contact detail required to register for a domain name. Generally, there are four type of contacts required such as Registrant, Admin, Billing and Technical contacts. Therefore, you will notice that every domain registration application will ask for these four type of contacts details.

There are key role differences between registry, registrar and registrant.

Registry is an organisation or a company that is acting as the official administrator to govern and manage the domain extension.

Registrar is an organisation or a company that technically and operationally qualified and capable to provide domain registration service as well as domain management tools. It has to be a proven trustworthy entity for being the intermediate company between the registry and the registrant and GetYour.iD is a registrar that you can trust to register and secure your Internet Identity.

Registrant is a person or a company who register for a domain name. When the domain name is registered successfully, the domain name will be awarded to the person or the company. They will then the owner of the domain name and have the full right to use the domain name for the period of registration term selected.

There is no requirement to register most domain extensions (TLDs) such as .com, .net, .org, .website, .coffee, etc. However, there are eligibility requirement need to be fulfilled for certain type of domain extensions (TLDs) like country code TLDs and new domain extensions (new TLDs) such as .co.id, .id, .com.au, .sydney, .com.sg, .dentist, .lawyer, etc in order to successfully register the domains.

Every domain registration will have an expiry date based on how long the domain name is registered for. You are required to renew your domain name prior to the expiry date in order to maintain your ownership towards the domain name. Otherwise, your domain will expire and could be registered by someone else once the domain has passed the expiry date.