<s>
asyDNS	O
Technologies	O
Inc	O
.	O
is	O
a	O
Canadian	O
Internet	O
service	O
provider	O
which	O
supplies	O
DNS	B-Application
and	O
web	O
hosting	O
services	O
and	O
operates	O
a	O
mail	O
service	O
called	O
EasyMail	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
company	O
is	O
headquartered	O
in	O
Toronto	O
,	O
Ontario	B-Architecture
.	O
</s>
<s>
Co-founder	O
Mark	O
Jeftovic	O
,	O
author	O
of	O
the	O
book	O
Managing	O
Mission	O
-	O
Critical	O
Domains	O
and	O
DNS	B-Application
,	O
maintains	O
a	O
blog	O
in	O
which	O
he	O
writes	O
about	O
news	O
and	O
issues	O
related	O
to	O
easyDNS	B-Protocol
and	O
about	O
internet	O
domains	O
in	O
general	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
easyDNS	B-Protocol
was	O
co-founded	O
in	O
1998	O
by	O
Mark	O
Jeftovic	O
,	O
Colin	O
Viebrock	O
and	O
John	O
Schmidt	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
March	O
2	O
,	O
2000	O
,	O
easyDNS	B-Protocol
became	O
an	O
affiliate	O
of	O
ICANN	B-Application
accredited	I-Application
registrar	O
OpenSRS	O
(	O
now	O
Tucows	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2003	O
easyDNS	B-Protocol
became	O
directly	O
accredited	O
via	O
ICANN	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
April	O
2013	O
,	O
easyDNS	B-Protocol
started	O
accepting	O
Bitcoin	B-Protocol
as	O
a	O
payment	O
method	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
June	O
the	O
company	O
was	O
one	O
of	O
several	O
that	O
were	O
caught	O
up	O
in	O
a	O
day-long	O
international	O
Denial-of-service	O
attack	O
,	O
although	O
the	O
attack	O
was	O
not	O
aimed	O
at	O
an	O
easyDNS	B-Protocol
customer	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
August	O
2014	O
,	O
easyDNS	B-Protocol
acquired	O
DNS	B-Application
provider	O
ZoneEdit	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2017	O
,	O
easyDNS	B-Protocol
started	O
providing	O
Ethereum	B-Application
Name	O
Service	O
(	O
ENS	O
)	O
integration	O
for	O
domain	O
names	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2010	O
,	O
due	O
to	O
confusion	O
with	O
the	O
similarly	O
named	O
EveryDNS	B-Protocol
,	O
easyDNS	B-Protocol
was	O
widely	O
reported	O
to	O
have	O
cut	O
off	O
DNS	B-Application
service	O
to	O
WikiLeaks	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
easyDNS	B-Protocol
subsequently	O
was	O
approached	O
by	O
WikiLeaks	O
and	O
agreed	O
to	O
host	O
three	O
domain	O
names	O
for	O
WikiLeaks	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Some	O
easyDNS	B-Protocol
customers	O
who	O
disapproved	O
of	O
WikiLeaks	O
threatened	O
to	O
change	O
providers	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
easyDNS	B-Protocol
suggested	O
that	O
registrars	O
that	O
complied	O
with	O
the	O
PIPCU	O
's	O
requests	O
may	O
have	O
violated	O
ICANN	B-Application
's	O
transfer	O
policies	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
and	O
filed	O
a	O
request	O
for	O
enforcement	O
with	O
ICANN	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Following	O
this	O
request	O
,	O
three	O
domains	O
suspended	O
by	O
Public	O
Domain	O
Registry	O
were	O
ordered	O
to	O
be	O
transferred	O
to	O
easyDNS	B-Protocol
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2014	O
,	O
easyDNS	B-Protocol
was	O
at	O
the	O
centre	O
of	O
controversy	O
due	O
to	O
its	O
policy	O
of	O
refusing	O
to	O
take	O
down	O
web	O
pages	O
for	O
unlicensed	O
online	O
pharmaceutical	O
companies	O
accused	O
of	O
selling	O
controlled	O
substances	O
without	O
a	O
prescription	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
easyDNS	B-Protocol
CEO	O
Mark	O
Jeftovic	O
referred	O
to	O
the	O
National	O
Association	O
of	O
Boards	O
of	O
Pharmacy	O
as	O
a	O
"	O
batch	O
of	O
clowns	O
"	O
after	O
it	O
sent	O
easyDNS	B-Protocol
and	O
other	O
registrars	O
a	O
letter	O
ordering	O
them	O
to	O
take	O
down	O
the	O
websites	O
unlicensed	O
pharmacies	O
without	O
court	O
orders	O
and	O
to	O
prevent	O
those	O
domains	O
from	O
transferring	O
to	O
other	O
registrars	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Doing	O
so	O
would	O
put	O
registrars	O
in	O
violation	O
of	O
their	O
ICANN	B-Application
Registrar	O
Accreditation	O
Agreements	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
easyDNS	B-Protocol
clarified	O
its	O
policy	O
after	O
a	O
man	O
died	O
after	O
taking	O
a	O
"	O
controlled	O
substance	O
"	O
codeine	O
phosphate	O
purchased	O
without	O
a	O
prescription	O
from	O
airmailchemist.com,	O
an	O
online	O
drug	O
seller	O
registered	O
through	O
asyDNS	O
Technologies	O
Inc	O
.	O
easyDNS	B-Protocol
was	O
not	O
aware	O
of	O
airmailchemist	O
’s	O
presence	O
on	O
the	O
system	O
,	O
and	O
had	O
not	O
been	O
informed	O
by	O
ICANN	B-Application
of	O
the	O
circumstances	O
around	O
the	O
man	O
’s	O
death	O
until	O
contacted	O
by	O
a	O
reporter	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Upon	O
learning	O
of	O
the	O
death	O
,	O
easyDNS	B-Protocol
immediately	O
initiated	O
contact	O
with	O
the	O
FDA	O
and	O
added	O
a	O
requirement	O
that	O
online	O
pharmacies	O
be	O
licensed	O
by	O
one	O
of	O
three	O
online	O
pharmaceutical	O
accreditation	O
agencies	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
From	O
October	O
25	O
,	O
2018	O
to	O
October	O
26	O
,	O
the	O
domain	O
contact	O
details	O
of	O
1,500	O
domain	O
owners	O
using	O
easyDNS	B-Protocol
were	O
leaked	O
in	O
Whois	B-Protocol
query	O
results	O
due	O
to	O
a	O
bug	O
in	O
a	O
system	O
provided	O
by	O
the	O
second	O
largest	O
domain	O
registrar	O
in	O
the	O
world	O
,	O
Tucows	O
,	O
which	O
easyDNS	B-Protocol
uses	O
as	O
its	O
backend	O
to	O
manage	O
domain	O
names	O
.	O
</s>
