Original URL: http://www.theregister.co.uk/2012/04/02/check_point/
Check Point in domain expiry snafu
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Security giant Check Point failed to renew its dot-com domain name on time over the weekend.
Screen grab of the Check Point (or should that be Chick Point?) cock-up. Click for larger [1]
As a result surfers visiting the Checkpoint.com site were confronted by the above holding page, with links to backorder or renew the domain from Network Solutions - rather than the usual corporate blurb about Check Point's firewall, VPN and other security products. Records show the domain expired [2] on Friday, 30 March.
The web server behind the IP address corresponding to the domain - 216.200.241.66 - was also responding slowly. The site is now back online as per normal. ®
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A tip of the white hat to Reg reader Nicola C for telling us about the issue.