Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) Board Chair Dr. Stephen D. Crocker today submitted to the U.S. Government a plan developed by the international Internet community that, if approved, will lead to global stewardship of some key technical Internet functions. The news was confirmed at a press conference finalizing the ICANN 55 meetings …
A Temporary Restraining Order (TRO) has been issued by the United States District Court to order ICANN not to delegate .Africa until a lawsuit by DotConnectAfrica who is represented in this legal proceeding by Brown, Neri & Smith LLP, 11766 Wilshire Blvd., is resolved in its entirety. The United States District Court, Central District …
on March 05, 2013, a UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT, CENTRAL DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA – WESTERN DIVISION ruling has granted an Interim Relief for DotConnectAfrica by issuing a decision below that ICANN should hold off from delegating the .AFRICA top-level domain (TLD) for ZA Central Registry (ZACR). The Court ruled. DCA Trust has taken ICANN to task …
Following last week’s statement by Republican Presidential hopeful Ted Cruz that ICANN CEO Fadi Chehadé was misleading the U.S. Senate over Wuzhen Conference, the Senator to gether with Sen. James Lankford (R-Okla.), and Sen. Mike Lee (R-Utah) have written to the ICANN Chair Steve Crocker demanding a more accountable response to the Senate. Cruz has …
Nearly four years ago, The Boston Globe tried to get in on an Internet land rush when the number of domains — the .com, .org, or .edu in online addresses — were expanded. Now, the Globe’s parent company has decided to stick to more familiar territory. Last week, Boston Globe Media Partners LLC sold …
It can be difficult to keep up with the policies and legislation that impact your business as an Internet infrastructure provider or service provider, so we’ve asked the i2Coalition to give us a run-down of the top issues for hosting providers to be aware of as we enter 2016. i2Coalition breaks it down into 7 …
First National Bank plans to change its online domain name from a dot-com to a dot-bank. The Hutchinson-based bank made the announcement this week about the switch, which will be done in phases beginning early next year. “There are a couple of reasons behind this change,” said Kris Doswell, vice president of marketing for First …
The domain name space is getting larger with the addition of hundreds of new generic top-level domains like .club, .xyz and .guru, and security firm Raytheon says they are a boon for hackers, cyber thieves and online scam artists. ICANN, which is tasked with the management of the domain name root and which is behind …
IID, the source for clear cyberthreat intelligence, today announced its predictions for 2017 and beyond. the firm predicts that by the end of 2017, botnet operators seeking new frontiers will execute a full-scale invasion of compromised Internet of Things (IoT) devices such as wearables and connected home products. A botnet is a collective of …
An report has appeared that China has successfully managed to ban 12,000 words it finds politically offensive from use around the world. The global ban applies to words used in domain names registered through Los Angeles-based registry XYZ.com with suffixes of .xyz, .college, .rent, .protection and .security. According to Wall Street Journal, XYZ.com said China …