“Dotless” TLDs Within the evaluation process there have evidently been a number of proposals that propose relatively novel use of these top level DNS labels, and the one I’d like to look at here is that of the so-called “dotless” domains proposed for the DNS root zone. It’s as if I had decided to revive …
ICANN’s Draft Vision, Mission & Focus Areas for a Five-Year Strategic Plan The Draft Vision, Mission & Focus Areas for a Five-Year Strategic Plan [PDF, 313 KB] is a working draft to support the creation of ICANN‘s Vision and Five-Year Strategic Plan. It has been written based on brainstorming that occurred April – September 2013 …
29 October 2013 Los Angeles, California… John Crain has been named ICANN’s new Chief Security, Stability and Resiliency Officer. In this newly created position Crain will assume the responsibilities of Jeff Moss, who announced he is stepping down from his position as Chief Security Officer at the end of the year. More broadly, Crain will …
Two separate ICC panels have denied the objections to the new gTLD’s .Islam and .Halal finding that although there “opposition to Respondent’s application to some extent, but such opposition is not substantial”.Although they were two separate opinions both shares a lot of the same finding and drew the same conclusions: Here are the relevant parts …
UNESCO, the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) and the Internet Society (ISOC) are finalizing a framework to establish an Arabic glossary of Internet governance terms to support engagement in multistakeholder Internet governance processes by Arabic-speaking communities. Participation of all stakeholder and geographical communities is essential for a healthy and vibrant Internet ecosystem. …
From the The Reporter Ethiopia DotConnectAfrica (DCA) Trust has written to the new AU leadership raising ethical and accountability issues on how the endorsement process was handled from its inception within the African Union institution. In the letter dated August 2, 2013 the Company asks the AU leadership to “review and investigate the role that …
The first-ever non-Latin language website address domains are on their way, the Internet’s overlords said Wednesday. Online domains in which website addresses would end with words in Chinese, Russian, or Cyrillic have been approved according to the US-based Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN). “It’s happening – the biggest change to the Internet …
The first four domains from ICANN’s New Generic Top-Level Domains Program which are Internationalized Domain Names (IDNs) were cleared to proceed to delegation. This marks the start of a measured roll out of new gTLDs, which are designed to expand opportunities for businesses, communities and Internet users around the world. These first new gTLDs, or …
During the opening ceremony of ICANN 47 in Durban, South Africa, President and CEO Fadi Chehadé announced the creation of five new ICANN Strategy Panels that would serve as an integral part of a framework for cross-community dialogue on strategic matters. The ICANN Strategy Panels were intended to convene subject matter experts, thought leaders and …
17 October 2013ICANN and CDAC Will Launch Research Center to Thwart Security Threats to Domain Name System New Delhi, India… ICANN today announced, in partnership with the Center for Development of Advanced Computing (CDAC), plans to coordinate on the creation of a Center of Excellence in Domain Name System Security in India. The Center of …