domain names name system
A Primer on Trademark Law and Internet Addresses
White Paper Quite a bit has been written in the recent past about trademark issues surrounding the registration and use of Internet domain names. This article examines these cases and presents a more complete primer on trademark and dilution law as it pertains... [03 Jul 2008]
Icann opens a can of worms
News Our clients didn't want the .eu domain name but they felt they had no choice," he told silicon.com sister site ZDNet.co.uk last week. On Thursday, the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (Icann) voted to allow - in addition to more... [30 Jun 2008]
Revealed: Top tech security risks and cash-sappers
News Name confusion: System names and domain name systems names often differ, meaning files transferred through FTP can be sent to the wrong machine, again having an impact on security and data protection. [29 May 2008]
New domain names on the horizon for 2008
News Icann (the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers), the international body responsible for allocating generic and country code top-level domain names - gTLDs and ccTLDs respectively - is asking for public input on developing a new... [14 May 2007]
Botnets beware: Nominet cleans up UK domains
News Nominet - which administers dot-uk domain names - is collaborating with Oxford Brookes University to find methods to identify abuse of the domain name system (DNS) and registration data stored on its 'Whois' directory. [26 Apr 2007]
Why DDos attack didn't bring down the net
News The distributed denial of service attack on the Domain Name System (DNS) proved the effectiveness of the Anycast load-balancing system, the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (Icann) said in a document published last week. [12 Mar 2007]
Hackers strike at the heart of the internet
News The attack appears to have focused on the domain name system (DNS), which maps text-based domain names to the actual numeric IP addresses of servers connected to the internet, and vice versa. John Crain, chief technical officer at the Internet... [07 Feb 2007]
VeriSign granted dot-com til 2012
News The National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA), an agency of the US Department of Commerce, said in a statement the contract would only be renewed at the end of its term if "the approval will serve the public interest in the... [05 Dec 2006]
US to keep hold of Icann until 2011?
News The MoU, designed to pave the way for an eventual shift away from US control, outlines more specific obligations for Icann, such as procedures for establishing new top-level domain names, for keeping tabs on "Whois" registry information, and for... [17 Aug 2006]
Dot-eu 'warehousing' scandal strikes US registrars
News The organisation said on Monday abusing the registration system could lead to a "risk that the perceived value of dot-eu will decrease, not only for the almost two million legitimate holders of dot-eu domain names but also for all fair registrars". [25 Jul 2006]
easyGroup wins easy.com fight with Easynet
News Easynet dropped its suit before the case came to court, however, and easyGroup now owns both the .co.uk and dot-com URLs for easyTelecom.easyGroup has a long history of litigation over domain names, often confronting companies using an easy... [19 Jul 2006]
MCSA/MCSE Exam 70-291 Exam Cram: Managing Name Resolution
White Paper The software that translates these names to network addresses is called the Domain Name System (DNS). To solve this dilemma, a system was developed whereby people can use "Friendly" names that are then translated automatically into IP addresses... [23 Jun 2006]
Democrats rekindle porn domain debate
News The 11-page measure would require the US Department of Commerce to work with Icann, the non-profit organisation that oversees domain names, to develop plans for a domain name system that would house material deemed "harmful to minors". [20 Mar 2006]
Icann tests global domain names
News Icann, the standards body that oversees the internet addressing system, is to test Arabic, Chinese and other non-Roman characters in domain names. Earlier this month the Chinese Ministry of Information Industry announced the creation of a new set... [17 Mar 2006]
China to set up its own 'splinternet'?
News The creation of Chinese character domain names has led to speculation that China could break away from Icann completely, and undermine the global unity of the DNS, the network of servers that resolves domain name requests. [02 Mar 2006]
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