domain names icann in news
Icann opens a can of worms
News On Thursday, the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (Icann) voted to allow - in addition to more traditional top-level domains (TLDs), such as .com and .org - theoretically any TLD at all, as long as it is has no more than 64... [30 Jun 2008]
Icann waves in relaxed website naming rules
News At its meeting in Paris, Icann, a not-for-profit organisation that oversees the naming scheme for websites, voted to accept a proposal that will allow companies to purchase new top-level domain names ending in whatever they like. [27 Jun 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]
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 John Crain, chief technical officer at the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (Icann), which operates one of the main so-called root DNS servers, said: "It is an unusual large amount of traffic that is hitting DNS servers. [07 Feb 2007]
VeriSign granted dot-com til 2012
News The decision follows a lawsuit settlement reached back in March, when the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (Icann), which oversees the net's address infrastructure, gave VeriSign the right to raise fees on dot-com domains by... [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-com domain price hike sparks angry debate
News The settlement, approved by Icann's board by a 9-5 vote, ended a legal spat that started with VeriSign's controversial move to take control of all unassigned dot-com and dot-net domain names in 2003. The dispute arises out of a lawsuit settlement... [08 Jun 2006]
Icann vetoes sex suffix
News Internet regulator Icann has voted down a proposal to create a domain for adult websites. Icann has twice abandoned plans to vote on the creation of a dot-xxx domain, most recently last December. Despite ardent political interest in the issue, Paul... [11 May 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. Experts are concerned the move could cause a division in the control of domains on the internet - and... [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]
Exposed: Dodgy domains spam message boards
News Moniker.com operates out of Florida and although the state's reputation has been tarnished in recent years by strong associations with cyber crime, CEO Cahn is insistent his Icann-approved registrar is operating entirely within the law and the... [11 Jan 2006]
Stamp out dodgy domain registration, Icann told
News Smith concluded that the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (Icann), the standards body for internet domain names, is failing to "weed out such fraudulent identifications". The GAO said Icann is now requiring registrars to... [08 Dec 2005]
Bush agrees web control pact with UN
News In addition, the internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (Icann), the not-for-profit organisation created by the Clinton administration to oversee day-to-day management is located in Marina del Rey, California. [16 Nov 2005]
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