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RSS icann net in newsWhy DDos attack didn't bring down the net
News During the attack, which lasted almost eight hours, six of the 13 root servers that form the foundation of the net's DNS were targeted, Icann said. The distributed denial of service attack on the Domain... [12 Mar 2007]
Hackers strike at the heart of the internet
News While Icann and Symantec didn't see any effect on the internet at large, ISP Neustar did see slow downs on the net. John Crain, chief technical officer at the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and... [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... [05 Dec 2006]
US to keep hold of Icann until 2011?
News The US government this week renewed its contract with the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (Icann), effectively extending its grip on the administrative body that co-ordinates net... [17 Aug 2006]
Give us open access to Whois data, says US gov't
News It was responding to a recommendation from an Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (Icann) committee to restrict use of the data to strictly "technical purposes". The official statement comes after an... [28 Jun 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... [08 Jun 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. But people in Asian and Arabic countries, whose languages can contain... [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]
US bids to hold on to net
News It's designed in part to provide other nations with a forum to debate alternatives to the current form of internet governance, which is heavily influenced by the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers... [04 Nov 2005]
Protect the net from UN menace, says US senator
News If ratified, Coleman's resolution would assure the Bush administration and the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (Icann) of political support on Capitol Hill during the negotiations at the World Summit... [19 Oct 2005]
Will .net fees rise after 2006?
News The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (Icann), the not-for-profit organisation responsible for internet addresses, quietly agreed to lift wholesale price restrictions on dot-net... [11 Jul 2005]
Time for Icann to let the world look after the net?
News With the EU gearing up for the World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS), it seems top of the agenda is who runs the internet - and whether current internet guardian, US-based Icann, should get the chop in favour of... [08 Jun 2005]
Google sets up as domain registrar
News The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (Icann), a nonprofit based in Los Angeles, has deemed Google a domain name registrar, according to the search company. With the papers, Google joins other internet... [02 Feb 2005]
German group bids to wrestle dot-net from VeriSign
News However, today internet naming body Icann's deadline closed for companies bidding to take over the running of the dot-net domains, which account for around five million internet addresses.... [18 Jan 2005]
5 years ago... Icann slammed by net guru Pope
News 02.06.99: Global web naming group Icann (Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers) is failing to account for the interests of end users in its domain name reorganisation, according to a leading Internet guru. [02 Jun 2004]
