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Stamp out dodgy domain registration, Icann told
News More than eight per cent of all internet domain names are registered with false or incomplete information, according to a US government study into the prevalence of phony websites. The study, released on Wednesday by the US General Accountability... [08 Dec 2005]
China to set up its own 'splinternet'?
News The domain names were launched on Wednesday by the Chinese Ministry of Information Industry. China has announced it is creating a new set of domain names based on Chinese characters. China has created three of its own top-level domains that will... [02 Mar 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]
VeriSign settles deception case
News Network Solutions, which the US government originally awarded monopoly oversight over the issuance of domain names, now shares those responsibilities with dozens of competitors. VeriSign has settled charges brought by the Federal Trade Commission... [25 Sep 2003]
Bush agrees web control pact with UN
News At issue in this dispute is the unique influence the US government wields over the master list of top-level domain names - such as dot-com, dot-org, and country codes including dot-uk and dot-jp - as a result of the network's historical origins. [16 Nov 2005]
Four spammers hit with first Can-Spam action
News The Federal Trade Commission is also involved in investigating the operation, and it said in the filing that it had received more than 10,000 complaints regarding the Avatar operation and had discovered 97 different Web site domain names... [30 Apr 2004]
'Tunisia not fit to host world web summit'
News The US has stated repeatedly that it does not intend to give up its unique influence over domain names. Large US technology companies, including Cisco, Google, IBM and Microsoft, have thrown support behind the government's position. [15 Nov 2005]
Online cheaters beware
Comment The DNS servers are used to connect domain names with numeric IP addresses (eg.of the various servers and networks that make up Microsoft's Web presence. Tuesday (PST), a Microsoft technician made a configuration change to the routers on the edge... [26 Jan 2001]
VeriSign to restart controversial '404' redirect service
News VeriSign's Matt Larson, who spoke at the meeting organized by the Security and Stability Advisory Committee of the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN), said a poll paid for by his company showed 84 per cent of US citizens... [16 Oct 2003]
UK police collar "violent jihad" website operator
News The name "Azzam" - which appears in the websites' domain names - apparently refers to Abdullah Yusuf Azzam, who died in 1989 and is widely considered to have laid the foundation for the militant Islamic fundamentalist movement with which Osama bin... [21 Jul 2006]
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