Over the past couple of years I’ve posted several times on the issue of “closed generics”. In essence these are new TLD applications where the string is a “generic term” AND the applicant wanted to keep all domains in the registry for their own use. The baseline registry agreement with ICANN now contains language that… Continue reading Closed Generics The Final Battle?
Month: March 2014
String Confusion Explained
Dirk from dotBerlin has posted a very funny, but also scarily accurate, graphic that illustrates how inconsistent some of the decisions handed down have been. You can read about the review process here Hat tip to Kevin who spotted this
Christine Jones’ First TV Ad
Christine Jones, who was GoDaddy’s legal counsel, is running for governor of Arizona. Earlier today her campaign team published her first TV ad: The video, which is 30 seconds long, touches on a number of the points she’s campaigning on.
Nominet Board Elections Are Go
Nominet’s board election process kicks off today. 13th March – nominations open 31st March – nominations close 25th April – voting opens 21st May voting closes This year there are two non-executive director positions up for grabs I’m not 100% sure whose term is up, but the current makeup of the Nominet board is here
CIRA Signs Deal With DomainsBot to Offer Domain Suggestions
CIRA, the .ca domain registry, has announced that they will be offering Domainsbot’s domain name suggestion technology for .ca domain names. It’ll be interesting to see if other ccTLD registries will follow suit. Traditionally many of the country code operators have resisted granting access to their zone files which is a key requirement to enable… Continue reading CIRA Signs Deal With DomainsBot to Offer Domain Suggestions
Exclusive: Internet.bs Response to ICANN Breach Notice
I posted a couple of days about the breach notice ICANN had sent to Internet.bs. Earlier this evening Internet.bs’ CEO Marco Rinaudo reached out to me and asked me to publish a public response to this. For the record I do not know Mr Rinaudo personally, but I think it is only fair to offer… Continue reading Exclusive: Internet.bs Response to ICANN Breach Notice
The Road to São Paulo, and Beyond
ICANN’s NCUC – the Non-Commercial Users Constituency is organising a full day event in Singapore right before the ICANN meeting. The event is focussed on Internet Governance with a focus on the Netmundial meeting in Brazil: The Road to São Paulo, and Beyond The purpose of this NCUC conference is to provide a first opportunity for… Continue reading The Road to São Paulo, and Beyond
ICANN Sends Breach Notice to Internet.bs
ICANN has sent out a number of breach notices to registrars today, however one does spring out – the one sent to Internet.bs. Internet.bs, which is based in the Bahamas, received quite a bit of negative press in the past from the InfoSec community. One article on Ars Technica, for example, called them out as… Continue reading ICANN Sends Breach Notice to Internet.bs
Nominet Launch Pilot Of Security Service
Nominet, the UK domain registry, have announced a pilot of their new “cyber security” service aimed at small business. The new service which is being marketed under the moniker of “Nominet Cyber Assist”. The service was first announced back in February. It’s not clear if Nominet intend to charge for the service once the 3… Continue reading Nominet Launch Pilot Of Security Service
DNS.com Rebrands as DNSbyComodo.com
Comodo, the SSL company, acquired DNS.com back in 2011. They rebranded it to “DNS by Comodo”, but they kept the premium .com domain name as their main site and everything else. Earlier this evening users were contacted with the news that Comodo is switching everything over to DNSbyComodo.com Users will need to update their nameservers… Continue reading DNS.com Rebrands as DNSbyComodo.com