The upcoming public ICANN meeting will be held in Montréal, Canada from November 2nd to November 7th. ICANN 66 is also the organisation's AGM, so there will be the rotation of various positions on boards, councils and other committees. The full schedule for the meeting is now available online here. I'll be providing my usual "preview" of the meeting over on the … [Read more...] about ICANN 66 Montréal Schedule Now Live
Archives for October 2019
IRISSCERT 2019 Cybercrime Conference Tickets Available
IRISSCERT, which is Ireland's first CSIRT (Computer Security Incident Response Team) will be holding its annual cybercrime conference in November. The event will be held on November 20th in the Ballsbridge Hotel. Speakers confirmed for the event include: Graham Cluley Jelena Milosevic Raj Samani Lisa Forte Jenny Radcliffe Dan Raywood Dave Lewis Mick Moran Alex Hutton … [Read more...] about IRISSCERT 2019 Cybercrime Conference Tickets Available
Australia’s ccTLD Needs a CEO
Australia's ccTLD is managed by auDA. They are currently trying to hire a new CEO. The role will involve a mixture of skills and they expect candidates to be able to cover both business and more technical aspects of a domain name registry: Demonstrable senior experience in leading and managing a complex, multidisciplinary organisation with a strong emphasis on building a … [Read more...] about Australia’s ccTLD Needs a CEO
Nominet Opens Consultation on Policy Changes
Nominet, the .uk domain name registry, has opened a public consultation period on a number of potential policy changes. There are three specific policy proposals that they are soliciting feedback on: Reducing the use of .UK domain names for phishing attacksImplementing law enforcement landing pages following suspensions for criminal activityImplementing a .UK drop list to … [Read more...] about Nominet Opens Consultation on Policy Changes
Radix Buys Uno
Radix registry has acquired the .uno TLD. Since its initial launch .uno has been using Neustar's backend, while Radix uses Centralnic. While a backend switch hasn't been announced yet it would be logical for Radix to keep all its domain extension on the one backend provider. The .uno tld currently has just over 16 thousand names with the bulk of them via a single registrar … [Read more...] about Radix Buys Uno
Cloudfest 2020 Registration Open
Registration for Cloudfest 2020 opened a few days ago. The event is being held March 14 - 19 in Europa Park, Germany, though the core days will be 17th, 18th and 19th for most attendees. Here's the recap video from the 2019 event: Registration, which includes access to hotel booking, is available here. As usual there are both standard and VIP tickets available. … [Read more...] about Cloudfest 2020 Registration Open