Neustar published a report yesterday which debunks ICANN’s study on DNS Collision. They’ve followed up with a visualisation: Related articles Neustar Analysis Shows ICANN Study Overstates Risk of Harmful Domain-Name Collision (circleid.com) .CLUB offers solution to name collision risks (domainincite.com)
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ICANN Publish Data Retention Waiver Details
ICANN has published details of the process that registrars signing the 2013 RAA will need to follow in order to be granted a waiver. Under the 2013 contract registrars will have to collect and retain a lot more data in relation to their customers, which could be in conflict with national laws governing data protection… Continue reading ICANN Publish Data Retention Waiver Details
ICANN Suspends Registrar ALL New Registrations & Transfers Blocked
Under the 2009 RAA ICANN was given a number of new “powers” to wield against registrars that do not comply with the RAA and ICANN policy. One of the new “tools”, to borrow Compliance’s terminology, is the ability to suspend a registrar. Effectively what this means is that instead of sending warnings (breach notices) and… Continue reading ICANN Suspends Registrar ALL New Registrations & Transfers Blocked
Humor: ICANN’s New Decision Tree
While the volume of material coming out from the various ICANN parody accounts on Twitter may have dropped considerably in the last few months, some of the content is hilarious. Here’s one from @icannlegal – and no, it’s definitely NOT ICANN’s legal department Fadi – The new #ICANN decision tree as discussed. Cleared it with… Continue reading Humor: ICANN’s New Decision Tree
ICANN Labs Want A Panel At SXSW
Over the past year ICANN has been undergoing a period of change. With the appointment of a new CEO any organisation will undergo change, but when you combine that with other factors like the new TLD program, the new contracts for both registrars and registries, changes across the industry and much much more, it’s easy… Continue reading ICANN Labs Want A Panel At SXSW
ICANN Hires Alexandra Dans as Comms Manager For Latin America / Caribbean
ICANN announced today that they’ve hired Alexandra Dans as Communications Manager for Latin America and the Caribbean. Ms Dans previously worked for LACNIC She’s multi-lingual and speaks Spanish, French and English with some Portuguese. With ICANN’s next meeting scheduled to be held in Buenos Aires in November filling the gap makes a lot of sense… Continue reading ICANN Hires Alexandra Dans as Comms Manager For Latin America / Caribbean
Google’s .Cloud Application Coming Under Fire (Again)
I’ve written about Google and their “closed generic” applications several times over the last 18 months. I also had the pleasure of being on a discussion panel on the topic at the most recent ICANN meeting in Durban, South Africa. So it’s pretty clear where I stand on the issue. So the latest letter to… Continue reading Google’s .Cloud Application Coming Under Fire (Again)
ICANN Puts Final Nail In Coffin of DotConnectAfrica Bid
As most observers of ICANN know, there were two applicants for the .africa new TLD. The second applicant, dotConnectAfrica, did not have the broad support that a “geo” TLD would need in order to meet the criteria laid out in the ICANN newTLD application guidebook. Over the past few months dotConnectAfrica have tried every method… Continue reading ICANN Puts Final Nail In Coffin of DotConnectAfrica Bid
Centralnic To Float On Stock Exchange
UK domain company CentralNic will announce tomorrow its plans to float on London’s AIM. In an interview with the Telegraph CentralNic’s CEO Ben Crawford outlines the company’s plans which should be announced officially tomorrow. The entire play is based around CentralNic’s new TLD business. The company is providing registry backend services for a number of… Continue reading Centralnic To Float On Stock Exchange
Fadi Chehadé Is Apparently On Twitter
ICANN’s President and CEO Fadi Chehadé is apparently on Twitter. You’d be forgiven for not knowing, as he’s only tweeted once at time of writing: Excellent blog on the background to ICANN's security terminology http://t.co/xeZOBTznOc — ICANN President (@icann_president) July 8, 2013 According to what I can see the account was created on April 21st… Continue reading Fadi Chehadé Is Apparently On Twitter