CloudFest will be held “in person” next year. The organisers of CloudFest have announced that the hosting industry event will be held March 22 – 24 in Europa-Park in Germany. In common with most events its 2020 edition was cancelled due to the COVID pandemic. In 2021 the event organisers held several events online only.… Continue reading CloudFest 2022 Will be “In Person”
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How to Spot a Corona Virus / COVID 19 Phish
Unfortunately cyber crime has not stopped during the global COVID-19 crisis. If anything there’s probably been an increase in certain types of malicious activity. EuroPol and other agencies have been sharing tips and resources to help individuals and businesses address security, which with so many employees now being forced to work from home, has become… Continue reading How to Spot a Corona Virus / COVID 19 Phish
León Felipe Sánchez Ambía Gets Second Term on ICANN Board
León Felipe Sánchez Ambía will get a second term on the ICANN Board. León, who was elected by the ALAC to the ICANN Board back in 2017, was due to have his first term end at the ICANN AGM next year. In the end he ran unopposed for a second term and so will get… Continue reading León Felipe Sánchez Ambía Gets Second Term on ICANN Board
NamesCon Biggest Domain Industry To Date Kicks Off In Vegas
Namescon is being held in Las Vegas, Nevada, this week. The event kicked off yesterday with a day packed with training sessions and small, yet very active sessions on a wide variety of topics. According to NamesCon’s Jothan Frakes the event has over 900 registered attendees, which makes it the biggest domain industry event outside… Continue reading NamesCon Biggest Domain Industry To Date Kicks Off In Vegas
New TLD Application System To Come Back Online At End of Month?
ICANN’s latest update has set a date of May 22 for the re-opening of the application system. What that means in terms of the “big reveal” is unclear at this juncture, though some skeptics are positing that it won’t happen until the public meeting in Prague. I wonder if we can persuade Paddy Power to… Continue reading New TLD Application System To Come Back Online At End of Month?
FM Registry Releases Top 40
BRS Media, the people behing both .am and .fm domain registries, have released the rather aptly named “Top 40” of .fm domain names. The list includes some familiar names (to me), while others are not so well known, at least to a Westerner like me. The top 10 are: douban.fm – A Chinese music site.… Continue reading FM Registry Releases Top 40
Canadian Domain Registry Embraces Video
ccTLD registry managers have been “upping their game” quite a bit over the last couple of years. Whether this was inevitable or is due to the oncoming “threat” of new TLDs isn’t clear. In any case it’s a positive move. Some of the registries have embraced social media, unveiled slick websites and done some interesting… Continue reading Canadian Domain Registry Embraces Video
DotOrg Puts DNSSEC Live
At the ICANN meeting in Belgium today PIR announced that they have started signing their zone. ORG, The Public Interest Registry (PIR) today announced that the .ORG domain is now in full production with Domain Name System Security Extensions (DNSSEC) by accepting second level signed .ORG zones. In launching signed delegations, .ORG – the third… Continue reading DotOrg Puts DNSSEC Live
Russian Cyrillic ccTLD Launched
Russian Internet Governance Forum Originally uploaded by veni markovski Russia has become the first country to launch a Cyrillic ccTLD. .рф (rf for Russian Federation in Cyrillic) ICANN CEO, Rod Beckstrom, did the honours during the Russian internet forum this week
ICM Registry’s Graphic of ICANN options
ICM Registry’s Graphic of ICANN options Originally uploaded by blacknight ICM Registry have posted in detail about how they think ICANN should handle their application for .xxx. In order to make it easier for everyone to understand they’ve provided a very nice visual. You can read the full text over on Circle ID