Disclosure: I’m a member of the group that worked on this I posted in some length about the proposal over on the company blog a few days ago, but ICANN have since posted the video to youtube, so here it is: I wasn’t included in the video introduction as I didn’t get a chance to… Continue reading Video: ICANN Proposing Replacement For Whois
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ICANN Launch New WHOIS Inaccuracy System
ICANN’s Compliance team put the new WHOIS inaccuracy reporting system live earlier today. (Oddly enough Google alerts picked up on the new page!). The new system should make reporting issues easier for all parties involved ie. reporters, ICANN and the affected registrars. They’re also including generic information on how registrants may update their own domain… Continue reading ICANN Launch New WHOIS Inaccuracy System
CNNIC To Implement Alternative WHOIS
CNNIC, the .cn registry, are to implement an alternative to traditional whois. According to an announcement by ICANN’s Kurt Pritz, the Chinese organisation will be implementing a “RESTful” Whois server implementation. This is based on ongoing work within the IETF in the rather oddly named “weirds” project. Of course “weirds” is actually an acronym for:… Continue reading CNNIC To Implement Alternative WHOIS
Article 29 Working Party Deem RAA Asks In Violation of EU Law
The Article 29 Working Party has written to ICANN to express their concerns about some of the “asks” being tabled by law enforcement in the RAA negotiations. They focus on two areas of contention: Annual re-verification of contact details Data retention In both instances they find that the “asks” are in violation of EU law.… Continue reading Article 29 Working Party Deem RAA Asks In Violation of EU Law
IEDR To Change WHOIS Service
The IEDR will be changing how their whois server “rate limits” queries starting June 20th. From June 20th onwards they will be using an approach similar to that adopted by Nominet. The number of queries per IP will remain unchanged at 100 per day for the public.
ICANN Culls Three More Registrars
ICANN has announced that three more registrars have lost their accreditation due to non-compliance with the RAA. The three registrars have been informed that their agreements with ICANN will not be renewed. South American Domains (NameFrog), Simply Named and Tahoe Domains have been sent letters by ICANN outlining the decision and the reasons for it.… Continue reading ICANN Culls Three More Registrars
IRT Final Report Ignores End User Concerns
Image via Wikipedia Remember the draft IRT report? Well they’ve published the final version after supposedly taking into consideration comments and feedback. However you’d be forgiven for thinking that their view on the feedback process was ever so slightly biased. Basically they seem to have taken on board any comments and feedback that supported their… Continue reading IRT Final Report Ignores End User Concerns
ICANN IRT Report Open For Comment With Short Timeframe
The Intellectual Property Constituency’s draft report on trademark issues is now available for comment. The draft report was put together behind closed doors, which would appear to go against the normal policy development process at ICANN, which is quite worrying. Its contents, however, are even more disturbing. While reading the 48 page document, which is… Continue reading ICANN IRT Report Open For Comment With Short Timeframe
Telnic Whois Service Now Available
As the Telnic (.tel) “go live” progresses, the registry operator has finally launched their WHOIS service. It’s available from the command line or via the web based whois What makes the .tel whois slightly different is the little addition at the end of the output: Contact information: Disclosure of contact data is restricted becauseof UK… Continue reading Telnic Whois Service Now Available
New Hosting and Domain Statistics Site Launched
John McCormac has been collecting and processing statistics on domain registrations and hosting for as long as I can remember. He is probably best known for Hackwatch and WhoisIreland, which produces monthly reports for the Irish hosting and domain industry. John’s latest project has been in development for several months and offers an alternative to… Continue reading New Hosting and Domain Statistics Site Launched