One of the "hot topics" at the ICANN meeting in Costa Rica next week will be the ongoing negotiations around the RAA. The RAA is basically the core document and contract that all ICANN accredited registrars have to sign with ICANN in order to be able to offer domain name registration services. (Oddly enough UDRP providers aren't bound by anything as strict..) The first … [Read more...] about ICANN and Registrars Provide A Status Update
Eurid Rolling Out IPv6 On Production Services
Eurid, the registry operator for .eu, has announced that it will be rolling out IPv6 across its remaining websites, including the registrar extranet. The registry operator is currently running its main site on both IPv4 and IPv6. All sites should be 100% dual-stack from May 2nd 2012. Unfortunately it does not look like they'll be offering the full range of services … [Read more...] about Eurid Rolling Out IPv6 On Production Services
Nominet To Apply For .Wales and .Cymru
In the run up to the launch of new TLDs there were a lot of rumours about which organisations would apply for which strings. Detractors might pick holes in the entire project, but it's very hard to argue against the merits of new TLDs specifically in the context of cultural linguistic communities that fall outside the realm of ccTLDs (country code top level domains). The … [Read more...] about Nominet To Apply For .Wales and .Cymru
ICANN Launch New Website Design
A couple of hours ago ICANN put their new site design "live". In an email sent by ICANN's Director Marketing and Outreach, Scott Pinzon, an overview of the site's new features was announced. While the new site design will probably be greeted with mixed reviews it does offer a number of features that were long overdue including support for mobile devices. The new site … [Read more...] about ICANN Launch New Website Design
Dot Nxt London Draft Schedule
Kieren over at Dot Nxt has published a draft schedule for their London event. The venue for the London conference is the Victoria Park Plaza The event is being held in the week running up to the ICANN meeting in Prague and they're still looking for both speakers and sponsors. … [Read more...] about Dot Nxt London Draft Schedule
Iran Blocks SSL
The Iranian government has blocked secure sites ie. ones using SSL with "https". The blocking means that any service or website based outside Iran that uses a security certificate is inaccessible from within Iran. Whether Iranians are able to circumvent this via other means or not isn't clear, though there are probably ways that the geekier types can get around … [Read more...] about Iran Blocks SSL
Peter Vergote New Chair of CENTR
Peter Vergote has been elected chair of CENTR. Mr Vergote works in the legal and policy team with the .be registry. The election took place at the organisation's meeting earlier today in Salzburg. The previous chair was Mathieu Wiell, AFNIC's CEO. … [Read more...] about Peter Vergote New Chair of CENTR
Use It Or Lose It? UDRP Hits New Low
Kevin tweeted a link to this decision earlier today and it scared me. It really did. What's so scary? This part of the UDRP decision: Complainant asserts that Respondent has failed to make an active use of the disputed domain name, constituting bad faith registration and use. Complainant submits a printout verifying its assertion that the website is essentially … [Read more...] about Use It Or Lose It? UDRP Hits New Low
Nominet Publish Draft Member Code
Nominet, the domain registry for the .uk ccTLD, has published a draft "member code". Nominet's structure means that its registrars are also "members" of the organisation, so this move is quite an interesting one. You can read the draft text on the Nominet site here. From an initial reading the "code" appears to be quite "light" and doesn't impose any onerous obligations … [Read more...] about Nominet Publish Draft Member Code
Kroes Says No To EU SOPA
EU commissioner Neelie Kroes has been critical of SOPA and suggests that the EU would not introduce legislation of this kind. Of course Kroes can only speak for the EU commission and possibly only for that part of it that she's in charge of. Several member states have been discussing legislative measures that are very similar to SOPA. In Ireland, for example, the … [Read more...] about Kroes Says No To EU SOPA