Tag: Domain Name System

Fadi Chehade To Leave ICANN on March 12th

ICANN’s current CEO and President Fadi Chehadé has put out a Christmas greeting on behalf of ICANN. It runs to just over 4 minutes and talks mostly about the IANA transition. However he also declares in the video that his last date at ICANN will be March 12th 2016 (around 2 minutes in): Who will be… Continue reading Fadi Chehade To Leave ICANN on March 12th

DotGlobal Registry Giving Away Premium Names

The guys over at the .global registry are doing something a little different for Christmas. They’ve giving away premium domain name every day of advent! Every day from December 1st until December 24th you can enter a draw to win a premium .global domain name: We will be giving away one valuable premium domain name… Continue reading DotGlobal Registry Giving Away Premium Names

Want To Be The CEO of ICANN?

ICANN needs a new CEO. The current CEO has tendered his resignation and will be vacating the position early in 2016. So who is going to replace him? Will the new CEO be American? Will they be a woman? What kind of background will they have? While nobody has the answers to any of those… Continue reading Want To Be The CEO of ICANN?

Universal Acceptance Still Has A Long Way To Go

“Universal Acceptance” is one of those terms you hear a lot when you attend ICANN meetings. In simple terms the idea is that all domain names, be they IDN or ASCII, no matter how long they are, should “work”. When we say “work” what I mean is in relation to daily use. (There are people… Continue reading Universal Acceptance Still Has A Long Way To Go

APWG Phishing Report Reveals Crimeware Increase

The APWG (Anti-Phishing Working Group) has released their report for Q4 of 2014. It makes for fairly depressing ready, as you’d expect, but it’s worth taking the time to have a look over it. So which TLDs are most (ab)used in phishing and malware attacks? It’s hardly surprising that .com is the most (ab)used (46%)… Continue reading APWG Phishing Report Reveals Crimeware Increase

Which Domains Are The Campaigners Using In the Marriage Equality Referendum?

I’m obviously fascinated by domain names, hosting and related topics, so I thought I’d do some digging into the current marriage equality referendum in Ireland. The country goes to the polls on May 22nd and a yes vote is being supported by all the Irish political parties. (Disclosure – I’ve also made it pretty clear… Continue reading Which Domains Are The Campaigners Using In the Marriage Equality Referendum?

Governments Send Yet Another Salvo Across ICANN’s Bows

The relationship between ICANN and the governments of the world could be best described as “interesting”. Or one could be slightly more explicit and call it “tense”. While at an individual level many governments hold different views of how ICANN should be managing the roll out of the new top level domains (new TLDs), when… Continue reading Governments Send Yet Another Salvo Across ICANN’s Bows

CENTR Members Pass 70 Million Domains Milestone

CENTR, which is the association for European ccTLDs, has announced that its members, which are all country code top level domain registries, have surpassed the 70 million domains mark. The number of registrations comes from 57 ccTLDs and IDN ccTLDs in 49 countries. They’ve produced a graphic to illustrate the milestone: More details on the CENTR… Continue reading CENTR Members Pass 70 Million Domains Milestone

IANA Explained [Video]

Unless you’ve been hiding under for the last few months you’ll know that the IANA transition is a hot topic in internet governance circles Of course while there has been numerous meetings, thousands of emails, more meetings, media coverage and plenty of conversations about the topic, there are probably still quite a few people who… Continue reading IANA Explained [Video]

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