At the ICANN meeting in Brussels one of the topics that came up for discussion both during the public forum and the board meeting, was the topic of remuneration. That time round it was specifically in relation to the board and more specifically its chair. The discussion during the public forum was very interesting, as… Continue reading Are ICANN Senior Staff Getting A Payrise?
Tag: Domain Name System
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
High Profile DNS Still Vulnerable To Kaminsky Exploit
Image via Wikipedia Dan Kaminsky‘s discovery of a nasty bug in DNS rocked the security world in 2008. It’s now 2010, so you would be forgiven for thinking that most DNS servers should have been updated, patched or configured in such a manner as to render the Kaminsky hole null and void. Unfortunately that… Continue reading High Profile DNS Still Vulnerable To Kaminsky Exploit
Big Brands Shooting Themselves In The Foot?
One of the topics that keeps coming up in ICANN policy discussions and as part of the new TLD application process is “transparency”. ICANN, and the internet community in general, has had plenty of issues in the past with “bad actors” who have caused a lot of issues for everyone (think of many of the… Continue reading Big Brands Shooting Themselves In The Foot?
IDN Scaremongering – Mashable and Times Online Screw Up
IDNs might be a slightly “hot” topic at the moment following on from ICANN’s launch of the IDN cctld program recently. However, IDNs are NOT a new topic. Far from it. They’ve been around for quite some time. Unfortunately neither The Times Online or Mashable seem to have done any homework. Considering the amount of… Continue reading IDN Scaremongering – Mashable and Times Online Screw Up
Minds and Machines Launch At ICANN Mexico
It’s always nice to see new ventures launching, but that is especially true when you know most of the actors involved. Minds and Machines, which launched this weekend during the ICANN meeting in Mexico, is aimed at assisting companies and organisations navigate the new gTLD application process, as well as offering a registry services backend.… Continue reading Minds and Machines Launch At ICANN Mexico
Getting To Grips With DotTel
With .tel domains expected to “go live” in dns very soon Telnic have made available a number of resources to help people make the best use of their .tel domain(s). The updated “community” page on the Telnic site provides access to a range of useful information: The domains will ‘go live’ (resolve to the DNS… Continue reading Getting To Grips With DotTel