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Remote Participation, ICANN, Nairobi
ICANN Nairobi is well underway and it’s not too late for remote participation. For information about remote participation, click HERE. Tags: ICANN, Nairobi sex.com Up for Auction
From REUTERS Sex.com, often touted as one of the most valuable Internet domain names, is due to head to the auction block next week. DOM Partners LLC, a New Jersey lender that backed a 2006 purchase of the domain name for a reported $14 million, is foreclosing on the Internet property, and is due to auction it on March 18 at New York law firm Windels Marx Lane & Mittendorf LLP, according to legal notices. Bidding for the Internet property, the tumultuous past of which includes several lawsuits and two books, is due to start at $1 million. See the full story HERE. Tags: Auctions, reuters, sex.com What You Need To Know About Changes To .CN
As “heavy” Internet users, we are familiar with upheavals in the domain world. Registrars loose accreditation, registrations lapse and domain names are lost. High profile domains change hands almost daily. If there is anything the domain business is used to its change, and the ability to adapt to shifting guidelines and technologies is vital to successfully operate and conduct business online. It is because of this constant change that the Internet has created an emerging world community. However, like all communities, it is far from perfect. In December of 2009, CNNIC, the operator of .CN drastically altered their domain registration requirements closing registrations to anyone outside of China. The new restrictions, which went active on December 14, 2009, were put in place to “restrict online pornography”. CNNIC’s registration requirements changed dramatically overnight. It became nearly impossible to register or transfer a domain name outside of China unless you operated a business in China or had a “man on the ground” to register the name for you and maintain local presence. It wasn’t a noticeable change unless you were trying to register a .CN domain or transfer one. The domain world doesn’t get a lot of mainstream press but .CN’s new registration restrictions were so tough that TIME Magazine picked up on it. On December 18, 2009, Time.com ran an article titled “China’s Domain-Name Limits: Web Censorship (HERE).
The Chinese government and the Internet have had a dubious relationship of late, having been in the news frequently for censoring Internet activity, allegedly using Google’s services for nefarious purposes, and monitoring individual users. To anyone who has been keeping an eye on Internet developments within China, these registration restrictions come as little surprise. There are nearly 13 million domain names registered under .CN, making this a delicate circumstance. China is a very large market that few businesses want to be excluded from. To continue to operate in China, it is vital to pay close attention to the fluctuating Internet laws and regulations the country is subject to implementing without much notice. This is not likely to be the last change to CNNICs rules of registration or operation and there is very little that can be done to combat it. Tags: .CN, China, CNNIC, ICANN, Neustar ICANN Publishes Survey of IPv6 Availability on Commercial Firewalls
As posted to ICANN.ORG: “ICANN’s Security and Stability Advisory Committee (SSAC) is conducting a survey of the commercial firewall market to obtain information relating to IPv6 security service availability. The purpose of this survey is to update and compare the results against a similar survey SSAC conducted in October 2007, see Survey of IPv6 Support Among Commercial Firewalls [SAC 021] [PDF, 236 KB].” For the full article, click HERE. Tags: Firewall, ICANN, IPv6 Domain Protection and Cyber Armies
When Baidu.com was hacked last month by the Iranian Cyber Army. They felt that Register.com was to blame. However, as one might imagine the situation is not black and white and is a good lesson in the importance of IP protection on-line. As reported by Domain Name Wire: “Last month visitors to Baidu.com were redirected to a page stating that the site had been hacked by the Iranian Cyber Army. Baidu later sued Register.com for allegedly allowing a security intrusion that enabled the hackers to change the name servers for Baidu.com. But the original lawsuit redacted the essential facts about how the hackers got control of Baidu’s account at Register.com. Now an unredacted copy of the lawsuit is available (pdf).” To read the full article, click HERE. Tags: Baidu.com, Hacking, Iranian Cyber Army, register.com ICANN Answers Questions About Community Support for IDN ccTLDs
Questions have been swirling around concerning community support for IDN ccTLDs. As reported on the ICANN blog: “One area of the IDN ccTLD Fast Track Process about which questions have arisen is community support for the IDN ccTLD and how such support can be demonstrated. I have provided some clarification here that I hope is helpful to present and future IDN ccTLD Fast Track participants. None of this information replaces or changes the information available and defined in the Final Implementation Plan for the IDN ccTLD Fast Track Process. It is merely an elaboration of that published information.” Click HERE to read the full article. Tags: ICANN, IDN ccTLDs China Further Tightens Rules for Domain Name Owners
From PC World Web site owners in China will have to start submitting personal photos to register their sites with the government under new trial regulations, China’s latest move in an Internet clampdown focused on porn. The regulations, issued by China’s Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, are part of an ongoing effort by the ministry to create records for all Web sites in the country. They come amid a wide-ranging campaign against online porn in which China has also shut down thousands of Web sites and suspended registration of new Internet domain names by individuals. The campaign has even had an effect outside of China, where companies that sell domain names have been blocked from offering domains that end with the .cn country code. See the full story HERE. Tags: .CN, China, clampdown Like A Rolling Stone Indeed
Earlier this week the domain name for Rolling Stone magazine, Rollingstone.com appeared to have expired and briefly become a Network Solutions parking page. The twittersphere exploded with comments in reference to the event to the tune of “I wish I had bought it” and “I could be very rich right now”. More alarming than this mass interest in cybersquatting the domain and ransoming it back to Rolling Stone was the information that the domain was not set to expire until September 2011. According to Adam Strong of Domain Name News, this is a problem that NSI refers to as a “glitch.” If a domain of such high profile can incur a “glitch” of this magnitude, it can happen to any domain. Consider this a warning shot. Your registrations are not infallible. Watch your expiration dates like a hawk. Constantly monitor your domain resolution. IP protection is a constantly changing game. Click HERE for the full Domain Name News article on Rollingstone.com “glitch”. Tags: Cybersquatting, Network Solutions, Rollingstone.com Concerned About New gTLD Security? ICANN Releases New Information
Click to read ICANN’s latest informative update on new gTLDs: Mitigating Malicious Conduct in New gTLD - Zone File Access and High Security Zone TLD Tags: high security zone TLD, ICANN, new gTLDs, zone file access If It’s A Day Ending in Y, Someone Is Lobbying for .XXX
As reported on Domain Name Wire: “After winning an independent review against ICANN for denying ICM Registry’s application for a .xxx top level domain name, the registry says it hopes to begin offering .xxx domain names later this year. It has already opened up a process on its web site to pre-reserve names.” To read the full article, click HERE. Tags: .xxx, ICANN, ICM Registry
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