Archive for the ‘ICANN’ Category
Posted February 10th, 2012
From ICANN News
On 7 February 2012, the ICANN Board reaffirmed ICANN’s commitment to opening a second round of applications in the New gTLD Program as expeditiously as possible.
ICANN will publish a document describing the work plan required prior to initiating a second application window for the New gTLD Program.
It is not possible yet to state a specific date for the second round because of the work ICANN has committed to related to the first round. First, the applications from the first round must be processed, and the amount of applications to be received will not be known until the first-round application window ends. In addition, ICANN previously committed to addressing the recommendations of the Governmental Advisory Committee requirements for assessment of trademark protections and root zone operation as a result of the first round.
In furtherance of the resolution, after the publication of the description of the work plan, ICANN will continue working with the community to refine that work plan.
The full text of the resolution is available on ICANN’s website HERE.
Get the full skinny HERE.
Posted in gTLDS, ICANN by Ken Taylor
Posted December 5th, 2011
From ICANN News
2 December 2011
In Dakar, ICANN announced the commencement of negotiations with representatives of the Registrar Stakeholder Group to amend the Registrar Accreditation Agreement (RAA). These negotiations are actively underway, and aim to produce amendment topics to enhance registrant protection and DNS stability for consideration at the Costa Rica Meeting.
To promote transparency and timely communications, ICANN has created a dedicated Wiki to describe the communications plan, publish regular status updates on the amendment topics under consideration, and provide comment opportunities to the broader ICANN community.
For the latest developments on these important negotiations, click on the link below:
https://community.icann.org/display/RAA
Tags: ICANN, RAA, Registries
Posted in ICANN, RAA, Registries by Ken Taylor
Posted November 30th, 2011
As posted to CircleId.com by Ram Mohan: “While the global rollout of Domain Name System Security Extensions (DNSSEC) continues at the domain name registry level — with more than 25% of top-level domains now signed — the industry continues to focus on the problem of registrar, ISP and ultimately end-user adoption. At the ICANN meeting in Dakar in late October, engineers from some of the early-adopting registries gathered for their regular face-to-face discussion about how to break the “chicken or egg” problems of secure domain name deployment.”
Click HERE to read the full article.
Tags: DNSSEC, ICANN 42
Posted in DNSSEC, ICANN by Kelly Hardy
Posted November 24th, 2011
As posted to ICANN.org: “Following the ICANN Board’s acceptance at the October 2011 meeting in Dakar, Senegal, ICANN is today providing notice of implementation for version 3.0 of the Guidelines for Implementation of Internationalized Domain Names. The IDN Guidelines are a list of general standards that many top-level domain registries deploying IDNs are required to follow based on the Internationalized Domain Names for Applications (IDNA) protocol standard from the IETF.”
Click HERE to read more.
Tags: ICANN, IDNs
Posted in ICANN, IDNs by Kelly Hardy
Posted November 22nd, 2011
ICANN is actively seeking to improve ICANN.org and reached out to the community to participate in making the site more user friendly.
Click HERE to review the webinar held on November 21, 2011 in which ICANN’s Communications Department, explains the research that went into deciding how to improve the information architecture of ICANN.ORG
Tags: ICANN
Posted in ICANN by Kelly Hardy
Posted November 21st, 2011
As posted to ICANN.org: “In anticipation of the opening of the New gTLD application round on 12 January 2012, ICANN is expanding the New gTLD Customer Service Center.
The expansion includes a new, multi-lingual Knowledge Base that offers a range of reference materials. In addition, applicants will be able to communicate with customer service in the 6 UN languages (Arabic, Chinese, English, French, Russian, and Spanish). New gTLD Customer Service previously provided support in English only.”
Click HERE to read more.
Tags: new gTLDs
Posted in gTLDS, ICANN by Kelly Hardy
Posted November 11th, 2011
As reported by DomainIncite.com: “ The US government has put the IANA contract, which currently gives ICANN its powers to create new top-level domains, up for competitive bidding.
The National Telecommunications and Information Administration issued a request for proposals late yesterday, almost a week later than expected.
The Statement Of Work, which defines the IANA contractor’s responsibilities, is over twice at long as the current IANA contract, containing many deliverables and deadlines.
While the contract is open to bidders other than ICANN, ICANN is obviously the likely winner, so it’s fair to read the SOW in that context.
Notably, the section dealing with approving new gTLDs has been changed since the draft language released in June.”
Click HERE to read the full article.
Tags: ICANN. IANA
Posted in IANA, ICANN by Kelly Hardy
Posted November 10th, 2011
ICANN is revamping ICANN.org and they want your feedback.
As posted to ICANN.org: “A cross-departmental team within ICANN has been working for months to improve the usefulness and the look of ICANN’s main website, ICANN.ORG. The completely redesigned site is expected to launch in the first quarter of 2012.
How will the new site differ from today’s site? What new features can you look forward to? Will rearranging the site break links to content you rely on? For the answers to these and other relevant questions, join us for a live webinar on 21 November, 2011.”
Click HERE for details.
Tags: ICANN
Posted in ICANN by Kelly Hardy
Posted November 6th, 2011
As published by Wendy Seltzer to CircleId.com: “Law enforcement demands to domain name registrars were a recurring theme of the 42d ICANN public meeting, concluded last week in Dakar. The Governmental Advisory Committee (GAC) took every opportunity at its public meetings with GNSO and Board, and in its Communique to express dismay, disappointment, and demands for urgent action to “reduce the risk of criminal abuse of the domain name system.”
This conversation is about domain name abuse benefits from a multi-stakeholder environment, where it can include domain registrars, registrants, and Internet users, along with law enforcement representatives. Broad debate helps because the question is not just how to “mitigate criminal activity using the domain name system,” but how to recognize criminal activity at the DNS level, how to implement due process to protect legitimate online speakers from abusive or mistaken takedowns, and how to protect the privacy and security of non-criminal users of the domain name system.”
Click HERE to read the full article.
Tags: ICANN
Posted in ICANN by Kelly Hardy
Posted October 26th, 2011
As posted to ICANN.org: “Thinking of applying for a new generic top-level domain? An interactive demonstration of the online application system is now available on ICANN’s new gTLD microsite. You can access it from the homepage and the Applicants page. You can also visit the TAS Overview page to view the demonstration.”
Click HERE to read more.
Tags: new gTLDs, TAS
Posted in gTLDS, ICANN by Kelly Hardy
