Archive for the ‘Domains’ Category
Thursday, August 19th, 2010
As a result of ICANN’s IDN ccTLD Fast Track process, which was launched in November of last year, a number of new ccIDNs (Country Code Internationalized Domain Names) have been successfully added to the root including: China (.中国, .中國), Egypt (.مصر), Hong Kong (.香港 ), Russia (.рф), Saudi Arabia (.السعودية), ...
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Thursday, July 15th, 2010
With the launch of new gTLDs expected to occur early next year, many are closely examining the opportunities and risks associated with ICANN’s Program.
Although still in draft format and subject to change, keep these gotchas in mind as you think through your strategy.
A 70% Refund Sounds Great - If you ...
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Tuesday, June 1st, 2010
A fourth draft of ICANN’s New gTLD Draft Applicant Guidebook has been released.
In addition to the Applicant Guidebook, ICANN has also published summaries and analysis of the public comment period.
The latest version includes:
Incorporation of trademark protections, including improvements to the Uniform Rapid Suspension (URS), the Trademark Clearinghouse (TM Clearinghouse), and ...
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Thursday, May 20th, 2010
In a recent survey of MarkMonitor’s global corporate client base*, nearly 22% of respondents stated that their companies are intending to apply for a new gTLD.
Twenty-three percent stated that their companies did not intend to apply for a new gTLD, while more than 55% still did not know which route ...
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Monday, May 3rd, 2010
Last week, ICANN’s Tina Dam appeared on CNN’s, “Qwest Means Business” discussing the importance of IDN ccTLDs.
When asked whether having non-Latin domain names might contribute to greater confusion, Tina Dam stated that she did not see any reason why non-native speakers would need to access websites in other languages. Of ...
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Tuesday, April 27th, 2010
After almost 3 years of numerous reports, comment periods and multiple implementation plans, ICANN has finally approved the delegation of the first set of IDN ccTLDs as a result of the IDN ccTLD Fast Track Process.
Specifically, the ICANN Board approved:
Delegation of the .рф ("R.F.") domain representing the Russian Federation to ...
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Wednesday, April 14th, 2010
DNSSEC (Domain Name System Security Extensions) is a set of specifications designed to prevent hackers from intercepting DNS queries and redirecting end users to spoofed sites through a technique known as Cache Poisoning. Complete DNSSEC implementation requires that domains are authenticated at the root by the Registry, and that DNS ...
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Tuesday, March 23rd, 2010
In addition to Egypt, Russian Federation, United Arab Emirates and Saudi Arabia which had successfully completed the second phase of the IDN Fast Track Process earlier this year, ICANN announced today that China, Hong Kong, Palestinian Territories, Qatar, Sri Lanka, Taiwan, Thailand and Tunisia have also successfully completed the second phase.
ICANN’s IDN ...
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Friday, March 12th, 2010
For those closely following the ICANN Meeting in Nairobi this week, the EOI (Expression of Interest) model seemed like a foregone conclusion. In fact, ICANN had scheduled a webinar on March 18th to explain the process despite the complaints of the community and large-scale disagreement amongst proponents of the EOI.
As ...
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Wednesday, February 17th, 2010
It seems like every week, news of yet another high-profile domain hijacking occurs. Whether it’s stolen credentials, SQL injection attacks, or even the work of disgruntled employees, the number of incidents has been on the rise.
At the beginning of last year, MarkMonitor participated in VeriSign’s beta program to test server-level ...
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