Archive for June, 2010

The National ccTLD Disputes: Between State Actors and Non-State Actors by Y.J. Park

Since 1985, non-state actors under Jon Postel’s leadership have experimented creating virtual national spaces on the Internet through so-called “country...

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.XXX Closer, Chinese IDNs Approved Amid Cybersecurity Concerns and gTLD Delays at Brussels ICANN Meeting

.XXX Closer, Chinese IDNs Approved Amid Cybersecurity Concerns and gTLD Delays at Brussels ICANN Meeting

In a week where domain name security, the possibility of blocking certain domain name character strings due to their use in cybercrime and no set date for the taking...

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.ORG and .EU Deploy DNNSEC for Greater Web User Security

.ORG and .EU Deploy DNNSEC for Greater Web User Security

The 38th ICANN meeting currently underway has seen both the Public Interest Registry and EURid both announce separately they will be deploying Domain Name System...

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DomainFest 2011 Back in Fairmont

DomainFest 2011 will be held back in the beautiful Fairmont in Santa Monica Back by popular demand Oversee.Net have announced in the news release below.

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ICANN Leader Calls for Greater International Cooperation in Addressing Internet Security at Brussels Meeting

ICANN Leader Calls for Greater International Cooperation in Addressing Internet Security at Brussels Meeting

[news release] Defending the Internet’s Domain Name System (DNS) against attacks by “miscreants with malicious intent” requires increased international...

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Brave New World of New gTLDs to Provide Registry and Business Opportunities

With the domain name landscape to change in the next 12 months with ICANN’s probable introduction of new generic Top Level Domains there are a number of companies...

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Slow Three Week Sales Period With No Domain Sales Over $100K

Slow Three Week Sales Period With No Domain Sales Over $100K

Having missed a few weeks summarising Domain Name Journal’s list of top domain name sales, it has to be reported that in the three weeks to 23 May there was not...

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WIPO Advanced Workshop on Domain Name Dispute Resolution: Update on Practices and Precedents

WIPO Advanced Workshop on Domain Name Dispute Resolution: Update on Practices and Precedents

WIPO, Geneva, Switzerland, Tuesday and Wednesday, October 19 and 20, 2010 Overview The WIPO Arbitration and Mediation Center is internationally recognized as the...

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RegistryPro Allocates Two- and Three-Character Names and Signs Two New Registrars

RegistryPro Allocates Two- and Three-Character Names and Signs Two New Registrars

[news release] RegistryPro, the exclusive operator of the .PRO top-level domain (TLD) on the Internet, has announced the results of the first phase of its historic...

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.FI To Introduce DNSSEC

.FI To Introduce DNSSEC

[news release] FICORA will introduce the Domain Name System Security Extension (DNSSec) for Finnish domain names. The security extension provides a powerful protection...

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400,000 .ME Domains Registered in 2 Years

400,000 .ME Domains Registered in 2 Years

[news release] Just two years after the world first heard of Montenegro’s top-level domain, .ME, more than 400,000 .ME domains have been registered. Several...

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Third DENIC DNSSEC Testbed Meeting Another Great Success

Third DENIC DNSSEC Testbed Meeting Another Great Success

[news release] A whole kaleidoscope of hot topics and questions all around the protocol extension DNSSEC and the persistent great interest of the Internet community...

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Internet of Things: progress report on R&D work conducted by AFNIC

Internet of Things: progress report on R&D work conducted by AFNIC

[news release] AFNIC is today offering a video presentation of the R&D work it has been conducting on the Internet of Things and, in particular, on the Object...

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Internet of Things: progress report on R&D work conducted by AFNIC

Internet of Things: progress report on R&D work conducted by AFNIC

[news release] AFNIC is today offering a video presentation of the R&D work it has been conducting on the Internet of Things and, in particular, on the Object...

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IPv4 Address Pool Shrinks to a Perilous New Low Level

IPv4 Address Pool Shrinks to a Perilous New Low Level

The number of IPv4 addresses remaining has shrunk to 6.25 per cent of the total address pool in June from what was already considered a low ten per cent of IPv4...

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