Law enforcement push for stricter domain name rules
Law enforcement officials in the U.K. and U.S. are pushing the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers to put in place measures that would help reduce abuse of the domain name system.
View ArticleLaw enforcement push for stricter domain name rules
Law enforcement officials in the U.K. and U.S. are pushing the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers to put in place measures that would help reduce abuse of the domain name system.
View ArticleLaw enforcement lobbies hard for ICANN changes
U.S. and U.K. law enforcement officials are trying to marshal support for changes that would make it more difficult for criminals to register domain names under false details.
View ArticleICANN approves first four internationalized country domains
ICANN, the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers, has approved the first four country-code domain names written in non-Latin script, it announced Tuesday.
View ArticleDot-org domains can now be protected by DNSSEC
On Wednesday, .org became the first generic top-level domain to offer its customers improved security using DNSSEC (Domain Name System Security Extensions).
View ArticleICANN board approves dot-XXX top-level domain for porn
Pornography will have its own top-level domain, dot-XXX, the board of the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers decided Friday.
View ArticleP2P-based alternative to DNS hopes to challenge ICANN
A group led by former Pirate Bay spokesman Peter Sunde is forming to develop a peer-to-peer-based alternative to today's ICANN-controlled DNS system, according to a blog posted on Tuesday.
View ArticleICANN approves change to Internet domain name system
The board of directors of the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) has approved an increase in the number of Internet domain name endings, known as generic top-level domains...
View ArticleTrademark owners can block misuse in .xxx domain
Trademark owners can prevent their names from being misused in the new .xxx top-level domain by blocking these names, ICM Registry, the Florida-based registry operator for the .xxx top-level domain said.
View ArticleTech stories of 2011: Jobs, Android and Anonymous rank in top 10
In 2011, the increasingly mobile and socially networked world of technology became more intertwined than ever with politics and the law. Patent wars shaped competition in tablets and smartphones,...
View ArticleAustralians gripe about negative top-level domain proposals
Governments around the world have lodged complaints about a wide variety of proposals for new top-level Internet domains. Australia is the biggest complainer and has issues with proposed domains...
View ArticleVint Cerf: The Internet doesn't need the ITU's help
Work under way to draft new regulations at the World Conference on International Telecommunications (WCIT) in Dubai this week could harm the Internet, warned Internet pioneer and Google executive Vint...
View ArticleAfrican domain-name registrars have mixed reaction to ICANN push
African domain-name registrars responded with mixed reactions to details of ICANN's initiative on the continent, saying that while they should now have increased access to the Internet governance...
View ArticleInternal-use SSL certificates pose security risk for upcoming domain extensions
The practice of issuing SSL certificates for internal domain names with unqualified extensions could endanger the privacy and integrity of HTTPS communications for upcoming generic top-level domains...
View ArticleICANN's new CEO pledges to keep the Internet intact and open
ICANN's new CEO Fadi Chehadé, who took over in October, is on a mission to help politicians around the world understand the importance of keeping the Internet intact and open, and is also working to...
View ArticleIn wake of gTLD security criticism, ICANN announces emergency back-up...
The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) has selected three emergency back-end registry operators to guarantee domain names within a new generic top-level domain (gTLD) will...
View ArticleICANN announces opening of Istanbul office as part of globalization effort
As part of ICANN's efforts to become a more global organization it detailed plans on Thursday for its new office in Istanbul.
View ArticleICANN CEO wants to make progress on US split at London meeting
ICANN CEO Fadi Chehadé hopes to make progress on the split with the U.S. government and convince critics that the organization is on the right track when it meets in London next week.
View ArticleGovernment control emerges as central issue at ICANN meeting
What level of control governments should exert over the Internet emerged early in ICANN's meeting this week as a primary sticking point, with the representative from France advocating for more state...
View ArticleCountries don't own their Internet domains, ICANN says
The Internet domain name for a country doesn't belong to that country -- nor to anyone, according to ICANN.
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