Category: Domain Name News

CIRA Seeks Nomination Committee Candidates – The Canadian Internet Registration Authority (CIRA), registry for the .ca domain, has issued a call for new members for its Nomination Committee. The committee’s critical role is to identify and attract candidates for CIRA’s annual Board of Directors elections, to help to ensure that the Board is highly qualified…

A look back at some notable items from 2009: VeriSign reported that at the end of the third quarter of 2009, there were more than 187 million domain names worldwide, an annual increase of 8%. With the introduction of the fast track process for new IDN ccTLDs, the stage is set for the first top-level…

Some domain name items from the past week: VeriSign will increase the .com and .net registry (wholesale) fees effective July 1, 2010. The .com fee will increase from $USD 6.86 to $7.34, and the .net fee will increase from $4.23 to $4.65. Twitter.com’s DNS settings were hijacked temporarily on December 17. ICANN is seeking comments…

Some recent domain name items: The first internationalized names under the .eu domain have been registered. ICANN has signed agreements with the Universal Postal Union giving the UPU managing authority over the new .post domain, and with UNESCO to expand the adoption of IDNs. DNS creator Dr. Paul Mockapetris has been interviewed on National Public…

A collection of domain name items from the past week: Google has introduced a public DNS service. DNS service provider OpenDNS offers some thoughts on Google DNS. The .nl domain is introducing some changes, including making less personal data available from the public Whois service. The .uk domain reaches 8 million registrations. McAfee’s “Mapping the…

Some recent domain name items: ICANN has issued a paper describing the harms and concerns posed by DNS redirection, wildcards, and synthesized responses at the registry level. The .uk registry, Nominet, is conducting a consultation on “proposals to ensure continued self-regulation of the .uk domain name industry”. The domain russia.com has reportedly been purchased for…

Notable domain news items during the past week: The fast track process for new IDN ccTLDs is under way, and as of November 19, ICANN has received 10 requests spread over 5 different languages. Three people have been charged for hijacking Comcast’s domain name in May, 2008. The .asia registry has announced plans to launch…

A round-up of domain news items: The fast track process for new IDN ccTLDs will launch on Monday, November 16. The Internet Governance Forum meets this week in Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt. A class-action lawsuit has been filed against domain auction site SnapNames. ICANN is seeking input on soliciting Expressions of Interest in new gTLDs.…

Some pointers this week: ICANN has published a briefing note summarizing the ICANN Seoul meetings. Domain name reseller SnapNames has dismissed a senior executive who is alleged to have secretly bid on domain name auctions to drive up prices. SnapNames has posted an FAQ page. Nominet has posted its 2009 domain name industry report with…

Significant Progress On Internationalized Domain Names At ICANN Seoul Meetings – At its meetings in Seoul, South Korea, the ICANN Board of Directors approved an implementation plan for introducing internationalized domain names (IDNs) as Internet top-level domains (TLDs). This fast-track process is for the introduction of a limited number of IDN TLDs associated with two-letter…

.SE Domain Brought Down Due To Misconfiguration – The registry for Sweden’s .se domain published an incorrect .se zone file on October 12, effectively removing all .se domain names from the zone file and making them inaccessible. Corrected data was quickly published, although the old incorrect information may have remained available for some time due…

CIRA Conducts Survey on Internet Policy Dialogue in Canada – The Canadian Internet Registration Authority (CIRA) is conducting a survey on Canadian public interest in Internet policy and decision making. The survey seeks input on: priorities and concerns around the evolution of the Internet in Canada, the best type of process to advance public debate,…

CIRA Announces 2009 Board of Directors Election Results – CIRA has announced that Margaret Gilmour, Jim Grey, Barry Shell, and Victoria Withers have been elected to its Board of Directors. A total of 603 ballots were cast. U.S. Government and ICANN Establish New Framework – With the expiry on September 30 of the Joint Project…

CIRA Board of Directors Election Continues Until Wednesday, September 30 – The Canadian Internet Registration Authority (CIRA) Board of Directors election continues until noon ET (9:00 am PT) on Wednesday, September 30. CIRA members are encouraged to vote. Worldwide Domain Name Growth Continues To Slow – VeriSign’s second quarter 2009 Domain Name Industry Brief indicates…