John Demco
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 domain names using non-Latin characters.
- ICANN and the U.S. Government entered into a new Affirmation of Commitments to complete “the transition of the technical management of the DNS to a multi-stakeholder, private-sector-led model.”
- Policy changes adopted by ICANN have all but eliminated domain tasting.
- Rod Beckstrom took over from Paul Twomey as President and CEO of ICANN.
- The .ORG domain became the first open gTLD to be signed with DNSSEC.
- Plans and funding were announced for BIND 10, the next generation of the popular open-source DNS software.
- The new .tel domain went live.
Timeline
- Fri, Jan 8: last day for comments on variants and 3-character IDN TLDs
- Thu, Jan 21: last day for comments on ICANN draft 2010-2013 strategic plan
- Tue, Jan 26: last day for comments on report on trademark protection in new gTLDs
- Wed, Jan 27: last day for comments on ICANN draft EOI model for new gTLDs
- Sun, Mar 7 – Fri, Mar 12: ICANN meetings in Nairobi, Kenya
- Fri, Apr 2: last day for applications to the ICANN Nominating Committee
- Sun, Jun 20 – Fri, Jun 25: ICANN meetings in Brussels, Belgium
- Thu, Jul 1: registry fee increases for .com/.net take effect