John Demco
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 Mal Web” ranks top-level domains by their riskiness.
- ICANN is seeking comments on its draft 2010-2013 strategic plan.
- Nominet has taken down 1291 .co.uk domain names at the request of the Metropolitan Police’s Central e-Crime Unit.
- Three registrars have lost their ICANN accreditation.
- “DNS Explained”, a video from Centr.
- “Vint Cerf: Connecting with an Internet Pioneer, 40 Years Later“, from ScientificAmerican.com.
- Red Brick Pizza, Inc. wins a dispute over redbrickpizza.ca.
Timeline
- Thu, Dec 10: support for .eu IDNs commences
- Tue, Dec 15: last day for participation in .uk domain self-regulation survey
- Wed, Dec 30: last day for participation in ICANN 2010-2013 strategic plan survey
- 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
- 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