Domain Name News – March 18, 2012

Here is a selection of recent items: At the close of the ICANN meetings held last week in Costa Rica, ICANN CEO Rod Beckstrom and Chairman Steve Crocker were interviewed concerning the New gTLD Program and other aspects of ICANN. Beckstrom indicated that there are 290 registrants in the TLD Application System (TAS) as of…

Domain Name News – March 11, 2012

ICANN Meets This Week in Costa Rica – ICANN is meeting this week in San José, Costa Rica. Applications for new gTLDs are currently being accepted, and various aspects of the new gTLD program will be discussed during the week. A sampling of other topics includes WHOIS, the Registrar Accreditation Agreement, Domain Name System Security…

Domain Name News – March 4, 2012

Here is a selection of recent items: ICANN’s Security and Stability Advisory Committee (SSAC) has issued “SSAC Report on Dotless Domains” [pdf]. A “dotless domain” is a domain name consisting of a single label. The possible introduction of new gTLDs has raised the possibility of such labels appearing alone, e.g. in URLs or email addresses.…

Domain Name News – February 19, 2012

Here is a selection of recent items: As part of its planned implementation of Domain Name System Security Extensions (DNSSEC) in the .CA domain, CIRA has released a DNSSEC Practice Statement (DPS). The DPS “provides an operational outline of all the details on how CIRA plans to develop, maintain and manage DNSSEC deployment”. CIRA is…

Domain Name News – February 5, 2012

Robert Herjavec To Headline Canadian Internet Forum – The Canadian Internet Registration Authority (CIRA) has announced that the keynote presentation at the 2012 Canadian Internet Forum (CIF) will be delivered by Robert Herjavec, business leader and one of the stars of CBC’s the Dragon’s Den and ABC’s Shark Tank. Also, a panel on the future…