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Jeff Moss Goes to Moscow

Veni Markovski — Sat, 19 May 2012 02:21:13 +0000

ICANN’s vice president and CSO, Jeff Moss, visited Moscow for the 3rd Russian Internet Governance Forum. He was the keynote speaker at the Russian IGF, but the local organizers, the Russian Coordination Center for the .ru ccTLD decided to use him even more, and invited Jeff also to join a panel discussion on DDoS attacks, [...]

National Physical Laboratory of the UK Selected to Conduct a gTLD Whois Privacy and Proxy Abuse Study

Liz Gasster — Mon, 30 Apr 2012 18:19:24 +0000

I am delighted to report that ICANN has engaged the National Physical Laboratory (NPL) of the United Kingdom to conduct a study of Whois Privacy and Proxy Abuse. Guided by Richard Clayton, NPL has established a collaborative study team of domain specialists from three universities. Together, this team will examine the extent to which gTLD [...]

ICANN to Convene North America Regional Registry/Registrar Event

Karla Valente — Wed, 11 Apr 2012 22:12:10 +0000

On 17-18 May 2012, ICANN and its gTLD registration services providers will meet in Los Angeles, USA. These regional events are a chance for ICANN staff and representatives from gTLD registries and ICANN-accredited registrars to meet informally to discuss topics important to our industry and business relationships. These events happen regularly and in different locations [...]

More Number Scarcity

Leo Vegoda — Mon, 02 Apr 2012 15:59:57 +0000

Last year ICANN allocated the last five IPv4 blocks to the Regional Internet Registries (RIRs). Since then we have seen a concerted effort on the part of network and content providers to make sure they support IPv6, so they’ll be ready for the next few billion Internet users. But there’s another Internet number resource which [...]

Meet LACTLD: Coordinating Internet Development in Latin America and the Caribbean

Rodrigo de la Parra — Thu, 22 Mar 2012 18:45:24 +0000

(Oscar Robles, LACTLD Chair) Last week at my first ICANN meeting as regional Vice President for Latin America and the Caribbean, I was proud that all my ICANN colleagues converged on Costa Rica and were able to see for themselves why I love the Latin American and Caribbean region. Besides the friendly people, great food, [...]

Ten Million DNS Resolvers on the Internet

Joe Abley — Thu, 22 Mar 2012 16:08:12 +0000

Resolvers are servers on the Internet which use the Domain Name System (DNS) protocol [TXT, 120 KB] to retrieve information from authoritative servers and return answers to end-user applications. They’re often found in enterprise and ISP networks, and there are a number of public resolver services provided by people like Google and OpenDNS. It’s also [...]

ICANN and LACNIC Agree to Enhance DNS Reliability in Latin America, Caribbean

Rodrigo de la Parra — Thu, 15 Mar 2012 20:21:02 +0000

As Latin American Internet users look on, Raul Echeberria (left), Executive Director of LACNIC, and Rod Beckstrom, President and CEO of ICANN, sign mutual agreements at ICANN 43 in Costa Rica. San Jose, Costa Rica – At the ICANN 43 meeting ongoing this week, the Latin American and Caribbean Internet Addresses Registry (LACNIC) and the [...]

ICANN Hosts Commonwealth Cybercrime Initiative Workshop

Dave Piscitello — Thu, 15 Mar 2012 15:37:26 +0000

Offers to Assist in Securing DNS 14 March — ICANN welcomed members of the Commonwealth Cybercrime Initiative (CCI) Steering Group to Costa Rica as part of its efforts to improve the security, stability and resiliency of the global Domain Name System (DNS). The meeting offered Steering Group members the opportunity to explain the purpose of [...]

L-Root in your Pocket

Joe Abley — Tue, 13 Mar 2012 21:24:36 +0000

OK, so not quite in your pocket. But near your pocket. ICANN operates L-Root, one of the 13 Domain Name System root servers which together make up the infrastructure known as the Root Server System. The Root Servers serve the root zone of the DNS, maintained by ICANN staff in the IANA department. The Root [...]

Thought Paper on Domain Seizures and Takedowns

Dave Piscitello — Thu, 08 Mar 2012 17:00:01 +0000

Recent legal actions (Rustock, Coreflood and Kelihos, among others) resulting in disrupting or dismantling major criminal networks have involved seizures of domain names, DNS name server reconfiguration and transfers of domain name registrations as part of the takedown actions. This thought paper [PDF, 449 KB] offers guidance for anyone who prepares an order that seeks [...]

Measuring Worldwide Growth in IPv6 Deployments

ICANNblog — Wed, 07 Mar 2012 17:20:02 +0000

This is a guest post by Mirjam Kühne, Labs Community Builder at the RIPE NCC. RIPE Labs is a platform designed by the RIPE NCC for network operators, industry experts and the RIPE NCC to expose, test and discuss innovative Internet-related tools, ideas and analysis. In early 2011, the RIPE NCC shared some graphs that [...]

Threats Against DNS Root Servers

Jeff Moss — Fri, 02 Mar 2012 00:39:31 +0000

We have been receiving questions from various parties concerning the recent threat against the Internet’s root servers that is purported to have originated with the group Anonymous. We are aware of the threat and we take all threats against the DNS infrastructure seriously. We are tracking the threat and collaborating with others in the industry [...]

ICANN.ORG Redesign Welcomes the Global Visitor

Scott Pinzon — Mon, 27 Feb 2012 22:22:00 +0000

Our long-planned redesign of ICANN.ORG just went live today, 27 February. The new information architecture arranges the resources that ICANN.ORG offers in a more logical arrangement. More than 38,000 pages and files were carefully examined and migrated into the best locations following extensive consultation with the ICANN community, including: Nearly 300 responses to the site [...]

The North American 2012 IPv6 Summit supported by the Colorado ISOC

Ognian Mitev — Fri, 27 Jan 2012 21:12:49 +0000

The Colorado ISOC is sponsoring the North American 2012 IPv6 Summit. The conference will be held April 9-11, 2012 at the Grand Hyatt Denver Colorado. IPv6 networking professionals from all over the world will be attending. This will be the largest IPv6 conference in North America in 2012.

ARIN Update – 10-JAN-2012

Chris Grundemann — Tue, 10 Jan 2012 20:49:05 +0000

As a member of the ARIN Advisory Council (AC), I have to stay up to date on all of the goings on in the world of ARIN policy development (that’s kind of the point of the AC). These policy changes affect many people but are fairly hard to keep track of for most (most engineers [...]

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ICANN Stands Ready for New gTLD Launch

Rod Beckstrom — Sat, 07 Jan 2012 05:29:42 +0000

On Tuesday 3 January 2012, our executive team met with Michael Salazar, New gTLD Program Director, to review ICANN’s readiness to open the application window for the new generic top-level domain program on Thursday, 12 January, as planned. We carefully reviewed every critical aspect. Each executive was called on to indicate whether his or her group is [...]

New gTLD Roadshows

Rod Beckstrom — Tue, 20 Dec 2011 20:17:08 +0000

I have spent a lot of time on the road recently. My visits to 16 countries in three months were just one part of ICANN’s busy and successful international roadshows to raise awareness of new generic top-level domains. Since the roadshows began in September as part of the broader new gTLD awareness-raising effort, ten members [...]

EBERO Plan Moving Forward Rapidly

Karla Valente — Thu, 15 Dec 2011 02:04:01 +0000

Monday, 5 December marked the Request for Information (RFI) deadline that asked Emergency Back-End Registry Operator (EBERO) candidates to submit their proposals if they would like to be considered for the new gTLD EBERO Program. We received 14 RFIs from respondents in North America, South America, Asia and Europe and we plan to make the [...]

EBERO 计划进展迅速

Karla Valente — Thu, 15 Dec 2011 02:03:33 +0000

12 月 5 日（即周一）是”信息征询” (RFI) 活动的截止日期，愿意入围新 gTLD EBERO 计划遴选活动的后方紧急注册管理执行机构 (EBERO) 候补人需要在此日期前提交申请。我们已收到来自北美、南美、亚洲和欧洲的 14 份 RFI，计划在 2012 年完成 EBERO 机构的最终甄选工作。这项计划意义非凡，因为在发生紧急情况时，它能够使注册管理机构的服务不中断，确保安全、可靠地运营服务。新 gTLD 注册管理机构可能出现无法继续运营的情况，这时 EBERO 就可以发挥作用，保障继续提供服务。EBERO 计划的主要目标是保护注册人。该计划使 ICANN 能够与选定的机构合作，提供相应支持，使注册管理机构的关键性功能能够持续运转一段时间，或是在两个注册管理执行机构之间发生业务过户期间，确保继续提供注册管理机构的关键性功能。要强调的是，如果需要使用 EBERO 服务，其服务费用将由所有 gTLD 被要求提供费用的连续性运营工具 (COI) 来支付。目前我们正在审查 RFI 答复，特别是要审查与这些服务有关的成本问题。我们希望在新 gTLD 计划启动（预计在 2012 年 1 月 12 日）前公布这些信息。一旦从收到的 RFI 答复中选出 EBERO，我们会公布被选中机构的名称。随着此计划的不断推进，我们会及时为您带来更多最新信息。我们的目的是尽可能多地分享信息，以保持整个流程完全公开透明。如果您对 EBERO 的选择流程有任何问题，请直接通过以下电子邮件地址联系我们： ebero@icann.org。 Karla Valente [...]

План EBERO быстро осуществляется

Karla Valente — Thu, 15 Dec 2011 02:02:25 +0000

В понедельник 5 декабря наступил конечный срок запроса информации (ЗИ), в рамках которого была выдвинута просьба к кандидатам в резервные операторы реестров (EBERO) о подаче предложений, если они хотят, чтобы их кандидатура была рассмотрена на участие в программе EBERO новых рДВУ. Нами было получено 14 ЗИ от респондентов из Северной Америки, Южной Америки, Азии и [...]

Plan d’EBERO Progresse Rapidement

Karla Valente — Thu, 15 Dec 2011 02:01:40 +0000

Lundi 5 décembre est la date limite de demande de renseignement qui est donné par l’opérateur de registre de retour urgent (EBERO) aux candidats pour soumettre leurs propositions si ils souhaitent que leur commentaire soit pris en compte par le nouveau programme gTLD EBERO. Nous avons reçu 14 RFI de personnes interrogées d’Amérique du Nord, [...]

Avanza Rápidamente el Plan EBERO

Karla Valente — Thu, 15 Dec 2011 02:00:12 +0000

El lunes 5 de diciembre fue la fecha límite de la Solicitud de Información (RFI) que solicitaba a los candidatos a Operador de Registro Back-End de Emergencia (EBERO) que envíen sus propuestas si deseaban ser considerados para el Programa EBERO para Nuevos gTLD. Recibimos 14 RFI de las personas que respondieron de Norteamérica, Sudamérica, Asia [...]

خطة EBERO تتحرك بخطى سريعة

Karla Valente — Thu, 15 Dec 2011 01:59:08 +0000

تميز يوم الاثنين 5 ديسمبر بالموعد النهائي لطلب الحصول على المعلومات (RFI) الذي طالب مرشحي تشغيل سجل الطوارئ النهائيين (EBERO) بتقديم مقترحاتهم إذا كانت لديهم رغبة في النظر في برنامج gTLD EBERO الجديد. لقد تلقينا 14 طلبًا للحصول على المعلومات من مشاركين من أميركا الشمالية وأميركا الجنوبية وآسيا وأوروبا، ونحن نخطط لإجراء الاختيار النهائي لمنظمات [...]

Carefully Constructed New gTLD Program Moves Forward

Kurt Pritz — Tue, 13 Dec 2011 02:59:38 +0000

Senator Jay Rockefeller’s introductory statement at the U.S. Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation’s hearing regarding ICANN’s New gTLD Program on December 8, 2011 went right to the issue: “I think we have to get used to dot-hotels. I think we have to get used to dot-auto.” With that comment, the Chairman seemed to [...]

精心构建的新 gTLD 计划继续向前推进

Kurt Pritz — Tue, 13 Dec 2011 02:58:06 +0000

美国参议院商务、科学和运输常设委员会于 2011 年 12 月 8 日针对 ICANN 的新 gTLD 计划举行了听证会，会上，参议员 Jay Rockefeller 做了介绍性陈述发言，其中提到了以下议题：”我认为我们必须要习惯于使用 .hotel 域名。我认为我们必须要习惯于使用 .auto 域名。” 就此意见来看，对于可能愈演愈烈的在线创新热潮与竞争态势，该委员会主席持欢迎态度。而创新和竞争，也是有望在全球互联网引入数百个新顶级域名的新 gTLD 计划有必要存在的两个核心原因。 Rockefeller 参议员提醒，域名系统的扩展工作要步调谨慎、循序渐进，ICANN 方面对此表示认同。有其他听证人对此计划持批评态度，其中的一些批评言论听起来似乎也有道理，但这些批评意见已经过时，因为他们所提出的问题已在持续七年之久的计划制订过程中得以解决。会议期间，我就新 gTLD 计划的发展历程向委员会作了简要介绍，重点强调了这七年期间针对计划的方方面面所进行的题材广泛、深入细致、开放透明的讨论和辩论：通过 47 个延长的意见征询期，共收集到了 2400 条公众意见，由此编写了厚达 1400 多页的意见概要和分析报告，此外还建立了十个独立专家工作组，编写了 59 份说明备忘录和独立评估报告。在此期间，我们不断接收和考虑来自各方的意见，而且他们的建议大部分都被采纳。新 gTLD 计划的出台，是一个谨慎周密的流程长期运转的结果。来自知识产权、经济和互联网安全领域的世界级专家学者参与制定了计划中的相应解决方案，这些解决方案也经过了互联网群体的评审和各国政府部门的审核。另外，我还解释了新gTLD将实施比现有 TLD 注册管理机构更为严格的保护措施，新计划将针对商标持有者采用更为完善的保护机制。新的域名环境将大幅降低保护性注册的需求。参议员 Amy Klobuchar 和 Kelly Ayotte 表示有必要让执法机构参与此流程，并强调 ICANN 应与执法部门密切协作，营造更为安全的互联网环境。我在会议上明确承诺，ICANN 将因地制宜地尽快落实上述有关执法机构参与的建议。我提到了 ICANN 以往在制定消费者保护机制方面所做的工作，谈到了与执法部门群体的合作历史以及通过注册服务商与 [...]