ICANN SSAC Releases Domain Name Hijacking Report
The Domain Name Hijacking Report was commissioned in response to both highly publicized hijacking events and a number of lesser publicized events. The SSAC found that domain name hijacking incidents are
commonly the result of flaws in registration and related processes, failure to comply with the transfer policy and poor administration of domain names. The report recommends ten key actions including implementation of improved auditing and compliance measures, and additional measures to protect registration information from misuse by would-be hijackers, as well as implementation of emergency procedures to assist in the urgent restoration of a domain name.
12 July 2005
Nominating Committee to Webcast Information Session
The ICANN Nominating Committee, which has issued a call for Recommendations and Statements of Interest from the Internet community as it seeks qualified candidates for positions to assist in its technical coordination role, will be webcasting a short session on Wednesday 13 July at 16:00 UTC following the ICANN Public Forum, to discuss the details of the Nominating Process with interested parties. If you have questions regarding the Nominating Committee that you would like to be answered in the webcast session, please email them to Luxembourg@icann.org. The link to join the webcast is http://media.icann.org/ramgen/broadcast/luxembourg.rm.
12 July 2005
New gTLD Questions Paper - Extension of deadline to 1 August
The due date for comments on the draft staff paper 'New gTLD Questions' has been extended to 1 August. The results of this consultation will be presented to the Board at their 16 August meeting for confirmation of the process moving forward.
8 July 2005
ICANN Posts New gTLD Questions Paper
In September 2004 ICANN published a strategy for the implementation of new top-level domains (TLDs). The strategy called for the implementation of a strategy that would appropriately take into account many relevant technical, economic, socio-political and cultural issues. In light of several new developments regarding DNS operations and structure, ICANN has developed a plan to facilitate implementation of the strategy for the designation of new TLDs.
6 July 2005
ICANN Moves to Equip AfriNIC for its New Mission
AfriNIC, Africa's own Regional Internet number Registry (RIR) has just
received its first allocation of numbering resources, including IP addresses
and Autonomous System Numbers for the Africa region.
14 April 2005
Strategic Plan Update
A review of comments submitted during the Strategic Plan consultation has been prepared by an outside evaluator. His report is now available.
28 March 2005
.EU Update
Earlier this week, ICANN's Board took steps to authorize the delegation of .EU as a ccTLD
(country code Top Level Domain), and for ICANN Staff to enter into an agreement with EURid
and to complete the delegation of .EU.
23 March 2005
ICANN Announces New Staff Appointments
ICANN today announced the addition of four professional staff members. These new hires are
targeted toward the continual improvement of Policy Development Support and IANA Operations.
2 March 2005
ICANN Statement Regarding IDN Homograph Concerns
ICANN supports the continued growth of global Internationalized Domain Names (IDNs). In response to recently publicised concerns regarding Internationalised Domain Name (IDN) homographs, ICANN has released a statement and asks the community to participate in an online public comment forum. Statements have also been issued by members of the ccTLD community through APTLD and CENTR, and through a communique from the Registry Constituency. All of these statements, and links to the public comment forum can be found at the ICANN IDN website: http://www.icann.org/topics/idn.html.
23 February 2005
ICANN Chairman of the Board Wins
Prestigious Turing Award
ICANN Chairman, Vinton G. Cerf and Robert E. Kahn were today awarded the 2004 A.M. Turing
Award by the Association for Computing Machinery for pioneering work on internetworking,
including the design and implementation of the Internet's basic communications protocols,
TCP/IP, and for inspired leadership in networking.
16 February 2005
ICANN Engages Independent Evaluation
Team to Review .NET Applications
ICANN has engaged Telcordia Technologies, Inc. to review and assess the applications submitted in response to the .NET Request for Proposals. The assessment process, already begun, will actively involve at least ten of the Telcordia technical and professional staff and include site visits to the qualified applicants. Telcordia Technologies, Inc. is a leading global provider of telecommunications software and services for IP, wireline, wireless and cable. Telcordia's Dr. David Sincoskie will lead a team that possesses 270 years of collective industry experience, with particular emphasis in networks, information databases, security and operations. Also posted: "Advisory Regarding Neutrality of Independent Evaluators".
7 February 2005
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