Spam volume rises despite hosting-company closure
News Researchers have been able to get registrars to suspend some domains being used and have filed abuse complaints with certain ISPs that appear to be unwitting hosts, Ferguson added. Spammers knocked offline two weeks ago when their hosting company...
[November 27, 2008, 11:08]
US Report: Gov't hands domain-name reins to private sector
News Though the Green Paper had recommended that for-profit companies run registries, most responses recommended against that idea for fear owners could charge monopolistic prices to "registrars" - the groups that actually register domain names such as...
[June 8, 1998, 8:24]
An outsider looks in on Icann
News Icann is in the middle of choosing registrars for new top-level domains names in the first web expansion since .com was created. In November, the ultimate Icann outsider will become one of its ultimate insiders.
[October 16, 2000, 8:00]
Build a scalable DNS infrastructure
News This is the domain name that you can register for an annual fee with official registrars (accredited by ICANN) such as Network Solutions (the original registrar), GoDaddy.com, Joker, Tucows, Register.com, Dotster and many others.
[May 9, 2006, 13:05]
Egypt bids for first Arabic top-level domain
News However, registration of websites would require registrars and other operators to act sensibly, Dam said. Egypt has bid to be one of the first countries with an Arabic top-level domain. The Egyptian government on Monday announced it had applied for...
[November 17, 2009, 15:22]
Icann domain name race is on
News Some of the potential bidders are also coming to light: They include a loose coalition of 22 different registrars -- including Registry.com and Network Solutions -- who have been meeting since Icann issued its decision to expand the top-level...
[September 7, 2000, 9:31]
VeriSign sues to reinstate redirection
News Under its contract with ICANN, VeriSign operates the master database of all .com and .net domains and collects a few dollars a year for each domain name from the scores of ICANN-accredited registrars that sell domain names to the public.
[February 27, 2004, 7:35]
German registrar bans autopsy Web site
News Joker.com's dealings with its customers are basically governed by the usual rules that govern business dealings," said a spokeswoman for the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers, which licenses registrars including Joker.com.
[February 12, 2003, 8:05]



