Introducing N_Port Identifier Virtualization For IBM System Z9
White Papers Each registered WWPN is assigned a unique N_Port ID. NPIV allows a single FCP port to register multiple WorldWide Port Names (WWPN) with a fabric name server. This paper describes the N_Port ID Virtualization (NPIV) feature in a Fibre Channel...
[February 23, 2007, 0:00]
A Primer On Trademark Law And Internet Addresses
White Papers The IP number system is coordinated by, and numbers are assigned under the authority of, the Internet Assigned Numbers Authority ("IANA") which receives its charter from the Internet Society and the Federal Network Council.
[August 14, 2003, 16:19]
IPv6 Domains Primed For Launch
News The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers said this week that it's ready to start assigning IP addresses and domain names using the latest version of Internet Protocol. DNS servers, deployed throughout the Internet, keep track of IP...
[July 26, 2004, 9:50]
Australian Domain Registry Bids For .org
News AusRegistry is submitting a tender to the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) -- which describes itself as a technical coordination body for the Internet -- to become the registry for the global top-level domain .org.
[July 9, 2002, 9:06]
Key Internet Server Moved Amid Security Concerns
News That group, the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN), had recommended moving the J root server a year ago following terrorist attacks that destroyed the World Trade Center and damaged the Pentagon.
[November 11, 2002, 7:39]
Key Internet Server Moved For Security
News That group, the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN), had recommended moving the J root server a year ago following terrorist attacks that destroyed the World Trade Center and damaged the Pentagon.
[November 8, 2002, 7:42]
.tm Makes Net Trademark Debut
News The domains are assigned by the International Standards Organization, but Web sites don't have to be physically hosted in a country to use that country's domain name. Turkmenistan's domain name was assigned years ago, but until now there was no...
[February 4, 1998, 9:20]
US Report: Domain-name Plans Pass To Industry
News A cross section of industry organisations are coming together at the end of June to do just that, tentatively calling itself the Workshop on the Internet Assigned Numbers Corporation. That includes the Domain Name System, with names such as www...
[June 5, 1998, 12:17]
Is Your Protocol Upgrade Really Necessary?
News While they note that ICANN -- the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers, which handles IP address allocation -- says that IPv4 addresses will be exhausted by 2008, this assumes a continued exponential growth in demand that hasn't...
[March 8, 2002, 12:09]
ICANN Attacks 'fat And Happy' IPv4 Users
News Big businesses need to start planning now to handle changes that will take place when a new version of the internet's fundamental routing protocol becomes ubiquitous, or risk losing online customers, according to the Internet Corporation for...
[May 9, 2008, 13:16]
US Voices Openness To Private Net Control
News The hearing came as the agency contemplates whether to renew a memorandum of understanding, dating back to 1998, between the US government and the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers, or ICANN, the nonprofit organisation...
[July 27, 2006, 16:20]
Domain For Mobile Devices Hits The Web
News On Monday, initial domain name registration was opened by Mobile Top Level Domain, the company put in charge by the Internet Corporation of Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) last summer of allocating the domain names.
[May 24, 2006, 10:10]
ICANN Heads For 'substantive' Meeting
News Representatives of the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) predicted in a conference call that the dozens of working groups will produce more "substantive" discussions than those formed during previous meetings, which were...
[October 28, 2003, 9:35]
Internet Pioneers Get US Honour
News He also serves as the chairman of the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers or ICANN, an organisation which oversees the Domain Name System (DNS) and the network architecture he helped invent.
[November 7, 2005, 8:15]
ICANN: Start Planning For IPv6
News Paul Twomey, president and chief executive of the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN), advises chief executives to start discussions with internet service providers on moving to systems compatible with internet protocol...
[May 9, 2008, 17:29]
File-swappers Win Privacy Reprieve
News File-swappers are generally anonymous on peer-to-peer networks, identified only by an Internet Protocol (IP) address assigned by their ISP. But names and addresses of subscribers can be determined by reviewing ISP records, which can connect IP...
[December 22, 2003, 10:10]
ICANN Considers Anonymous Registration Of Domain Names
News The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) is to conduct a review of the Whois database for domain name registrants, and assess the feasibility of allowing individuals and companies to register domain names anonymously in the...
[August 1, 2001, 17:23]
ICANN Comes Under Fire - Again
News Sounds like deja vu for the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN), which is charged with coordinating the Internet's domain name system, an international network of Internet domain servers and Web addresses.
[April 2, 2002, 11:28]
Hundreds Of Sites Infected With Dynamic Malware
News When a user visits an infected site with JavaScript enabled on their browser, they are infected by JavaScript files with randomly assigned five-character names. The JavaScript files can infect users with up to a dozen exploits, including an Apple...
[January 18, 2008, 15:58]
