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Want a top-level domain? Be patient
News ICANN has instituted a dispute resolution procedure for dealing with famous domain names, but many businesses see it as a reactive approach and would like something that could save them time and money up front.
[March 10, 2000, 9:27]
New top-level domain goes .pro
News The company, which is the official administrator of the new .pro top-level domain, is trying to drum up business among professionals for the new domain names. The company is hoping to lure qualified professionals to the domain by offering a...
[August 8, 2003, 12:05]
Top level domain names hijacked
News According to Network Solutions, the domain names that were compromised belonged to sites with the lowest level of security they offer. The domain names of high-profile companies like Adidas and Manchester United were hijacked this week by a group...
[April 14, 2000, 16:19]
A Year Ago: Top level domain names hijacked
News According to Network Solutions, the domain names that were compromised belonged to sites with the lowest level of security they offer. The domain names of high-profile companies like Adidas and Manchester United were hijacked this week by a group...
[April 14, 2001, 6:00]
Deep security needs top-level thought
Leader Take DNS, the Domain Name Service, which silently and invisibly directs traffic across the Net. That's on top of being able to decide who to trust in the first place, how to keep information secure from those whom you don't wish to trust, and how...
[April 8, 2005, 13:05]
Rupert Goodwins' Diary
Blog ICANN announces another chance to register for another top-level domain suffix -- .name. Perhaps someone could explain why there has to be a restriction on what top level domain suffixes are allowed? Monday
[August 10, 2001, 18:27]
Australian domain registry bids for .org
News An Australian domain registry is looking to leverage its technical experience Down Under in a bid to win a tender with ICANN to become the registry for global top-level domain .org. AusRegistry is submitting a tender to the Internet Corporation for...
[July 9, 2002, 9:06]
Scots warned over .sc domains
News Scottish companies were warned this week over the promotion of the .sc top level domain (TLD) as a Scottish identity on the Internet. The government's policy is that we have devolution but not independence in Scotland," said Black, "and they said...
[March 21, 2002, 17:38]
DNS error takes down internet in Sweden
News A problem during routine maintenance of Sweden's top-level domain, .se, took down the internet for the country for about an hour on Monday night. A period was dropped at the end of DNS (domain name system) records for the Swedish top-level domain...
[October 14, 2009, 9:05]
Mac Domain
Downloads It compares the top-level domain of a web site or email address to an internal database of well over 250 registered top-level domain names.It will then tell you what country that address is from. Mac Domain is a simple utility to help you find out...
[April 2, 2000, 8:00]
ICANN announces domain name changes
News There will be an increase in the number of top level domains available, as well as the finalisation of a long-running push to standardise the use of non-Roman characters in domain names. ICANN also announced a new round of sponsored generic top...
[November 6, 2003, 12:00]
ICANN adds .jobs and .travel to Internet names
News ICANN, the group in charge of regulating top level domain (TLD) names, has approved two new TLDs - .jobs and .travel - to come on stream later this year. At the 22nd ICANN International Conference in Mar del Plata, Argentina, on Friday the...
[April 11, 2005, 14:50]
Mobile Web pages get their own domain
News ICANN which runs the Internet's top-level domain name system, approved the creation of .mobi at a meeting in Luxemburg on Monday. The mobile phone industry has been lobbying for its own top-level domain for companies to offer content intended to be...
[July 11, 2005, 17:45]
Icann domain name race is on
News After years of debate and delay, the Internet's newest top-level domain names are up for grabs. Having the right to administer a top-level domain has created a financial giant out of Network Solutions, which has a US government contract to...
[September 7, 2000, 9:31]
Registrations open for .tel domains
News The .tel top-level domain was opened up for trademark-owner registration on Wednesday. The new top-level domain (TLD) opens up to the public on 2 February but, between now and then, businesses and organisations will be able to register their...
[December 3, 2008, 16:47]
Icann report praises, rips domains
News The proposed top-level domain .air may take flight. Good news: ICANN is about to approve new top-level domain names. There were four applications for the .kids domain, which people had hoped would serve as a kids-safe Web area.
[November 13, 2000, 9:54]
More professionals to be allowed .pro domains
News The organisation behind .pro has received approval to make the top-level domain available to a wider range of users. On Tuesday, RegistryPro, the exclusive operator of the top-level domain (TLD), said it had achieved ICANN approval for its plan to...
[May 14, 2008, 17:34]
Building an E-Commerce Trust Infrastructure: SSL Certificates and Online Payment Services
White Papers This white paper describes suggested guidelines for deploying a standard "Wildcard" in Top-Level Domain (TLD) zones. Second, it provides considerations for zone administrators who wish to deploy a DNS wildcard in a top-level domain zone.
[May 4, 2007, 3:18]
Trade agreement has domain name dispute language
News The draft text of the Free Trade Area of the Americas agreement released this week proposes requiring operators of country-code top level domain names in signatory countries to adopt a controversial system for settling trademark disputes over...
[July 9, 2001, 12:15]
.Info reaches the half-million milestone
News More than half a million customers have registered a .info domain name during the first 90 days of operation, according to Afilias, the official registry for the new global top level domain (gTLD). The .info domain name is the first unrestricted...
[October 25, 2001, 12:23]
