Tag: Registrar

ICANN Announcements

Milestone Agreement Reached Between ICANN, and F Root Server Operator, Internet Systems Consortium

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First-of-its-kind agreement recognizes mutual responsibilities, supports enhanced Internet stability

Marina del Rey, CA: ICANN and Internet Systems Consortium (ISC) are today announcing the signing of a Mutual Responsibilities Agreement for the operation of the F-root nameserver.

Effective root server operations are an essential component in providing a stable and secure, globally interoperable Internet. ISC is one of twelve global root server operators that provide a key element of the underlying domain name system infrastructure of the Internet. Essentially, root servers provide an authoritative directory ensuring Internet services that are accessed with names, for example the URL www.icann.org or email to [email protected], are translated from human readable names into network addresses that a computer can find. The root server system overall answers well over 100,000 queries per second, providing the first step in determining the requested network address.

ICANN Announcements

ICANN Posts 2007 Annual Report

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Annual Report highlights organization’s achievements and progress over past 12 months

MARINA DEL REY, Calif. : The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) today released its second annual report, covering in detail the organization’s achievements and progress over the past 12 months.

“I am delighted to announce the release of our second annual report,” said Dr Paul Twomey, ICANN’s President and CEO. “As an organization we have made great progress this year, both in terms of policy work and in the quality of our operations. We have also made great efforts in relation to transparency and accountability”.

In addition to updates on the progress ICANN’s supporting organizations and advisory committees have made during 2007, the report also includes a section on the progress towards the completion of the Joint Project Agreement (JPA) with the United States Department of Commerce.

“The JPA is in the midst of its scheduled mid-term review, and the annual report highlights that ICANN has achieved the responsibilities outlined in the Agreement,” Dr Twomey said

Announcements

Digital Certificates: Thawte Additional Licenses

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We are glad to announce the inclusion of thawte ‘Additional Licenses’ to our ever-expanding product portfolio.

LogicBoxes now allows users to use a single certificate to secure multiple servers through thawte ‘Additional Licenses’.

Apart from being the pioneers in the Digital Certificates industry, thawte is also one of the most reliable brands in the market today. As always, we are offering you this product at the most competitive pricing.

ICANN Announcements

Update: ICANN Projects Underway to Improve Whois Accuracy

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The following compliance projects, intended to improve Whois data accuracy and Whois service accessibility, are underway by ICANN.

  • ICANN Commences Whois Data Accuracy Study
  • Registrar Whois Data Reminder Policy Audit
  • Registrar Investigation of Whois Inaccuracy Claims Audit
  • Whois Accessibility Study

I. ICANN Commences Whois Data Accuracy Study

Over the years ICANN constituencies and others have observed apparent inaccuracies in Whois contact information provided by registrants when registering and maintaining their domain names. In an attempt to contribute to community discussion regarding Whois policy, ICANN has undertaken a study of domain name Whois contact information accuracy.

Industry News

Verisign Domain Name Industry Brief reports 146 Million Registrations

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The latest issue of the VeriSign Domain Name Industry Brief reports that the third quarter of 2007 ended with a total base of 146 million domain name registrations worldwide across all of the Top Level Domain Names (TLDs). This represents a six percent growth over the second quarter and 31 percent growth over the same quarter last year. The total base of ccTLD registrations was 54.6 million, a six percent increase quarter over quarter and a 38 percent increase year over year. Reviewing the total base of registrations in both global TLDs and ccTLDs, .COM has the highest base with the next two spots remaining unchanged with .DE (Germany) and .NET rounding out the top three. This quarter, .CN (China) moved solidly to the fourth spot. This leaves the fifth spot to be shared by .UK (United Kingdom) and .ORG with approximately the same number of total domain name registrations.