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ICANN: Harms Caused by NXDOMAIN Substitution

Webmaster World (Free subscription) | yesterday

ICANN warns : DNS redirects Could break the world wide web

All About domains (Free subscription) | yesterday

ICANN warns : DNS redirects Could break the world wide web THE INTERNET CORPORATION for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN), which as its name suggests is in charge of the world wide web, sort of, has condemned the practice of redirecting Internet users to a third-party website or portal when they misspell a web address or type a domain name that does not exist. ICANN fears that the practice, dubbed...

• Icann critical of operators that redirect DNS requests - Computerworld UK

ICANN Decries DNS Redirect Practices

RoboXpress (Free subscription) | 11/26/2009

ICANN, the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers) this week warned that the current practice of redirecting Internet users to either a third-party Web site or portal when users accidentally misspell a Web address or enter an invalid domain name could “destabilize” the Internet. The organization documented its disdain for so-called synthesized DNS responses in [...]

ICANN Decries DNS Redirect Practices

Internet News (Free subscription) | 11/25/2009

The Internet authority says current DNS redirect practices compromises Web security, efficiency.

ICANN condemns registry DNS redirection

FxDomains.net (Free subscription) | 11/26/2009

The group that oversees the internet's address system is taking a hard stance against domain name registries that redirect internet users to third-party sites when a non-existent URL is typed. Earlier this week, the Internet Corporation of Assigned ...

ICANN condemns registry DNS redirection

The Register (Free subscription) | 11/25/2009

Seeks ban on SiteFinder-like typo-squatting The group that oversees the internet's address system is taking a hard stance against domain name registries that redirect internet users to third-party sites when a non-existent URL is typed.… What is your recession sales strategy?

Redirecting DNS Requests Can Harm the Internet, Says ICANN

PC World (Free subscription) | 11/25/2009

ICANN on Tuesday condemned the practice of redirecting requests for nonexistent domains as a threat to the smooth functioning of the Internet

DNS redirect requests can harm the Internet, ICANN says

Computer World (Free subscription) | 11/25/2009

ICANN on Tuesday condemned the practice of redirecting Internet users to a third-party Web site or portal when they misspell a Web address and type a domain name that does not exist.

Obama Secedes US Control Of The Internet

Say Anything (Free subscription) | yesterday

What a colossal mistake : After complaints about American dominance of the internet and growing disquiet in some parts of the world, Washington has said it will relinquish some control over the way the network is run and allow foreign governments more of a say in the future of the system. Icann – the official body that ultimately controls the development of the internet thanks to its oversight...

Egypt launches first Arabic Internet domain

RoboXpress (Free subscription) | 11/26/2009

Egypt has created the world’s first Arabic language Internet domain, with registration from November 16, the country’s telecommunications ministry said on November 16. Website owners will now have the option of using “.msr” in the Arabic script, which means “.Egypt,” instead of the more common “.com” or in the local instance “.com.eg.” Last...

Report from Outgoing GM Public Participation

ICANN Blog (Free subscription) | 11/25/2009

Kieren McCarthy’s last day at ICANN staff is today, and he wanted to share some of his perceptions and comments about his tenure and further areas for improvement. You can find his comments at: Kieren’s Comments Next week, I’ll be announcing who from ICANN staff will be taking on these responsibilities going forward.

It’s your domain, so be careful

UK Web Hosting, UK Domain Names (Free subscription) | 11/25/2009

You’re thinking about setting up a Web site. You’ve looked through our site, and maybe you’re ready to choose Pickaweb as your host. But now you need to register a domain name. For that, you need a registrar, or someone who offers that service, just like we do. We’ve been around for [...] Related posts: No more grace ICANN will be implementing a new policy in 2009 which... Cheap,...

Internet domain names: a complete list

The Guardian (Free subscription) | 11/24/2009

2010 will see internet domain names in non-Latin script for the first time. Find out which ones are already in use, and who uses them Last week ICANN , the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers which approves internet domain names, announced that they were accepting applications for domains in non-Latin script, be it Cyrillic, Arabic, Greek or Chinese, allowing millions of users to access...

Married to Sapna

kierenmccarthy.co.uk (Free subscription) | 11/24/2009

I got married to Sapna this morning at Santa Ana Courthouse. I’m pretty happy about that. We do have a much bigger and fancier wedding planned for 3 April next year but since I’m leaving my job at ICANN, and since we really didn’t want to spend alot of time apart, we decided we needed [...]

ICANN Wants To Fast Track Non-Latin Character Domain Names

All About domains (Free subscription) | 11/22/2009

ICANN Wants To Fast Track Non-Latin Character Domain Names You may soon see URLs with Arabic characters and other non-Latin letters. The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers is pushing a proposal to include Internationalized Domain Names that have native language scripts. ICANN's IDN initiative, which has been in the works for several years, was presented Monday at the ICANN board meeting...

There’s No Business like Shoe Business

wei07 | 09/18/2009

The elegant hair of Mortal is held on the end, an effect created by the equal amounts of freezing and the insult. Which they think they are? It emits vapor. Saying to us what we can and let us can not call our product, trying to stop us making a life. Well, they can stick their requests where the sun is not shining. Elegant comes from seven generations of the boot - manufacturers of Ugg and, because...