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3545d327ICANN feeds troll, refuses to censor “rip-off” web site
ICANN s board has rejected a formal demand that it take down the web site RipoffReport.com in what is possibly the strangest Request for Reconsideration case it has considered to date. The almost 20-year-old site hosts...
3545d341ICANN loses another IRP — .sport gTLD fight reopens as...
The future of the .sport gTLD was cast into turmoil this week after an independent panel ruled that there was apparent bias in the decision that awarded the string to a group linked to the Olympics. The new Independent...
3547d304RFC 8040: RESTCONF Protocol
Pour configurer à distance un équipement réseau (par exemple un routeur ou bien un commutateur), il existait déjà le protocole NETCONF (RFC 6241). Fondé sur un échange de données en XML, il n'a pas convaincu tout le...
3547d326Trump’s ‘Muslim ban’ draws fire, creates confusion in...
At least two senior-level ICANN community members, including a new member of its board of directors, have been affected by US President Donald Trump s controversial travel restrictions, imposed this weekend on the...
3548d315RFC 8058: Signaling One-Click Functionality for List Email..
Le RFC 2369 décrit des en-têtes du courrier électronique qui indiquent, entre autres, comment se désabonner d'une liste de diffusion (en-tête "List-Unsubscribe:", qui indique des URI à activer pour se désabonner). Cela...
3548d72Tweets of January 31 2017
RT @ivanristic: Has anyone written a good passionate piece arguing for DNSSEC and DANE? I need something to balance @tqbf’s work. Tue Jan 31 10:26:38 +0000 2017 Replying to @rikribbers linkedin... you re still doing...
3550d268RFC 8067: Updating When Standards Track Documents May...
Un très (vraiment très court) RFC purement bureaucratique, pour un très léger (vraiment très léger) changement des règles concernant les références d'un RFC à un autre RFC.
3551d295GoDaddy revenue tops $1.8 billion in 2016
GoDaddy today said that its revenue for 2016 topped $1.8 billion. In a preliminary disclosure to the markets ahead of its formal February 15 earnings announcement, the registrar said that annual revenue for 2016 is...
3551d303Neustar to auction .nyc premiums during New York Fashion...
Neustar is to release a batch of reserved, fashion-related .nyc premium domains to coincide with next month s New York Fashion Week. Twenty-four names, including clothes.nyc, fashion.nyc, salon.nyc, models.nyc and...
3551d339GNSO faces off with governments over IGO cybersquatting
A defiant ICANN working group looking at cybersquatting rules for intergovernmental organizations is sticking to its guns in an ongoing face-off with the Governmental Advisory Committee. In a report published for public...
3551d280ICANN joins anti-phishing group board
ICANN s VP of security has joined the board of directors of the Anti-Phishing Working Group. Dave Piscitello is one of three new APWG board members, arriving as the group expands its board from two people to five. APWG...
3552d22Will IPv6 End Address Blacklisting?
An important tool used in managing IPv4 traffic is address blacklisting; if a server is found to only or mostly produce junk, a reputation service (Spamhaus, Phishtank, or others) will add the address to its list, and...
3553d316RFC 8054: Network News Transfer Protocol (NNTP) Extension...
Ce nouveau RFC définit un mécanisme standard de compression des news échangées en NNTP, sur Usenet.
3553d385Celebrity cybersquatting to feature in Super Bowl...
Actor turned fashion designer John Malkovich is to feature in a Super Bowl commercial themed on cybersquatting. The ad, for web host Squarespace, sees Malkovich complaining about the domain johnmalkovich.com belonging to...
3553d281MMX billings double even as some volumes slide
MMX has reported a 100% increase in billings for 2016, despite its number of domains under management dropping in some TLDs. The company, until recently known as Minds + Machines, said billing were $15.8 million in the...
3554d311RFC 8032: Edwards-curve Digital Signature Algorithm...
Ce RFC est la description IETF de l'algorithme de signature cryptographique EdDSA. EdDSA est en fait une famille, il prend un certain nombre de paramètres, comme la courbe elliptique Edwards utilisée et ce RFC décrit son...
3554d332Episode 50
In this episode, the 50th their golden episode! Matt and Cricket are joined by Dan York of the Internet Society, who brings them up to date on DNSSEC adoption.  Then the trio answer questions from Matt s former colleague...
3555d328Now MMX kills off premium renewals
Are we witnessing the beginning of the end for the premium renewal business model? MMX, aka Minds + Machines today became the latest new gTLD registry to announce it is getting rid of premium renewal fees for all of its...
3555d320Hires and promotions Donuts, MMX and CentralNic
A few gTLD registries have announced changes to senior management positions and new hires over the last several days, so I thought I d lump them all together into one post. Donuts has appointed a new CEO. Venture...
3555d331As Trump sworn in, CADNA returns to lobby for stronger...
Remember the Coalition Against Domain Name Abuse? The lobby group that campaigned for stronger cybersquatting laws and against new gTLDs? It s back. CADNA on Thursday used the imminent inauguration of new US president...
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