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3788d367No costs to registries from TM Claims extension
New gTLD registries will not have to pay any extra fees due to the Trademark Clearinghouse s extension of the Trademark Claims service, according to the the TMCH. When the TMCH announced a few days ago that it planned to...
3788d398Blocked trademarks still eligible for Donuts sunrises
Donuts has confirmed that it is to allow trademark owners to participate in its new gTLD Sunrise periods even if their marks appear on name collisions block-lists. The decision means that companies will be able to choose...
3789d473Ten more new gTLDs get ICANN contracts
.bar, .pub, .fish, .actor, .caravan, .saarland, .yokohama, .ren, .eus and .рус all have new gTLD contracts with ICANN as of yesterday. It s an eclectic batch of TLDs. Unusually, one one belongs to Donuts. Of note is...
3789d505Should new gTLDs objections have an appeals process?
That s the question the ICANN Ombudsman is asking today. Several new gTLD applicants that have lost objections many in decisions that appear to diverge from ICANN s rules or are inconsistent with other decisions have...
3789d384Islamic states to “officially object” to .islam
The Organization for Islamic Cooperation has decided to file an official objection to the use of gTLDs .Islam and .Halal , following a summit of 56 foreign ministers. In a resolution (pdf) from the OIC s high-level...
3790d354Article et exposé JRES sur les attaques par déni de...
Le 11 décembre, à Montpellier, lors des Journées RÉSeaux (https://2013.jres.org/) (JRES, le plus important rassemblement francophone d'administrateurs système et réseaux), j'ai parlé des attaques par déni de service...
3790d378Speed, Security, and Safety Through DNS
The Domain Name System, or DNS, serves as the core of all work at OpenDNS. It lets us connect 50 million people a day to the Internet with our free home DNS service, predict malware outbreaks in the OpenDNS Security...
3790d421TMCH extends Trademark Claims indefinitely, kinda
The Trademark Clearinghouse is to give the intellectual property lobby something that it s been crying out for for years an indefinite extension of parts of the Trademark Claims service. And it s going to be free....
3791d413Go Daddy to take $2,500 profit on Donuts’ first-day...
Donuts pricey Early Access Program for its new gTLDs could prove quite lucrative for registrars. Go Daddy today revealed that it s charging $12,500 and up for first-day priority registrations in 14 Donuts gTLDs, a $2,500...
3791d360GAC kills off two more new gTLD bids
A new gTLD applicant has withdrawn two of its Chinese-language applications after failing to secure the necessary government support. Guangzhou YU Wei Information Technology Co withdrew its applications for .深圳...
3791d371German geo .ruhr enters the root
Verisign today delegated the new gTLD .ruhr to the DNS root zone, making it the 35th new gTLD to go live. It s a geographic string, meant for residents of the north-west German region of Ruhr, operated by Regiodot....
3792d331Tomorrow’s Webcast – Containing Cryptolocker
Cryptolocker the very word can strike fear into the most astute IT specialist. This ransomware has been targeting millions of people around the globe with astonishing success, and it shows no signs of slowing down....
3792d448Win free tickets to NamesCon Las Vegas (even if you’ve...
We ve got five (FIVE!) free tickets to NamesCon to give away to lucky DI readers. NamesCon is a pro-new TLDs conference happening at the Tropicana hotel in Las Vegas from January 13 to 15, 2014. It s being organized by...
3793d395Hello, and welcome to the wonderful world of DNA...
I tremendously enjoy the television program “ How it’s made ”. And even though it is unlikely I’ll ever fabricate a baseball bat, at least I’ve learned how it’s done. This post is intended to similarly transfer that...
3793d547ICANN will have to make a call on .islam
ICANN is going to have to decide whether to approve the new gTLDs .islam and .halal, after the Governmental Advisory Committee punted the issue. GAC chair Heather Dryden told ICANN chair Steve Crocker last week (pdf)...
3793d346Jetpack Domains hit with ICANN breach notice
A small Californian registrar has been sent a contract breach notice by ICANN. ICANN says Irvine-based Jetpack Domains has failed to comply with a scheduled audit, breaking the terms of the Registrar Accreditation...
3793d349ICANN floats new rules for dot-brands
Dot-brand gTLDs could get big exemptions to the standard new gTLD Registry Agreement under new rules published for public comment by ICANN over the weekend. The proposed changes were negotiated by ICANN and the Brand...
3793d402Sécurité de DANE
Le système DANE (DNS-Based Authentication of Named Entities) permet d'augmenter la sécurité des échanges chiffrés avec TLS en permettant au gérant du serveur de publier lui-même le certificat qu'il utilise, et en...
3793d352Mes opinions sur le bitcoin
Comme j'ai écrit un article (premiers-bitcoins.html) sur le bitcoin (et que ce n'est pas terminé), des gens m'ont demandé ce que j'en pensais. Des questions faciles du genre « ça va monter ? », « c'est légal ? », « c'est...
3795d348Top Ten: Holiday Shopping Security Tips
During the holidays, millions of people around the world turn to the Internet to complete their shopping lists. In fact, this past Cyber Monday was the biggest in history, with deal seekers spending an estimated $2.29...
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