"ICANN" news, interviews, and features

News about ICANN

• ICANN transition moves forward, despite last-minute attempt to block it

  The legal fight over the transition away from US oversight may not be over, however

• Proposal to limit anonymized domain registration ignites furor

  ICANN is seeking comment about a proposal that would prevent anonymized registrations for online stores

• US Congress votes to slow ICANN transition

  The DOTCOM Act would add new requirements to the move away from the NTIA

• House panel adds requirements to ICANN transition

  The DOTCOM Act would give Congress more oversight of the transition away from the U.S. government

• ICANN chief to leave office early, may miss key transition

  Fadi Chehadé, now shepherding the organization away from the U.S. government, will step down next March

• How to stay ahead of threats to DNS servers

  It's virtually impossible to stop DNS attacks, but these best practices can significantly minimize the impact

Features about ICANN

• ICANN approves domain names we can't type

  It's goodbye to English as the Internet's language as ICANN sets the stage for domain names in non-Latin character sets.

• European ICANN reform proposal draws industry ire

  A proposal for ICANN oversight does not take into account the needs of the private sector, trade groups contend

• .Eu Web addresses can be written in Cyrillic, Greek letters

  Greater flexibility will allow Greeks, Bulgarians to register names in their own language