On Wednesday, .org became the first generic top-level domain to offer its customers improved security using DNSSEC (Domain Name System Security Extensions). DNS is a key building block of the Internet. The technology’s most important task is translating IP (Internet Protocol) addresses to host names. When DNS was born in the early days of the [...]
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The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) has admitted that the go-live date for pre-registrations for the new generic Top Level Domains (gTLDs) will not be set during its meeting in Brussels this week, as there are still many technical and other hurdles to overcome. Icann chairman Peter Dengate Thrush warned at a [...]
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ICANN currently accredits domain-name registrars for the following Top Level Domains: .aero, (reserved for the global aviation community) sponsored by Societe Internationale de Telecommunications Aeronautiques (SITA INC USA) – .asia, (reserved for the Pan-Asia and Asia Pacific region) sponsored by DotAsia Organisation – .biz, (restricted to businesses), operated by NeuStar, Inc. – .cat, (reserved for [...]
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