From September 1st this year all US government websites that use the .gov top level domain name will be obliged to use SSL and be available over HTTPS only. Eventually they plan to add the .gov zone to the HSTS which would make it technically obligatory to have an SSL in order for a site to load in any modern browser. When an entire domain extension is added to the HSTS … [Read more...] about All US Government Websites to Start Using HTTPS
Olivier Crépin-Leblond Awarded by ICANN
The ICANN meeting taking place this week is "virtual" so several of the more formal ceremonies which would normally be part of the event are not taking place, or at least not in their normal format. While if the meeting was being held face to face there would have been a short ceremony to announce the awarding of the "Community Excellence Award" that couldn't happen this time … [Read more...] about Olivier Crépin-Leblond Awarded by ICANN
IGF 2020 Goes Virtual
Yet another event has fallen victim to the COVID-19 pandemic. The upcoming IGF meeting which was meant to be held in Poland in early November in the city of Katowice will now move online only. The IGF organisers have announced that the 2021 IGF will be hosted by Poland, while the event in 2022 will go to Ethiopia, with the 2023 event being scheduled for Japan. More … [Read more...] about IGF 2020 Goes Virtual
No ICANN Meeting in Person This Year
ICANN normally holds in person meetings three times a year, with the locations rotating between the global regions, as defined by ICANN. In 2020 the organisation was meant to be meeting in Cancun, Kuala Lumpur and Hamburg. However due to COVID-19 the meeting in Cancun was cancelled a few weeks before it was meant to take place and a cutdown version of the meeting took place … [Read more...] about No ICANN Meeting in Person This Year
Irish Broadband Usage Increases
The latest report from the Irish Communications regulator (Comreg) includes a nice little graphic that sums up the highlights of their latest report on the Irish market: The report is for Q1 2020, so it only captures part of Ireland's "lockdown" which many people and companies started doing voluntarily from around the 12th of March 2020. Even without the data for the … [Read more...] about Irish Broadband Usage Increases
RIPE 81 Goes Virtual and Shifts Dates
RIPE 81, which had originally been slated to take place in Milan will be held virtually. Not only will the event move to being 100% online only for a second time, they've also decided to push back the event dates. Originally RIPE 81 would have taken place at the end of September. It will now be held at the end of October from October 27th to October 30th. In an … [Read more...] about RIPE 81 Goes Virtual and Shifts Dates
Kelly Hardy Joins CentralNic as Policy Chief
Domain industry veteran Kelly Hardy is now Head of Policy for Centralnic's Registry Services division. The announcement was made at the end of last week and it sounds like she'll be covering both ICANN's GNSO, the ccNSO as well as several other Internet governance fora: Kelly will head up CentralNic's Policy Consultancy, helping both ccTLD and gTLD registry partners with … [Read more...] about Kelly Hardy Joins CentralNic as Policy Chief
Nominet Election Nominations Open
The nomination period for the election to Nominet's Board has opened. This year the election is for one non-executive director (NED). While only Nominet members can nominate people or vote in the election Board members do not need to be members of Nominet. The AGM is scheduled to be held in London on September 22nd. Full details of the process is included in the … [Read more...] about Nominet Election Nominations Open
Club Registry Celebrates 6 Years
The team at .club are celebrating 6 years in operation. It's one of the new TLD domain extensions that many agree is a success. They've released a graphic that highlights some of their milestones over the last 6 years of operation: The headline numbers are pretty impresssive: over 1.3 million domains registeredover 300 thousand active websites157 registrarsover $8 … [Read more...] about Club Registry Celebrates 6 Years
RIPE Board Election Remember to Vote!
While the RIPE meeting like so many other events was forced to go virtual, there will be an election next week for a number of positions on the RIPE Executive Board. Voting is open to RIPE members. Full details of the General Meeting are here. Next week's GM includes an election to fill three seats and there are currently 12 candidates running. You can read their bios … [Read more...] about RIPE Board Election Remember to Vote!