NamesCon will take place in Las Vegas in January 2019 (27 - 30) at the Tropicana. They're accepting submissions for their live auction here. From Friday 23rd until Monday 26th November they're offering discounted rates - 25% off the standard pricing using code: FridayMonday The outline schedule is available already with details of speakers etc., being announced between … [Read more...] about NamesCon Black Friday Discount
DotUS Organising “Town Hall”
The .us ccTLD registry is aimed at serving the needs of US based businesses, individuals and organisations in common with other ccTLDs that have a strong link with the geographic region where they are based. In the case of .us the contract is awarded by the US government and Neustar has been running the show for years. Several years ago they setup a Stakeholder Council (of … [Read more...] about DotUS Organising “Town Hall”
Domain Pulse Heads to Bern
The 2019 edition of Domain Pulse will be held in Bern, Switzerland. Switch, the .ch ccTLD manager, will be the hosts for the 2019 event which is being held on February 18th and 19th in the Town Hall in Bern. Registration for the event is free and should open in the next few weeks. At the moment no details of the event's schedule have been announced, though based on past … [Read more...] about Domain Pulse Heads to Bern
Gab.com Back Online
A few days after going offline gab.com is back. The domain was booted by GoDaddy a few days ago and then switched to Uniregistry. Somehow, and this isn't clear to me, the domain then moved again onto Epik. Epik did not simply accept the domain transfer, but actually seem to be welcoming it with open arms. Wired have a good piece covering the site and domain and how it … [Read more...] about Gab.com Back Online
IGF Paris 2018 Online Registration Closed
Online pre-registration for the upcoming IGF meeting in Paris is now closed. You can still register at the venue, though whether that will have any negative implication isn't clear. If you've already registered you'll be able to pick up your badge at the following times: Friday, 9 November 2018, from 10:00 a.m. until 18:00 p.m. CET Saturday, 10 November 2018, from … [Read more...] about IGF Paris 2018 Online Registration Closed
Universal Acceptance Testing Work Available
The Universal Acceptance Steering Group (UASG) has put out a call for expressions of interest in testing website readiness for "universal acceptance". The concept behind "universal acceptance" is that all domain extensions should work everywhere be that for signing up for products and services or sending and receiving email etc., So whether you are using an ASCII domain … [Read more...] about Universal Acceptance Testing Work Available
Gab.com Claims Free Speech Infringement While Many Others View Them as Hate Site
The controversial site gab.com has been shutdown by GoDaddy and given 2 days to move the domain elsewhere. The deadline expires at midnight tonight Irish time. In recent days the site has seen itself become increasingly disconnected as various service providers and online platforms including PayPal have shut the door to them. At present the site is displaying this … [Read more...] about Gab.com Claims Free Speech Infringement While Many Others View Them as Hate Site
Internet Watch Foundation Uses Hashes to Block Child Abuse Material
Last week during the ICANN meeting in Barcelona I attended a short presentation from the Internet Watch Foundation (IWF). Their mission is pretty simple: ...eliminate child sexual abuse imagery online (source) Fortunately the presentation I was at did not include any of the actual material (which would have been illegal anyway) but even without seeing any of it the topic … [Read more...] about Internet Watch Foundation Uses Hashes to Block Child Abuse Material
APWG & M3AAWG Survey on Whois Challenges in InfoSec
The APWG and M3AAWG recently conducted a survey among their members and the broader infosec community to get an understanding of how WHOIS changes had impacted security investigators. The survey results come from just over 300 participants' responses. Both organisations have formally written to ICANN and are asking that ICANN make several fundamental changes to the … [Read more...] about APWG & M3AAWG Survey on Whois Challenges in InfoSec
ICANN Barcelona Schedule Published
ICANN has published the schedule for the upcoming meeting in Barcelona later this month. As usual the schedule is available online and via a mobile app which is available for both IoS and Android. If you live out of your calendar (like I do!) you can subscribe to your personal schedule and have it directly in your calendar. The event runs from Saturday morning until … [Read more...] about ICANN Barcelona Schedule Published