From the monthly archives:

November 2010

Public Participation Committee at ICANN Meeting

by Filiz Yilmaz on November 30, 2010

Are you interested in Public Participation at ICANN? There is a group called the Public Participation Committee (PPC) of the ICANN Board and its Charter was approved in March 2009. According to this Charter, among its other duties, the PPC is primarily responsible for: Assisting the Board in defining ICANN’s Public Participation strategies and guidelines [...]

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Russian IDN ccTLD .рф Opens for Registrations, Makes History

by Veni Markovski on November 16, 2010

November 11, 2010, marked the day when the new IDN ccTLD .рф (Cyrillic for Российская Федерация, Russian Federation) was opened for general registration. Prior to that date the registration was open only for trademark owners and governmental institutions. Before the registration started, in an interview for the КоммерсантЪ (Commersant) daily, Andrey Kolesnikov, CEO of the [...]

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An Update on ICANN Security Efforts

by Patrick Jones on November 12, 2010

As the community prepares to head into the 39th international ICANN public meeting in Cartagena de Indias, Colombia, ICANN’s Security team provides this update on current activities. A little over a year ago, ICANN signed the Affirmation of Commitments to ensure the global technical coordination of the Internet’s system of unique identifiers. Preserving the security, [...]

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