Along with the entire global Internet community, ICANN is watching the events unfolding in Egypt with great concern for the safety of the people of Egypt and for their ability to use the Internet. On January 27, most Internet connectivity to Egypt was shut down, apparently on the instruction of the national government. This has [...]

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During the ICANN meeting in Cartagena, Colombia, the At-Large Advisory Committee (ALAC), Country Code Names Supporting Organization (ccNSO), Generic Names Supporting Organization (GNSO), and Number Resource Organization (NRO) adopted the charter for a joint DNS Security and Stability Analysis (DSSA) Working Group. As an update, the respective Advisory Committees (including the Governmental Advisory Committee and [...]

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The American Registry for Internet Numbers (ARIN) and ICANN are together planning changes to the infrastructure which supports the IPv4 Reverse DNS — that is, the part of the DNS which provides the ability to look up an IPv4 address and convert it to a name. The IPv4 Reverse DNS uses the special domain IN-ADDR.ARPA. [...]

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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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Earlier this month, DomainNameWire.com published an article about ICANN’s policy development process. The author, Andrew Allemann, strives for balance but overall leaves the impression that ICANN has “policy overload,” handling too many policy efforts at once. Andrew also cites the technical and complex topics we ask the public to comment upon. Since I was quoted [...]

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حضر عدد من أعضاء ICANN  مؤتمري Black Hat وDefcon الأسبوع الماضي بهدف طرح DNSSEC أمام مجتمع أمن الإنترنت العالمي. يعتبر Black Hat أحد المؤتمرات الرئيسية في العالم حول الأمن؛ والتي تجتذب نحو من 5,000 مشارك في الموقع والعديد عبر الإنترنت. أما Defcon فهو أحد المؤتمرات التي تدور حول القراصنة، كما قد حضره ممثلون من الحكومة [...]

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几名 ICANN 员工于上周出席了 Black Hat 与 Defcon 会议，并在会上向全球互联网安全社群推出了 DNSSEC。 Black Hat 是世界上最重要的安全会议之一，它吸引了大约 5000 名现场参与者以及更多的在线参与者。Defcon 是一个黑客参加的活动，同时也有政府与安全领域的人员参与，有近 10000 人登记参加了今年的会议。这些都是 ICANN 非常重视的群体。 Black Hat 主席 Jeff Moss 在开幕式上向数千名与会者发表讲话，并提出了一个具有挑战性的问题。在 Black Hat 的 13 年历史中，与会者们一直在对安全问题进行讨论与争议，但我们取得了哪些进展？我们获得了哪些有实际意义的成就？网络上恶意流量的增长远高于合法流量的增长。他认为直到现在，互联网安全社群一直都无法拿出实质性的成果的来证明我们的努力。但现在 DNSSEC 正在启动，而且就在几天前互联网的根域经过了加密签名。这是自首届 Black Hat 以来互联网安全第一次得到显著的提升，我们要感谢 ICANN 能够取得这一成绩。 这也为取得其它成功确立了基调，包括： Whit Diffie 在 Black Hat 执行会议中的主题演讲 80 名来自政府和企业的高层领导人在 Black Hat 正式开始的前一天出席了一个为期一天的单独项目。ICANN 负责“信息安全与密码”的新副总裁 Whit Diffie 是该项目的午餐会主题发言人。他给与会者留下了深刻的印象，许多人都知道他作为一流译解密码员的世界级声誉。 Black Hat [...]

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В рамках запуска технологии DNSSEC для глобального сообщества, занимающегося решением вопросов безопасности Интернета, несколько сотрудников ICANN присутствовало на конференциях Black Hat и Defcon, проведенных на прошлой неделе. Black Hat является одной из главных всемирных конференций по вопросам безопасности, на которой лично присутствует свыше 5 000 участников, и еще большое их число использует средства удаленного участия. Defcon [...]

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Varios miembros del personal de ICANN asistieron a las conferencias "Black Hat" y "Defcon" la semana pasada para lanzar la DNSSEC a la comunidad general de seguridad de Internet. "Black Hat" es una de las conferencias principales de seguridad; atrae a unos 5.000 participantes en persona y a muchos más en línea. "Defcon" es un [...]

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