DNSSEC is being rolled out quickly in top-level domain registries around the world, but there's still some way to go to encourage other Internet stakeholders to adopt the new security technology. That was one of the key takeaways from a day-long, comprehensive session on Domain Name System Security Extensions implementation worldwide, held during ICANN's public meeting in Cartagena, Colombia, last week.
Ten years ago today, November 16th 2000, the ICANN Board voted to approve the first new top-level domains (new TLDs) to be added to the Internet root, ever. Of the 47 applicants, only 44 were considered valid and paid the application fee. Ultimately seven were chosen that day, including .INFO.
If you search for the ICANN archives of the Board minutes of that day, interestingly the meeting minutes say:
DUBLIN, IRELAND – 15 November 2010 – Afilias, a global provider of domain name registry and DNS services, announced that it is now offering domain name registrars a full suite of registry and DNS services to ensure that both their proposed new top-level domain (new TLD) applications and registries are successful.
Greentravelclub.info wird zur besten .INFO-Website des Jahres gewählt
DUBLIN, IRELAND – 8 November 2010 – Today, Afilias announced the winner of its 2010 .INFO Awards Program. The Awards Program highlighted some of the best .INFO sites of 2010 and awarded the top three .INFO sites with cash prizes totaling over US$15,000. First place was awarded to greentravelclub.info, a portal where site visitors can search for eco-friendly hotels while traveling throughout Europe.
A very real and potentially dangerous issue for brands is the continual reliance on obscure country code domains for URL shortening services. Recent reports have emerged that the country code domain .ly will no longer allow domains with 4 or less characters to be registered by users outside of Libya. What exactly does that mean for marketers that are using popular URL shorteners like bit.ly and ow.ly today? It means more risk.
User wählen ihre drei Favoriten aus den Top Ten der nominierten .INFO-
Websites Dublin, 5. Oktober 2010 – Afilias, internationaler Verwalter von Internet-Infrastrukturdiensten und Registrar für die Top-Level-Domain (TLD) .INFO, startet heute die Userwahl für den.INFO-Award 2010. Weltweit können Internetnutzer unter www.info-award.info für ihre Lieblings-.INFO-Website stimmen. Zur Wahl stehen zehn .INFO-Websites, die von einer Fach-Jury vorab nominiert wurden. Unter den Usern, die an der Wahl teilnehmen, wird ein iPad von Apple verlost.
