In the latest Domain Pulse Q&A series looking at the year in review and year ahead, we speak to ICANN board member Chris Disspain. Chris discusses the progress of the next round of new gTLD applications, the challenges of GDPR has thrown at ICANN relating to WHOIS, a 2019 highlight being finalisation of the new…
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.EU Still Haemorrhaging Registrations Due To Brexit, While Norwegian Registrations Jump By Half In Q4
.eu and it’s stablemates ею and .ευ continued to shed domain name registrations as Brexit approached, with total registrations across all 3 TLDs decreasing from 3,617,536 (3,581,478 for .eu) at the end of the third quarter of 2019 to 3,606,311 (3,579,689 for .eu) at the end of the fourth quarter, EURid has announced in its…
ICANN: Name Collision Analysis Project Study 1
Brief Overview Purpose: This Public Comment proceeding seeks input on the draft Name Collision Analysis Project (NCAP) Study 1 report produced by the Office of the CTO. Current Status: The report presents the findings for Study 1 of the Name Collision Analysis Project (NCAP). The purpose and scope of Study 1 were defined in a…
ICA Wants Your Help To Oppose .COM Proposed Fee Increase
The Internet Commerce Association has developed a tool to make it easy for those opposed to any increase in the .com registry fee to voice their disapproval. On 3 January ICANN and Verisign released proposed amendments to the .com registry agreement which includes a 7% increase in the registry fee in the final 4 of…
60,000 .EU Registrations Correctly Identified As Malicious By APEWS
Since its launch in December 2019, EURid’s Project APEWS – Advanced Prevention and Early Warning System – has correctly detected over 60,000 malicious .eu domain name registrations. While this is only 1.67% of the more than 3.6 million .eu domains registered, it’s still a significant amount and has undoubtedly had an impact on reducing cybercrime…