If ICANN = ICAN’T, then do we “really” need ICANN?
Here is how it goes:
Top-level domains: if you or I can, do we need Icann?
THERE WAS a time when the internet didn’t just have a father or a godfather: for a brief period, it had a fully fledged god. The god died and a private company, Icann, took his place. Now it’s time we asked [...]
ICANN to auction new gTLDs
Just came across this nice news article:
ICANN has just published a paper from its contractor PowerAuctions LLC, regarding the use of auctions to award new Top Level Domains (TLD) strings in case of contention.
I can understand what ICANN wants to avoid. In the past, it has been criticized for using the “beauty contest” model with the [...]
USA will NOT give up control of internet domain name root zone
This is no surprise!
I just read on “Intellectual Property Watch” that United States government will not give up its oversight of the internet domain name root zone.
The Bush administration has no intention of giving up United States oversight role of the management of the central root zone of the internet domain name system (DNS), the [...]
What are gTLDs and ccTLDs?
What are gTLDs and ccTLDs?
There are well over 200 TLDs assigned by ICANN. TLD stands for Top Level Domain. such as .com, .net, .mobi, .us, .de, etc.
A sub-domain is essentially a part of a domain such as About.DNBlogger.com where “About” is a sub-domain of the main domain DNBlogger.com. A domain can have virtually unlimited sub-domains. [...]
