Moniker.com is holding an online auction through SnapNames.com for the Affiliate Summit Show. All auctions close at 3:15pm EST through Snapnames, unless extended based on Snapnames normal bidding rules. You can download the entire list of domains here: According to moniker these are the top names of the several thousand up for … [Read more...]
ICANN on DNS Flaws
The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) announced in a press release today that it is raising awareness of a recently discovered vulnerability in the domain name system (DNS). ICANN also released an FAQ and an online tool for domain operators to test their domains. According to ICANN no one organization can implement a fix for this vulnerability. It requires the … [Read more...]
Reminder: ICANN Comment Period Closes Sunday
The period for ICANN accepting comments for proposed changes to the Registrar Accreditation Agreements; those agreements registrars sign with ICANN, governing registrars conduct, is opened until August 4th. Although ICANN is not clear exactly when the comment period closes if you want to comment you better do it on Sunday. To comment on the Registrar Contract please e-mail ICANN … [Read more...]
ICANN Not Enforcing Rules Against Registrar Warehousing Because There Are No Rules
One of the leading domain attorneys we all know and love sent me an e-mail today about my Post the other day concerning Domain Registrars which warehouse expired domains of their customers instead of releasing them into a drop or auction. It seems that Paragraph 3.7.9 of the agreement between ICANN and the Regsitrars that we have been quoting to say: """"Registrars shall abide by any ICANN … [Read more...]
This is Your Chance to Tell ICANN How Registrars Should Act
ICANN announced that it is now accepting comments for proposed changes to the Registrar Accreditation Agreements, those agreements registrars sign with ICANN which in part, govern registrars conduct. This is the time that you can send a clear message to ICANN that certain practice of registrars should be outlawed and let them know of any instances of improper conduct on the part of … [Read more...]
Maybe Getting that New Domain Extension Won’t be That Easy
Looking at the draft flow chart that ICANN has posted for the process of obtaining new extensions, it looks like it may not be a quick and easy process as the press described. Certainly you can count next year out. An extension can be knocked out by if it is "too similar to reserved names or existing TLD's and /or likely to cause instability." If it passes that test it still can be … [Read more...]
New Extension .CYM: That Wouldn’t Confuse Anyone, Would It?
According to an article, New Whales is going for the .CYM extension for a Welsh websites. South Wales West AM Bethan Jenkins said the ICANN annoucement: "could, in effect, pave the way for the dotCYM domain name to be used for Welsh website addresses. It's important that the world has access to everything that Wales has to offer and I believe that a dot CYM web address would be one way of … [Read more...]