ICANN Newsletter | Week ending 5 March 2010
News from the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers
Announcements This Week
Draft Delegation Rate Scenarios for New gTLDs
3 March 2010 | In February 2009, with Resolution 2009-02-03-04, the ICANN Board requested the Root Server System Advisory Committee, the Security and Stability Advisory Committee, and ICANN staff, including the IANA team, to study potential issues regarding the addition of substantial numbers of new TLDs to the root zone.
Public Comments Requested on Chairs Draft Interim Paper for Policy on Introduction of IDN ccTLDs
2 March 2010 | The Chair of the ccNSO's Internationalised Domain Name Country Code Policy Development Process Working Group for the selection and delegation of IDN ccTLDs is pleased to announce the publication of the Chairs draft Interim Paper. The purpose of this paper is to report to the community on structure and potential directions of the recommendations for the overall policy.
Survey of IPv6 Availability on Commercial Firewalls
1 March 2010 | ICANN's Security and Stability Advisory Committee is conducting a survey of the commercial firewall market to obtain information relating to IPv6 security service availability.
Reminder: Apply Now to Join the ICANN Board, the Councils of GNSO and ccNSO, and the ALAC
1 March 2010 | Applications will be considered in confidence and should be received by 2 April 2010 for full consideration. Selections will be announced in early September 2010.
Bulk Transfer of DNGLOBE Domains to Paknic
1 March 2010 | ICANN has authorized a bulk transfer of DNGLOBE LLC's gTLD domain names to Paknic (Private) Limited, due to a compliance action taken by ICANN that resulted in the de-accreditation of registrar DNGLOBE.
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7 - 12 March 2010: 37th International Public ICANN Meeting - Nairobi, Kenya
20 - 25 June 2010: 38th International Public ICANN Meeting - Brussels, Belgium
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