ICANN Weekly Newsletter
News from the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers
http://www.icann.org Week ending 18 September 2009
Announcements This Week
Release of Interisle and TNO reports on Root Scaling
The ICANN Board requested the Root Server System Advisory Committee
(RSSAC), the Security and Stability Advisory Committee (SSAC), and the
ICANN staff, including the IANA team, to study the potential issues
regarding the addition of IDNs, IPv6 addresses, DNSSEC and substantial
numbers of new TLDs to the root zone. Interisle was selected to perform this study. In the course of their study, they recommended that a modeling effort
be undertaken with the assistance of TNO.
18 September 2009
Advance Notice: Board Committee Public Session
The ICANN Board Public Participation Committee will be holding a
special public session on Monday 5 October at 15:00 UTC to discuss the
Committee's work, focusing in particular on the Document Publication
Operational Policy currently out for public comment.
18 September 2009
"L" Root Server Scaling Report Released
As part ICANN's ongoing efforts to ensure the stability of the DNS,
ICANN staff contracted with the DNS Operations, Analysis and Research
Center as independent and well-respected experts to provide an analysis of the impact of adding IPv6, DNSSEC, and additional top-level domains to the ICANN-operated L root server.
17 September 2009
ICANN Formalizes Relationship with ccTLD Manager for Ukraine (.UA)
ICANN has announced today that it has signed an exchange of letters
with the country code top level domain (ccTLD) manager for .UA,
Communications System Ltd.
16 September 2009
Expressions of Interest Sought for Bulk Transfer of Registrations
As the result of the recent de-accreditation of registrar Red Register,
Inc. (IANA ID 962), ICANN is seeking expressions of interest from
ICANN-accredited registrars that might wish to assume sponsorship of
the gTLD names that were previously managed by this registrar.
16 September 2009
Red Register Loses ICANN Accreditation
ICANN has terminated its accreditation agreement with registrar Red Register.
15 September 2009
Public Comment: Inter-Registrar Transfer Policy Part B Policy Development Process
The GNSO is asking for public comments on issues relating to procedures
for modifying registration information and transferring domain names
between registers to inform the deliberations of the Working Group
created to address these issues.
14 September 2009
Upcoming Events
25 - 30 October 2009: 36th International Public ICANN Meeting - Seoul, South Korea
7 - 12 March 2010: 37th International Public ICANN Meeting - Nairobi, Kenya
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