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We’re pleased to announce that ICANN has finalized the transfer of accreditation from the previous owners at Epik Inc to our ownership at Epik LLC Read more about this announcement in our official press release...

We’re pleased to announce that ICANN has finalized the transfer of accreditation from the previous owners at Epik Inc to our ownership at Epik LLC Read more about this announcement in our official press release...

A couple weeks ago I was renewing a bunch of expired domains and my renewal order at Dynadot got stuck with the "pending approval" status. After a few days, it completed however one of the domains didn't renew – that was a .desi domain. I placed an order for it again and got stuck...

A couple weeks ago I was renewing a bunch of expired domains and my renewal order at Dynadot got stuck with the "pending approval" status. After a few days, it completed however one of the domains didn't renew – that was a .desi domain. I placed an order for it again and got stuck...

Reputation Block Lists (RBLs) serve as a common defense mechanism against harmful and unwanted Internet content. These lists contain the Internet Protocol (IP) addresses, domain names, or full Uniform Resource Locators (URLs) of known spam sources, phishing pages, malicious sites, or other...

Reputation Block Lists (RBLs) serve as a common defense mechanism against harmful and unwanted Internet content. These lists contain the Internet Protocol (IP) addresses, domain names, or full Uniform Resource Locators (URLs) of known spam sources, phishing pages, malicious sites, or other...

Amazon has kept a pretty low profile to date both as a registry and registrar, but there are reasons to believe it’s on the verge of becoming a more visible player in the market. The e-commerce and web services giant has secured a second ICANN registrar accreditation and appears to be readying a...

Amazon has kept a pretty low profile to date both as a registry and registrar, but there are reasons to believe it’s on the verge of becoming a more visible player in the market. The e-commerce and web services giant has secured a second ICANN registrar accreditation and appears to be readying a...

The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) has launched the Registration Data Request Service (RDRS). The RDRS is a new service that introduces a more consistent and standardized format to handle requests for access to nonpublic registration data related to generic top-level...

The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) has launched the Registration Data Request Service (RDRS). The RDRS is a new service that introduces a more consistent and standardized format to handle requests for access to nonpublic registration data related to generic top-level...

A court has found that ICANN-accredited domain name registrars 35.cn and OnlineNic are alter egos, potentially opening 35.cn up to paying more than $5 million to Meta Platforms. Meta sued OnlineNic and its privacy service in October 2019, alleging that either OnlineNic or customers using Domain...

A court has found that ICANN-accredited domain name registrars 35.cn and OnlineNic are alter egos, potentially opening 35.cn up to paying more than $5 million to Meta Platforms. Meta sued OnlineNic and its privacy service in October 2019, alleging that either OnlineNic or customers using Domain...

.... As new demands came from how the internet was used, domain names were created to match. For example, with the introduction of internet access via mobile devices, .mobi was created, and when the Asia-Pacific region’s internet usage grew substantially, .asia was created in 2005. Large...

.... As new demands came from how the internet was used, domain names were created to match. For example, with the introduction of internet access via mobile devices, .mobi was created, and when the Asia-Pacific region’s internet usage grew substantially, .asia was created in 2005. Large...

ICANN has sent a notice of termination to OpenTLD, the domain name registrar associated with the Freenom group of companies. Freenom is best known for giving away free domain registrations, most famously .tk, in a dwindling number of country code domain names as it faces legal challenges...

ICANN has sent a notice of termination to OpenTLD, the domain name registrar associated with the Freenom group of companies. Freenom is best known for giving away free domain registrations, most famously .tk, in a dwindling number of country code domain names as it faces legal challenges...

A domain name investor has sued ICANN (pdf), arguing that the investor should have exclusive rights to many single-character .com domain names. VerandaGlobal.com, d/b/a First Place Internet, filed the suit in the Superior Court of California, County of Los Angeles in August. ICANN has published...

A domain name investor has sued ICANN (pdf), arguing that the investor should have exclusive rights to many single-character .com domain names. VerandaGlobal.com, d/b/a First Place Internet, filed the suit in the Superior Court of California, County of Los Angeles in August. ICANN has published...

By Thobias Moura This year, the 25th anniversary of the creation of ICANN was celebrated. The date carries a commemorative meaning, highlighting the trajectory of this institution that has been fundamental in the coordination and administration of Internet resources. However, this milestone...

By Thobias Moura This year, the 25th anniversary of the creation of ICANN was celebrated. The date carries a commemorative meaning, highlighting the trajectory of this institution that has been fundamental in the coordination and administration of Internet resources. However, this milestone...