ICANN : ICG Announces Update Regarding Community Comments and the ICG Forum
The IANA Stewardship Transition Coordination Group (ICG) today announced that it has published its process for handling comments submitted to the ICG Forum.
Comments may be directly submitted to the ICG any time via email to the new email address:
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The ICG Forum is now archived at http://mm.ianacg.org/pipermail/icg-forum_ianacg.org/ and all previously archived comments can be found at http://forum.icann.org/lists/icg-forum/.
For more information on the NTIA IANA Functions’ Stewardship Transition and the ICG activities please visit https://www.icann.org/stewardship.
This announcement was sourced from :
https://www.icann.org/news/announcement-2-2015-05-01-en
Daily Domain Sales 04-30-2015 lead by VRXXX.com at $10,000 on Sedo
VRXXX.com sold for $10,000 on Sedo.
Top Domain Sales on April 30, 2015 are :
VRXXX.com – $10,000
CreditAssist.com – $8,650
Bilet.co – $8,000
4061.com – $7,280
BIAO.net – $5,420
Office.pro – $4,888
NutritionSecrets.com – $3,788
DrpBox.com – $3,757
WaterLogged.com – $2,766
Resonate.net – $2,500
EnableTech.com – $2,500
WholeEarthDiet.com – $2,000
EggBreak.com – $2,000
Neue-Energie.de – $1,843
FindAVendor.com – $1,811
GoPets.com – $1,760
Foodiamo.com – $1,700
CommunityLifeCenter.com – $1,510
RackNStack.com – $1,500
SpaAndBath.com – $1,500
Scpllc.com – $1,500
ConcreteForming.com – $1,500
Lingo.me – $1,500
SongChun.com – $1,499
BetweenUs.com – $1,400
OnLookers.com – $1,375
Relacion.com – $1,289
TheWordOnTheStreet.com – $1,250
UXEN.com – $1,250
Laways.com – $1,200
Calloon.com – $1,129
EVIK.com – $1,101
Cartuna.com – $1,100
RetirementRules.com – $1,100
WeThinkBig.com – $1,050
CSNT.com – $860
PPDF.com – $821
IceCreamFactory.com – $810
BestKnives.com – $807
JobsPlusOneStop.com – $750
SebCoax.com – $720
CleaningPerson.com – $670
Kimeng.com – $630
SexyClips.org – $560
UZ2.com – $535
PHPTalk.com – $510
TTJQ.com – $510
GardenLove.com – $490
CSWJ.com – $490
WapJuss.com – $489
AlansMountainRental.org – $489
ExternalDrives.com – $450
ThomasJames.com – $423
515666.com – $420
VideosChulos.com – $415
MyMoneyBetter.com – $415
CFLK.com – $411
BVan.com – $410
15891.com – $410
Marketplace-wise Sales
VRXXX.com – $10,000
Bilet.co – $8,000
Office.pro – $4,888
EggBreak.com – $2,000
Neue-Energie.de – $1,843
Foodiamo.com – $1,700
Lingo.me – $1,500
Laways.com – $1,200
DropCatch
CreditAssist.com – $8,650
CSWJ.com – $490
515666.com – $420
CFLK.com – $411
NameJet
4061.com – $7,280
BIAO.net – $5,420
GoPets.com – $1,760
BetweenUs.com – $1,400
OnLookers.com – $1,375
Relacion.com – $1,289
EVIK.com – $1,101
CSNT.com – $860
PPDF.com – $821
IceCreamFactory.com – $810
BestKnives.com – $807
Kimeng.com – $630
UZ2.com – $535
PHPTalk.com – $510
GardenLove.com – $490
BVan.com – $410
15891.com – $410
BuyDomains
NutritionSecrets.com – $3,788
WaterLogged.com – $2,766
Resonate.net – $2,500
EnableTech.com – $2,500
WholeEarthDiet.com – $2,000
FindAVendor.com – $1,811
CommunityLifeCenter.com – $1,510
RackNStack.com – $1,500
SpaAndBath.com – $1,500
Scpllc.com – $1,500
ConcreteForming.com – $1,500
TheWordOnTheStreet.com – $1,250
Cartuna.com – $1,100
RetirementRules.com – $1,100
WeThinkBig.com – $1,050
DrpBox.com – $3,757
SongChun.com – $1,499
UXEN.com – $1,250
Calloon.com – $1,129
JobsPlusOneStop.com – $750
SebCoax.com – $720
CleaningPerson.com – $670
SexyClips.org – $560
TTJQ.com – $510
WapJuss.com – $489
AlansMountainRental.org – $489
ExternalDrives.com – $450
ThomasJames.com – $423
VideosChulos.com – $415
MyMoneyBetter.com – $415
ICANN Admits New gTLD Application Privacy Breaches
A number of new gTLD applicants used a security bug in the application system to access the details of other applicants and applications an audit conducted on behalf of ICANN has found. Whether the data accessed had any impact on competitive applications has not yet been determined.
The results of the investigation currently indicate that the portal users were able to view data that was not their own. Based on the investigation to date, the unauthorised access resulted from advanced searches conducted using the login credentials of 19 users, which exposed 330 advanced search result records, pertaining to 96 applicants and 21 registry operators. These records may have included attachment(s). These advanced searches occurred during 36 user sessions out of a total of nearly 595,000 user sessions since April 2013. The parties whose data was viewed will be informed shortly. Information will include what portion of their data was seen and when it was seen.
ICANN engaged two consulting firms who reviewed and analysed all log data going back to the activation of the new gTLD Applicant portal on 17 April 2013 and the activation of the GDD portal on 17 March 2014.
ICANN is contacting the user or users who appear to have viewed information that was not their own and requiring that they provide an explanation of their activity. They are also asking them to certify that they will delete or destroy all information obtained and to certify that they have not and will not use the data or convey it to any third party.
“We realise that any compromise of our users’ data is unacceptable and take this situation, as well as user trust, very seriously,” said ICANN’s Chief Information and Innovation Officer, Ashwin Rangan. “Since I joined ICANN last year, we have increased our focus on quickly hardening our digital services. We have already taken several steps to accomplish this objective and guard ICANN’s digital assets against escalating cyber threats, however there is more to do. We deeply regret this incident and pledge to accelerate our efforts to harden all of our digital services, many of which have been in service for as long as 15 years.”
In mid-year 2014, ICANN engaged a third-party expert to assess its information technologies portfolio of assets. ICANN adopted the CSC (formerly SANS Institute) 20-factors framework to assess its defenses. Following the assessment ICANN launched a comprehensive, multi-year program and started to immediately address factors that deserve urgent attention. Additional information on this program will be announced in the next few weeks.
Rangan noted, “We are approaching these improvements in a careful sequence, so that service delivery to our community is not disrupted while systems are being hardened.”
ICANN is continuing to investigate the circumstances surrounding the access to this information and has not made a final determination regarding the nature of the access. By 27 May 2015 ICANN intends to disclose to affected users the identity of any user(s) that viewed their information without authorisation.
written by David Goldstein
ICM Registry Gets 4,000 Registrations Each For .PORN And .ADULT In Sunrise
Around 4,000 domains were registered in the Sunrise B period for both the .porn and .adult gTLDs ICM Registry announced Thursday.
The Sunrise numbers are more than any of the 350 or so gTLDs have achieved to have completed their Sunrise periods and entered General Availability. The most Sunrise registrations any gTLD has achieved to date is reportedly around 350.
According to a report in The Domains, the average registration period was for 2.5 years.
The Sunrise B period ran from 6 to 30 April and was designed for trademark owners who participated in the 2011 .XXX Sunrise B block. It gives these marks owners a priority opportunity to register matching domain names in .PORN and .ADULT before the names become generally available.
There will now be a second programme – Domain Matching – that will run from 6 to 31 May. This programme was designed for existing adult industry and non-adult industry .XXX domain owners. It provides a priority opportunity to register available, matching names in .PORN and .ADULT before those names can be bought by the general public. “It is critical to control your brand across multiple TLDs,” Stuart Lawley, CEO of ICM Registry, said in April.
“Mainstream and adult brands that participated in the .XXX launch a few years ago were among the first to recognize the strategic impact of new TLDs. Participating in the launch programs for .PORN and .ADULT is an opportunity to achieve cost-effective brand consistency throughout our TLDs.”
“Our launch programmes and promotional fees are designed to provide adult and non-adult brands a way to test out creative ideas and maximise the SEO inherent in our TLDs. With ‘porn,’ ‘adult’ and ‘xxx’ as some of the leading keywords searched online, it’s a perfect time to experiment with new marketing initiatives and new sites (e.g., food.porn, shoe.porn, yourbrand.porn, yourproduct.adult, etc.).”
Dot Kiwi Celebrates First Anniversary
[news release] After a year of significant changes to New Zealand’s domain landscape, Dot Kiwi has announced that it has sold more than 12,000 .kiwi domain names during its first year of operation.
Since 1 May 2014, individuals, bloggers, non-profit organisations and companies have bought .kiwi domain names as a new way to represent themselves online via personalised website and email addresses.
.kiwi is the only New Zealand-based generic Top Level Domain (gTLD) approved by ICANN (Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers) as part of its new domain programme. The programme will usher in more than 1,400 new domains such as .cafe, .organic and .london.
Angus Richardson, Managing Director of Dot Kiwi, says in the last year the New Zealand Internet community has gone through a lot of change with the launch of its own gTLD, .kiwi, and changes to .co.nz.
“The new generation of domain names is still in its infancy, but is undergoing rapid growth. Gone are the days where Kiwis have to use .com or .net, now they can choose from a plethora of new domain names to better describe themselves or their organisation.
“.kiwi sales put it ahead of most of the new domains around the world. We’re in the top 25 per cent of the new gTLDs globally for sales volumes, showing New Zealanders have definitely come on board to try new domain name options,” says Richardson.
Some of the organisations using .kiwi domain names include Kiwibank (www.inner.kiwi), the Vodafone Warriors (www.warriors.kiwi) and the New Zealand Winter Games (wintergamesnz.kiwi). New Zealand comedian, Dai Henwood, and Kiwi triathlon legend, Bevan Docherty have also registered .kiwi domain names – using dai.kiwi and docherty.kiwi, respectively.
“One thing that’s great to see is there’s been a healthy proportion of people using their .kiwi domains for new websites or email.
“It was also positive to see registrations of the new .nz start to emerge since .kiwi launched last year. Australia is now considering allowing people to purchase .au rather than .com.au. It shows that New Zealand is leading the way internationally,” says Richardson.
.kiwi was one of the first domain names created to connect people’s online identity with both their geographical and cultural identity. Since .kiwi’s launch, ICANN has also approved domains specifically for Londoners, New Yorkers, Parisians and Berliners.
About Dot Kiwi:
Dot Kiwi launched a completely new option to the market for customers wishing to be associated with New Zealand on the Internet. .kiwi domain names provide New Zealand organisations and individuals greater choice, branding creativity and the opportunity to differentiate themselves from competitors. The .nz domain communicates where a person or their business is geographically, but .kiwi tells them what kind of person or entity they are, no matter where in the world they may be.
posted by David Goldstein
