ICANN: Code of Conduct Exemption Process Defined
Registry Operators (ROs) and applicants who have been invited to Contracting may request an exemption from the requirements of the “Registry Operator Code of Conduct,” as set forth in Specification 9 of the Registry Agreement. In order to qualify, an RO must demonstrate to ICANN’s satisfaction that it meets certain criteria as outlined in the Process.
ICANN has worked with the community to establish a formal process for requesting an exemption to the Code of Conduct.
Review the Process and Forms
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Code of Conduct Exemption Process & Forms [PDF, 103 KB]
A Registry Operator Code of Conduct exemption request may be submitted to ICANN any time after an applicant has been invited to Contracting, including after the Registry Agreement has been signed. To request an exemption, the Code of Conduct Exemption Request Form must be completed and submitted to ICANN at
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. The request must be accompanied by the RO’s registration policies.
In determining whether an applicant qualifies for an exemption, ICANN may solicit additional information from the RO and/or publish the applicant’s request for public comment.
Learn more about Contracting & the Registry Agreement »
This ICANN announcement was sourced from:
newgtlds.icann.org/en/announcements-and-media/announcement-17oct13-en
ICANN: Implementing the New gTLD Collision Occurrence Management Plan
On 7 October 2013 the ICANN Board’s New gTLD Program Committee approved resolutions directing staff to implement the New gTLD Collision Occurrence Management Plan (“The Plan”) [PDF, 840 KB]. The steps that a new gTLD applicant has to follow to get delegated have not changed. Below is an explanation as to how the Plan is being implemented and how it will affect the contracting, pre-delegation testing and delegation phases of the program.
1. Contracting
ICANN is updating the Registry Agreement for new gTLDs in order to implement the Plan. Specification 6, which addresses Registry Interoperability and Continuity, has been updated to include the registry operator obligations called for in the Plan, including a 120-day no-activation period, and name collision report handling responsibilities. Additional details and a link to the revisions to Specification 6 will be included in a separate announcement to be posted shortly.
Registries that have already signed the Registry Agreement and Supplement have been notified directly via email, pursuant to Section 1 of the RA Supplement. Those Registries need not take any action – the Required Change will incorporate seamlessly into the RA with no further action required by the Registry Operator or by ICANN.
Applications that were previously not eligible for contract signing only because of the “uncalculated risk” classification, will now begin receiving contracts for signature in order of priority.
All new Registry Agreements sent for signature as of today will include the updated Specification 6.
2. Pre-Delegation Testing
The requirements and process of Pre-Delegation Testing (PDT) are unchanged. Applicants that execute a Registry Agreement are eligible to begin PDT. Current requirements can be found on the PDT page of the microsite.
3. Transition to Delegation
Before a Registry Operator can initiate its transition to delegation it must implement the measures described in its SLD Collision Occurrence Assessment. Until the assessment is ready, most Registry Operators are expected to be eligible for the alternative path to delegation as described below.
The Plan allows for a Registry Operator to proceed with an alternative path to delegation prior to receiving its full SLD Collision Occurrence Assessment. If ICANN determines that the gTLD is eligible for the alternative path to delegation, and the Registry Operator chooses to block all relevant Second-Level Domains (SLDs) as designated by ICANN, then the Registry Operator may proceed to delegation. The list of SLDs to be blocked will be customized to each TLD based on the actual requests observed in the “Day in the Life of the Internet (DITL)” data from 2006 to 2013 maintained by DNS-OARC.
The determination will be based on assessments of the level of variance of the SLDs observed in each year of the DITL data. High variance might indicate that blocking SLDs that appear in the historical data may not be an adequate mitigation plan. In that event, delegation must wait until a full assessment can be conducted and a full mitigation plan specified as described in the Plan.
For Registry Operators with executed registry agreements the Assessments and SLD lists will be posted to the specific TLD’s registry agreement page on the ICANN website. The first of these will be available before the end of this week.
In the coming weeks ICANN will post the alternative path eligibility assessments and SLD lists for all applied-for gTLDs.
Once the above steps are completed, ICANN will initiate the transition to delegation process via the customer portal.
This ICANN announcement was sourced from:
newgtlds.icann.org/en/announcements-and-media/announcement-16oct13-en
Sedo’s October GreatDomains Auction is Underway
Sedo,the leading online domain marketplace and monetization provider,is hosting these days its monthly GreatDomains auction .The auction will end on October 24,2013 .
The auction features 362 domain names ,out of which 42 already have bids .The highest bid so far is for BlogSport.com for $10,000 .Holidat.net also managed to attract a lot of interest and received 3 bids,with the highest one of 5,000 EUR.
Other interesting domain names included in the auction are :
Webserver.com
Transmissions.com
Televisione.it
Moda.it
Sport.it
Metals.com
Mym.com
Sandwich.com
Sled.com
GlobalWhois.com
Crackers.com
Organic.us
You can see the entire inventory and place your bids here .
Sedo Four Letter .COM Domains Auction Ends Today
Sedo’s Four Letter .COM Domains auction will end today,at 12:00 PM EST.The auction features 50 four-letter .COM domain names ,all with a reserve price of 1-99 EUR.
At the time of this post,all 50 domain names received bids and met their reserve prices .Ruve.com received the highest bid – 1,400 EUR.
Some interesting domain names included in the auction include :
Vogl.com
EONX.com
CMPU.com
DJSQ.com
OCUI.com
Aydu.com
QCIB.com
QMEH.com
kIYV.COM
Kwpe.com
You can see the entire inventory and place your bids here .
Indian Center for DNS Security Announced – ICANN and CDAC will launch research center to thwart security threats to DNS
[news release] ICANN today (16 October) announced, in partnership with the Center for Development of Advanced Computing (CDAC), plans to coordinate on the creation of a Center of Excellence in Domain Name System Security in India.
The Center of Excellence is anticipated to work alongside ICANN security staff to design research projects intended to solve critical Domain Name System (DNS) security issues, such as thwarting cyber attacks. The center is also envisioned to be home to a state-of-the-art research laboratory to evaluate and test security solutions.
“This center will play a central role in ensuring the security and stability of the Domain Name System,” said Fadi Chehadé, ICANN President and Chief Executive Officer. “The Internet has become one of the world’s most valued resources and it is deserves nothing less than full global cooperation and collaboration in developing concrete solutions to combat threats to the DNS.”
Fadi Chehadé, along with Dr. Rajat Moona, Director General of CDAC, will sign a letter of intent regarding the building of the center during a signing ceremony at the Internet, Mobile & Digital Economy Conference (IMDEC) IMDEC is a conference organized by the Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FICCI) in association with the Ministry of Communications and IT. The topic of the conference is Internet to Equinet: Empowering a Billion OnLine”. Minister Kapil Sibal, Indian Minister of Communications and Information Technology, will oversee the signing ceremony.
The Center for Development of Advanced Computing is the research and development arm of India’s Department of Electronics and Information Technology, a part of India’s Ministry of Communications & Information Technology.
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For more information about FICCI, please visit:
www.ficci.com/events-page.asp?evid=21654
For more information about the Center for Development of Advanced Computing, please visit:
cdac.in
