| News Briefs Chinese Newspaper Warns Google Against Playing a Risky Political Game Jun 06, 2011 - Include Your Comments Internet Three Strikes Laws Violate International Law, Says UN Report Jun 03, 2011 - Include Your Comments Syrian Internet Shutdown Jun 03, 2011 - Include Your Comments (1 posted) Global Internet Traffic to Quadruple by 2015, Reaching 966 Exabytes Per Year Jun 01, 2011 - Include Your Comments RIPE NCC to Conduct Live Measurements for World IPv6 Day Jun 01, 2011 - Include Your Comments UK Putting Cyber Attacks on an Equal Footing With Other Conflicts May 31, 2011 - Include Your Comments Featured Blogs How Many IPv4 Addresses Does the RIPE NCC Have Left? Since IANA ran out of IPv4 addresses, people are increasingly aware of how short the remaining lifetime of IPv4 is. With World IPv6 Day taking place this week, the issue has come into even sharper focus. Since March 2011, the RIPE NCC has been publishing the size of its pool of available IPv4 addresses. All five Regional Internet Registries (RIRs) regularly publish the status of their IPv4 address pools. In the image below, you can see how the number of IPv4 addresses in the RIPE NCC pool changes over time. more » Jun 07, 2011 - by Mirjam Kuehne - Comments: 0 Related Topics: IP Addressing, IPv6, Regional Registries India: One Country, Many Internationalized Domain Names If you're interested in learning more about Internationalized Domain Names (IDNs), UNESCO and EURid recently released a report on the evolution and challenges of IDNs. It's a good read and it highlights some of the struggles that countries and registries face and taking IDNs mainstream. Though Russia has so far proven to be a major success story - with more than 800,000 IDN registrations so far (and counting) - most other IDNs are have a long ways to go yet. more » Jun 06, 2011 - by John Yunker - Comments: 2 Related Topics: DNS, Domain Names, ICANN, Multilinguism, Top-Level Domains "Is DSL Finally Dying?" No! Jeff Heynan at Infonetics reported a double-digit drop in DSL equipment sales, inspiring Dan O'Shea at Telephony to headline "Is DSL Finally Dying?" Both note that DSL sales in Q1 were actually ahead of the same quarter last year. Yet Dan writes "Fiber is the future." more » Jun 06, 2011 - by Dave Burstein - Comments: 0 Related Topics: Access Providers, Broadband, Telecom Who Cares About 50,000 .CAT's? This past May 19th, 5 years after its sunrise, puntCAT arrived at the 50,000 domain names landmark. We know that, nowadays, 50,000 domain names may hardly be described as shocking news, and, certainly, this is not our limit, and we believe there's still plenty of room for .cat to grow. Then, who and why should care about this number? more » Jun 03, 2011 - by Nacho Amadoz - Comments: 1 Related Topics: Domain Names, Registry Services, ICANN, Multilinguism, Top-Level Domains DHCP for IPv4 vs. IPv6 - What You Need to Know Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP) is a protocol intended to enable machines (servers, game consols, etc) wishing to be "online" the ability to request Internet Protocol information from a DHCP server automatically. ... In this article we will begin to outline some of the fundamental differences between DHCPv4 and DHCPv6, explore historical uses of DHCPv4 and how those concepts will adapt/change in IPv6. more » Jun 02, 2011 - by Richard Donaldson - Comments: 2 Related Topics: IP Addressing, IPv6 New gTLDs: Will Application Developers Be Ready In Time to Secure User Confidence? Last week I pointed out a potential problem with the user experience, if, as envisioned, a large number of new generic Top-Level Domains (gTLDs) are added to the root at the same time. The problem I was referring to has nothing to do with the new gTLDs themselves. Rather, it's about the lack of any updated procedures and communication campaigns to application and software vendors. The objective would be to alert them in time and equip them to swiftly update their programs... more » Jun 01, 2011 - by Alexa Raad - Comments: 2 Related Topics: DNS, Domain Names, Registry Services, ICANN, Policy & Regulation, Top-Level Domains ICANN Releases gTLD Applicant Guidebook Per their timeline, ICANN released the gTLD Applicant Guidebook on May 30th. This version contains revisions based upon both community feedback, as well as recent consultations with the Governmental Advisory Committee (GAC). more » Jun 01, 2011 - by Elisa Cooper - Comments: 1 Related Topics: DNS, Domain Names, Registry Services, ICANN, Policy & Regulation, Top-Level Domains What is Internet Protocol Address Management?" The number of web-based devices is expanding at an exponential clip, virtualization is making a very static environment dynamic, and now with the exhaustion of IPv4 and the oncoming complexities of IPv6 network operators must reevaluate what IP Address Management (IPAM) really is. The goal of this post is to define the various functions that make up IP Address Management. more » May 31, 2011 - by Aaron Hughes - Comments: 0 Related Topics: IP Addressing, IPv6 | Hot Topics • Domain Names • Top-Level Domains • Security • Internet Governance • Registry Services • DNS • Cybercrime • Policy & Regulation • ICANN • Access Providers • Cyberattack • Telecom • more... Industry Updates President Obama Names Neustar President and CEO Lisa Hook to NSTAC Jun 03, 2011 - by Neustar Why Embrace IPv6 Now? Get the Latest from Expert Cricket Liu Jun 02, 2011 - by Neustar .CO Bursts through 1 Million Domain Milestone Jun 02, 2011 - by .CO Internet Verisign's Matt Larson Wins 2011 InfoWorld Technology Leadership Award Jun 01, 2011 - by Verisign .CO Recognized Alongside Industry Giants in Trademark Industry Awards May 25, 2011 - by .CO Internet Advertise on CircleID If your advertising and marketing objectives entail reaching high-ranking experts and professionals within the IT and Internet industry, CircleID can help you achieve it. Find Out More... |
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