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ICANN (pronounced /aɪkæn/, eye-can) is the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers. Headquartered in Marina Del Rey, California, United States, ICANN is a non-profit corporation that was created on September 18, 1998 in order to oversee a number of Internet-related tasks previously performed directly on behalf of the U.S. government by other organizations, notably the Internet Assigned Numbers Authority (IANA). ICANN's tasks include responsibility for Internet Protocol (IP) address space allocation, protocol identifier assignment, generic (gTLD) and country code (ccTLD) top-level domain name system management, and root server system management functions. More generically, ICANN is responsible for managing the assignment of domain names and IP addresses. To date, much of its work has concerned the introduction of new generic top-level domains (TLDs). The technical work of ICANN is referred to as the IANA function. ICANN's other primary function involves helping preserve the operational stability of the Internet; to promote competition; to achieve broad representation of global Internet community; and to develop policies appropriate to its mission through bottom-up, consensus-based processes. On September 29, 2006, ICANN signed a new agreement with the United States Department of Commerce (DOC) that is a step forward toward the full management of the Internet's system of centrally coordinated identifiers through the multi-stakeholder model of consultation that ICANN represents. Paul Twomey was the President/CEO of ICANN from March 27, 2003 until July 1 2009. when Rod Beckstrom will take over appointed as CEO and President. On November 3, 2007, Peter Dengate Thrush replaced Vint Cerf as Chairman of the ICANN Board of Directors . From Wikipedia under the
GNU Free Documentation License Why is ICANN trying to eliminate the Soviet Union's domain name (.SU) even though there is demand for it? Q. There are still 10,000 registered Soviet Union domains, 1500 of them having been registered just this year. However, the ICANN has been trying to delete the Soviet domain name for 15 years. Clearly, there is alot of interest in Soviet Union domain names. Capitalism is actually preserving the last remnant of the former Communist superpower. Why not let the domain stay in existence? The fight to kill the Soviet domain appears to be futile. If you want to register a .su domain, you can find a few registrars with a Google search. They do cost alot more than most domain names though (the price was recently dropped from 3000 rubles to 600 rubles; basically from $125 down to $25; most domains today are $5-$10). Asked by _ - Fri Dec 21 23:09:59 2007 - - 2 Answers - 0 Comments A. 15 months after September 19, 1990, the "Soviet Union" ceased to exist, most "Russian" TLD domains can now use .ru . Quick, get hillaryclinton.su because it would be much more apt :) Answered by ThomasS - Sat Dec 22 00:23:42 2007 How do you find the owner stats for this webiste? Q. I went on godaddy and icann to look for the ownership of this website www.cmc.890m.com and both tell me its an invalid site, however, you can certainly get to it and it slanders my family. Asked by trooper753 - Thu Apr 10 20:04:16 2008 - - 1 Answers - 0 Comments A. not sure but I recently heard that there is a new law that allows for those sending hurtful or vicious lies to be prosecuted---this is due to the case of the young girl that took her own life due to the harassing emails she got from a rival. However, it seems that the mother of this 2nd girl that was interested in the same guy wrote the vicious lies and stuff about the 1st girl; it was too much for her. the mom said that she never emailed anything so she got off from criminal charges; she could have been charged for the girls death/suicide, wish I knew; I heard this on Bill O'reily so you might get information there---some site that he shows there--smallvillage.com or something like that. Hope you get your justice. :) Answered by Lifeline - Thu Apr 10 22:21:37 2008 How can I renew a website I've owned for ten years?
Q. I've just found out that ICANN regulations seem to prohibit anyone from from continuing to own a site they have had for ten years. Seems at the end of ten years it reverts tothe public domain again. Big mulit-nationals don't seem to encounter this. How can I continue to own the site I've had for almost ten years now? Asked by Karma Chimera - Tue Sep 12 12:48:11 2006 - - 7 Answers - 0 Comments A. The limit refers to multiyear registrations at the same time. The idea was to only allow a domain to be registered for up to 10 years at a time, and then if the domain name was NOT renewed, then it would revert to public domain. By forcing the domain to be renewed periodically, it was hoped to keep the domain information current. Answered by wektech - Tue Sep 12 13:09:25 2006 From Yahoo Answer Search: "icann"  news.google.com Belfast Telegraph From next year, ICANN (www. icann .org) plans to allow web site owners to choose their own extension (or generic top level domain to use the industry jargon), ... news.google.com CPA Global Facebook's usernames plan echoes recent proposals by the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers ( ICANN ) to liberalise generic top-level domains ... and more » news.google.com CircleID For example, the graph (which can take a bit of time to generate, given ICANN's slow servers) for the L-root server's most popular Top-Level Domain (TLD) ... From Google News Search: "icann"  jpinfo.jp 285px x 380px | 30.50kB [source page] Supporting Organization gTld whois registerFly icann icann  icann.org 201px x 350px | 115.70kB [source page] ICANN Board Recent Board meetings The Board met most recently on 30 April and will meet again on 29 May Each Board meeting is preceded by at least a week by a meeting of the Board s  ncdnhc.org 450px x 600px | 38.80kB [source page] Vancouver November 29 2005 Chuck Gomes VRSN Yumi Ohashi jp Lesley Cowley uk From Yahoo Image Search: "icann"  domainmacher.com unknown Mon, 06 Jul 2009 17:40:44 GM The deadline for submitting comments regarding the Implementation Response Team's recommendations (which include a rapid suspension system for domain names under despute) is today. Submitted ... domain names before the accused has a ...  domainnews.com (David Goldstein) hu, 11 Jun 2009 05:08:38 GM Rumours are flying that Rod Beckstrom, former director of the US Homeland Security Department's National Cybersecurity Center, is the new CEO of . ICANN. , writes Milton Mueller on the Internet.  domainnamewire.com Andrew Allemann Mon, 15 Jun 2009 21:36:51 GM ICANN. sent a breach notice to Maxim on March 30. Since that time the company has notified customers it was shutting down. In . ICANN. s termination letter to Maxim, Director of Contractual Compliance Stacy Burnette wrote: ... From Google Blog Search: "icann" |
