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After completing extensive due diligence, the ICANN Board found that withholding consent of the transfer of PIR from the Internet Society (ISOC) to Ethos Capital was reasonable, and the right thing to do.
The Registration Data Access Protocol (RDAP) is the successor to WHOIS, which is being sunsetted on 28 January 2025.
An update on the proposed acquisition of Public Interest Registry (PIR) by Ethos Capital and where ICANN was in the process in December 2019.
Whereas, on 1 March 2019, the Board took action on each of the 35 recommendations issued within the Competition, Consumer Trust, and Consumer Choice (CCT) Review Team Final Report dated 8 September 2018, as specified within the scorecard titled " Final CCT Recommendations: Board Action (1 March 2019) ". The Board…
Announcement that the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) believes there is an ongoing and significant risk to key parts of the Domain Name System (DNS) infrastructure and is calling for the full deployment of the Domain Name System Security Extensions (DNSSEC) across all unsecured domain names.
ICANN received a total of 32 public comments from across the community on the Proposed Top-Level Domain String for Private Use. Thirteen of these were in support of the proposal. Of the remaining nineteen comments, six believed a shorter string should be selected, one believed a more meaningful string should be…
The ICANN Security and Stability Advisory Committee recently published SAC132: The Domain Name System Runs on Free and Open-Source Software.