Category Archives: ICANN

Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN)

The Loss of a Friend

Dear colleagues and friends,  It is very, very difficult to write these words. The loss of a young person is always a tragedy.  The untimely loss of a friend is even worse, and is always a very difficult time.  The … Continue reading

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Ще търсим по-лесно в интернет

Мое интервю в “Труд“: С Вени МАРКОВСК??, бив?? член на борда на Организацията за имена в интернет ICANN разговаря Светослав МЕТАНОВ – Първите коментари за ре??ението на ICANN корпоративни имена да се приемат като домейни са положителни. Как се стигна … Continue reading

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Russian IDN ccTLD .рф Opens for Registrations, Makes History

November 11, 2010, marked the day when the new IDN ccTLD .рф (Cyrillic for Российская Федерация, Russian Federation) was opened for general registration. Prior to that date the registration was open only for trademark owners and governmental institutions. Before the … Continue reading

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Едно пояснение относно ICANN

Малка бележка (updated) В последните дни чета из българските медии какво били мислили в ICANN. Като представител на тази организация за на??ия регион, мога само да кажа, че никой, с едно изключение, не се е обръщал към ICANN официално с … Continue reading

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Световният ??нтернет влиза в нова ера с подписаното днес споразумение между ICANN и правителството на САЩ

Световният ??нтернет влиза в нова ера с подписването на документа за задължения между ICANN и правителството на САЩ. Новият документ потвърждава, че ??нтернет ще продължи да се развива както и досега – от организация, в която участват всички заинтересовани страни: … Continue reading

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ICANN signs the Russian .ru zone file

Today, at 11 a.m. Moscow time, ICANN signed the zone file for .ru with a cryptographic key approved by the US Government. The news was announced during the meeting of President Obama and President Medvedev in London, and conveyed by … Continue reading

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Russian Minister of Telecom and Mass Communications talks about Cyrillic Domain Names

Igor Schegolev, the Russian Minister of Telecom and Mass Communications spoke at the opening of the InfoCom 2008 exhibition in Moscow. Among other things, which made news (for example, that the Russian government will be implementing a free and open … Continue reading

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?? пак за домейните на кирилица

Много хора напоследък си че??ат езиците по темата за домейните на кирилица. Цялата работа става типично българска, но това не бива да ни пла??и. Можете да прочетете в коментарите след преди??ната ми статия по темата, но не те са важните. … Continue reading

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Possible concert of Goran Bregovic in Paris for the ICANN June 2008 meeting!

Great News! As some of you probably know, ICANN will host its next meeting in Paris, June 22 – 27, at the Le Meridien Montparnasse hotel. On June 24th we could have a concert of Goran Bregovic, as part of … Continue reading

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There are more than 13 root servers. Much more.

Many people talk about root servers, domain names, IP addresses, and these words sometimes sound like a secret society codes. Here’s an explanation of the number of root servers. Some people claim that the root servers are “controlled by the … Continue reading

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