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Following up from the prior thread about the ICANN transfers policy, I've just published a new article: https://freespeech.com/2022/08/09/making-domain-name-transfers-more-secure/ on my blog about how to make domain name transfers more secure, with two ideas. The first one involves giving...

I already wrote, in a separate thread, about how the transfers working group at ICANN wants to make it easier to hijack domain names: https://www.namepros.com/threads/red-alert-icann-working-group-wants-to-make-it-easier-to-hijack-domain-names.1279715/ But, I just blogged about another part of...

I already wrote, in a separate thread, about how the transfers working group at ICANN wants to make it easier to hijack domain names: https://www.namepros.com/threads/red-alert-icann-working-group-wants-to-make-it-easier-to-hijack-domain-names.1279715/ But, I just blogged about another part of...

A lawyer recently told me that a country does not control a cctld and added that it is icann that owns or controls cctld. Can someone correct or confirm this? I was under the impression each cctld is owned by its respective country. Was I wrong all this time?

A lawyer recently told me that a country does not control a cctld and added that it is icann that owns or controls cctld. Can someone correct or confirm this? I was under the impression each cctld is owned by its respective country. Was I wrong all this time?

In this week's Top Topics, one domain investor considers the possibility of a portfolio management service specifically for domain investors, and we hear about an ICANN working group that wants to make it easier to hijack domain names. Elsewhere, there's a sizable .TV domain sale, and a service...

In this week's Top Topics, one domain investor considers the possibility of a portfolio management service specifically for domain investors, and we hear about an ICANN working group that wants to make it easier to hijack domain names. Elsewhere, there's a sizable .TV domain sale, and a service...

There’s an important ICANN [public comment period that ends on Tuesday August 2, 2022](https://www.icann.org/en/public-comment/proceeding/initial-report-on-the-transfer-policy-review-21-06-2022) regarding the transfers policy. I haven’t finished my own comments yet, but I thought it important to...

There’s an important ICANN [public comment period that ends on Tuesday August 2, 2022](https://www.icann.org/en/public-comment/proceeding/initial-report-on-the-transfer-policy-review-21-06-2022) regarding the transfers policy. I haven’t finished my own comments yet, but I thought it important to...

ICANN staff recently prepared a “Revised Uniform Domain Name Dispute Resolution Policy (UDRP) Policy Status Report (PSR)” for the consideration of GNSO Council, and to guide any future policy development at ICANN. It was supposed to reflect the submissions that were submitted in the public...

ICANN staff recently prepared a “Revised Uniform Domain Name Dispute Resolution Policy (UDRP) Policy Status Report (PSR)” for the consideration of GNSO Council, and to guide any future policy development at ICANN. It was supposed to reflect the submissions that were submitted in the public...

Twitter from DNW sparked conversation around Bitcoin.xyz auction close at $42,501: Reference: https://domainnamewire.com/2022/07/02/bitcoin-xyz-auction-ends-at-42501/#comments My comment on DomainNameWire.com 2 July 2022. Two days later, XYZ hasn't disputed my claims. Call me alarmist, but...

Twitter from DNW sparked conversation around Bitcoin.xyz auction close at $42,501: Reference: https://domainnamewire.com/2022/07/02/bitcoin-xyz-auction-ends-at-42501/#comments My comment on DomainNameWire.com 2 July 2022. Two days later, XYZ hasn't disputed my claims. Call me alarmist, but...

Let me not give its name this time, but you know it. A registrar is trying to sell expired domains of its customers, but those domains still belong to the same person, who can renew them for 30 days (sometimes,..up to 75 days) That registrar will make a deal, and at the 30th day grab the domain...

Let me not give its name this time, but you know it. A registrar is trying to sell expired domains of its customers, but those domains still belong to the same person, who can renew them for 30 days (sometimes,..up to 75 days) That registrar will make a deal, and at the 30th day grab the domain...

Quick question/discussion - the 60 day lock on new domains in your account. Has anyone ever paid the registrar a fee for unlocking the domain anyway? Just curious to hear stories on the dreaded 60 day lock. ty in advance.

Quick question/discussion - the 60 day lock on new domains in your account. Has anyone ever paid the registrar a fee for unlocking the domain anyway? Just curious to hear stories on the dreaded 60 day lock. ty in advance.

The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) has published an Advisory on the impact of China's Personal Information Protection Law (PIPL) on complaints pertaining to third-party access to nonpublic generic top-level domain (gTLD) registration data. ... The newly published...

The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) has published an Advisory on the impact of China's Personal Information Protection Law (PIPL) on complaints pertaining to third-party access to nonpublic generic top-level domain (gTLD) registration data. ... The newly published...

When you search aripo.com on https://lookup.icann.org/en/lookup you get following message: The requested domain was not found in the Registry or Registrar's RDAP server. But when you try to buy this domain from different registrars such as Dynadot, Namesilo, GoDaddy etc. they all say that this...