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.BY (Belarus) implements DNSSEC
Effective 25 October 2013, DNSSEC was implemented for .BY (Belarus)
DNSSEC will first be assigned to the domains of state organizations such as
mil.by and gov.by. Later on, Registrars will be provided with possibility to
assign DNSSEC service to any second level domain name in ccTLD .BY


InternetNZ approves to register .nz domains at second level


IGF2013 - the Social Role of a ccTLD
This
morning – unfortunately too early for any European to follow remotely – CENTR
in cooperation with the other regional ccTLD organisations AfTLD, APTLD and
LACTLD held a workshop at the Internet Governance Forum in Bali on the
Social Role of a ccTLD Registry .
ccTLD
registries from the different regions showcased projects and activities they
run next to their main task of managing the national country code and by which
they contribute to the development of the Local Internet Community.
‘The
workshop contributed significantly to underline the importance of the leading
role the ccTLDs played, are playing and will continue to play within their
community’ said Giovanni Seppia (Chair of the CENTR IGF workshop).
The agenda and presentations are at www.centr.org/IGF2013 .


European Cyber Security Month also in Serbia
The European Union Agency for Network and Information Safety (ENISA) is running its European Cyber Security Month campaign for the second time in a row during October. This year Serbia is joining in, represented by the Register of National Domain Names of Serbia (RNIDS). European Cyber Security Month (ECSM) aims to promote cyber security among the population in order to change attitudes towards cyber threats and to provide the public with the latest information through education and exchange of good practices. RNIDS is organising two events in O3ONE Gallery in Belgrade as part of ECSM – an exhibition and a panel discussion – which are open to all.
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DNSSEC activated for .is
ISNIC has now finished the first stage in implementing DNSSEC for the .is TLD, by signing the .is zone and having the corresponding DS records published in the root zone by IANA. Records in the is zone can now be authenticated by properly configured DNS resolvers that support DNSSEC.
The next step in the implementation is to allow domain holders to publish their DS records in the .is zone so their signed zone can be authenticated by the chain of trust to the root zone. Then domain holders can be assured that properly configured resolvers can and will authenticate responses from their domain servers and will disregard attempts from attackers to disrupt or poison the DNS system.
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CENTR votes in .BY (Belarus) as newest Full Member
At their 50th General Assembly held in Brussels last week, CENTR voted unanimously to accept the full member application from the Registry for .BY (Republic of Belarus).
CENTR welcomes the new member to the community and has begun integration of their membership to the organisation. .BY has become the 52nd Full member to CENTR (see complete list of CENTR Members)
For More information on .BY please visit http://cctld.by/eng/about.html


CENTR Awards 2013 - Winners Announced
The CENTR Award 2013 Winners were announced last night on the first evening of the 50th CENTR General Assembly in Brussels. Each of the nominations under the 4 categories were presented to the meeting participants during a dinner at the Atomium, Brussels.
Winners under each category are...
Contributor of the Year
Anne-Marie Eklund L


European ccTLD - October 2013
CENTR has published is latest newsletter with a focus on its 50th General Assembly which is currently underway in Brussels. The newly refreshed newsletter format also covers among other things;
- "CENTR Celebrates 50th General Assembly"
- CENTR comments to ICANN Strategy
- Survey Highlights: Domain Name Auctions
- QnA with .si (Slovenia)
- Domain Name Statistics
- Members 185


Domainwire Stat Report (Sep 2013) Available
CENTR has published its September edition of the DomainWire Stat Report - a report on the state of the domain name industry. The report gives detail on the following aspects with focus on European ccTLDs.
- Global Domain Name Registrations
- Top 20 ccTLDs and growth
- European ccTLD key statistics and growth
- European domain penetration per 100 population
- Article - "How European ccTLDs are Marketing"



10 years of ADR for Norid
The 7th October Norid (ccTLD operator of Norways .no) will celebrate the 10 year anniversary of their ADR with a symposium at the Norwegian Research Center for Computers and Law. The program will consist of a lecture on UDRP andURS, the work of the GNSO Council and some information on conflict solutions for the new gTLDs.
In addition there will be a panel consisting of representatives from the Nordic countries - registries and ADRs - discussing the similarities and differences between the respective solutions. This panel discussion will be moderated by professor Jon Bing.