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TLDCON 2013: IDN-domains need a full email
TLDCON 2013 conference went on working with the section “Business-models: cyrillic top-level domains (IDN TLDs)” which was held by Irina Danelia (Coordination Center for TLD RU). The section attracted participants representing registries of already existing IDN-domains and those who had just applied. The main topics of the section were IDN-domains email launch and perspectives of new top-level domains development.


.eu Q2 progress report now available
Hailed as the most important development for the .eu top-level domain in
Q2, the .eu registry EURid expanded its membership to include five new board
members in April, according to the its Q2 2013 quarterly progress report,
published today.
For more information on Q2 2013, download the full quarterly report.


Estonian Internet Foundation announces tender for DNSSEC hardware
The Estonian Internet Foundation has announced a public tender for acquiring the hardware required for a more secure operation of DNSSEC.
The Foundation has started a process of deploying the Domain Name System Security Extensions (DNSSEC) and is organising a tender for acquiring the Hardware Security Modules.
The reference number for the public tender "Hardware Security Module (HSM) seadmete omandamine - Acquisition of Hardware Security Modules (HSM)” in the Procurement Register is 145918. The deadline for submitting tenders is 11 a.m. on 2nd of October, 2013. A tender notice has been published in the EU tenders’ database athttp://ted.europa.eu/ with the reference number 2013300743.
DNSSEC (Domain Name System Security Extensions) is a security key system ensuring that the user will be directed to the correct webpage after entering a URL into a browser. For example, DNSSEC will guarantee that after entering the URL of an Internet banking environment, a user will not be directed to a webpage with a similar look and feel that has been set up by organisers of fraud intent on stealing data and passwords.


PIR Releases Bi-Annual Domain Name Report
PIR, the not-for-profit operator of the .ORG domain – today released the results of its bi-annual domain name report, “The Dashboard,” detailing the international and domestic growth of .ORG from January to July 2013. Specifically, the report revealed that new .ORG registrations increased by 13.6 percent in the first half of 2013. Other findings from “The Dashboard” include:



CZ.NIC Academy To Offer an Accredited Data Box Course
The training centre of the administrator of the Czech national domain, the CZ.NIC Academy, has been accredited as a training institution by the Czech Ministry of the Interior. As a result, the Academy is now accredited to offer to a new data box course, the guarantor of which is if the respected data box expert and university educator Jiří Peterka. The first data box course will be offered at the CZ.NIC Academy in September. Those interested in this and other courses taught at the CZ.NIC training centre can register at www.nic.cz/akademie. The basic price of the two-day data box training session is CZK 3,300.
The new course will provide detailed information on data boxes, including all aspects of their operation and their legal framework. For example, participants will learn about the responsibilities connected with data boxes, delivery periods, what to do in the case that a message for which they are not the intended recipient is received and how to handle data reports in the long-term horizon. The course will also cover the issue of electronic signatures. Although no special knowledge is required to attend the course, some prior contact with data boxes is beneficial.
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CIRA prepares for Canadian Internet Forum
CIRA is accepting registrations for what promises to be another provocative and informative exploration of the global Internet and the challenges and opportunities it presents for all Canadians. The CIF is CIRA’s ongoing consultation with the Canadian public that provides all citizens with a voice to discuss whatever aspects of the Internet matter most to them. Read further


CZ.NIC Statistics including mojeID Data
Statistics from the CZ.NIC have produced data connected with the status of the .CZ domain, DNSSEC, IPv6 and hosting. CZ.NIC has now expanded these data to include data gathered from the operation of the mojeID service. More information is available on the statistics websites.


IETF87 Meeting Report available


SWITCH Junior Web Award 2014
The website competition for schools, now in its eighth year has begun. SWITCH is looking for classes from all over Switzerland and the Principality of Liechtenstein that want to explore the possibilities of the World Wide Web and design a website of their own together with their teacher.
The success story of the Junior Web Award began in 2007, when SWITCH launched the competition to mark its 20th anniversary with the aim of promoting Internet and media skills among the younger generation. Since then, more than 2,000 classes have entered.
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