News


Modification of rules of informing the .pl Registrants
On 17 October 2012, NASK
introduced modifications in the policy on informing the .pl domain name
Registrants about the changes in their services.
Additional e-mails will be sent from the .pl domain name registry to a
Registrant in the following situations:
- a domain name ceases to be active in DNS due to lack of payment for a
successive settlement period,
- a Registrant's e-mail address has been changed; a message informing about the
change is additionally sent to a deleted address.


NASK entrusted with operation of the gov.pl domain registry
In September 2012, NASK was
entrusted with the task of taking over the operation of the gov.pl domain
registry, which maintains names for the Polish governmental institutions and
organizations.
NASK, the administrator of the .pl domain registry, was chosen to take charge
of the operation of the gov.pl domain because of its significant administrative
and technical experience as well as the infrastructure, allowing to
professionally maintain domain names. The delegation of administrative and
technical operation authority is planned for the first half of 2013.


.GR Joins as Newest Member of the ccNSO
The ccNSO approved the Foundation for Research and
Technology – Hellas, Institute of Computer Science (FORTH-ICS), the ccTLD
operator of .gr (Greece), as a new ccNSO member.
See ccNSO announcement


Dutch Domain Name Debate report available
On 28 September, SIDN organised the Domain Name Debate 2012 at the Koninklijke Schouwburg in The Hague.
A draft report on the debate is now available. The registrars that participated in the debate and the people who were involved in the on-line discussion may submit feedback on the draft report. Feedback needs to be received within thirty days, i.e. no later than Tuesday 20 November. The report will then be finalised, taking the feedback into consideration, and the definitive version published on our website.
The draft report is available to download as a PDF. Feedback and comments should be e-mailed to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..


ICANN45 Full Report Available
The CENTR Report of ICANN45 Toronto is available below. The report covers discussions and activities from within the ccNSO, gNSO and GAC sessions.
Find the report here


.PT hits 500,000 domains
On October 11th, FCCN reached 500,000 registrations of domain names under. PT. It's a milestone that demonstrates the quality and safety of service and involvement.
The liberalization that occurred on May 1, was decisive for the extraordinary increase in the number of records and demonstrates the success of this challenge that FCCN-DNS.PT embraced and enjoyed the collaboration and community partners.
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CENTR Report from RIPE65 Amsterdam Available
CENTR has released their report from the RIPE65 Meeting recently held in Amsterdam
Download the Report


.AU (Australia) joins CENTR as an Associate Member
The CENTR General Assembly held in Brussels last week voted in favour of the application to Associate Membership from the Australian ccTLD (.au) overseen by auDA. CENTR welcomes the arrival of auDA to the community and looks forward to their interaction and contributions.
For more information on Auda, please go to http://www.auda.org.au/
CENTR, the European ccTLD organization, has now 51 Full Members and 10 Associate members all of them managers of one or more Top Level Internet domains. More on CENTR at https://www.centr.org/about .


Successful CENTR 48th General Assembly in Brussels
CENTR, the European ccTLD organization held a successful 3 day meeting in Brussels, Belgium on 3-5 October 2012. A High Level workshop discussed the future of the DNS with and beyond the introduction of new gTLDs. The 48th CENTR General Assembly received updates from the European Commission, ICANN, IANA and ENISA. Highlights were the panel discussion on the future IANA with the European Commission and the NTIA and the discussions on Internet Governance, in particular IGF and WCIT..
CENTR was honored to welcome Mr. Fadi Chehad


Nominet consults on significant developments for the UK internet
- Enhanced security capabilities, including routine monitoring and notification to registrants of viruses and malware, as well as a digital signature known as DNSSEC which minimises the risks of a domain name being hijacked. Under the proposals, domain names affected by malware would be suspended if registrants fail to take action to rectify those issues.
- A verified UK presence requirement for registrants in order to be eligible for the new domains.
- A staged release process for the domains, with registered rights holders’ applications considered in the first phase, then unregistered rights holders. All those using existing .co.uk, .org.uk etc domain names would be granted unregistered rights under the proposed plans.
- The new domains would potentially be sold via registrars that can meet the required data quality and service levels.
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