ICANN Weekly Newsletter
News from the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers
http://www.icann.org Week ending 8 August 2008
Announcements This Week
Updates to New gTLD Program Implementation
During the ICANN meeting in Paris, France, ICANN staff made a
commitment to release a paper describing the economic case for auctions
as a tiebreaking mechanism for resolving contention among identical or
confusingly similar applications for new gTLDs. ICANN is making
the Economic Case for Auctions in New gTLDs paper available so that the
community can provide feedback on this element of the forthcoming
implementation plan.
8 August 2008
ICANN Highlights Domain Name System Vulnerability; Releases Tools
ICANN is raising awareness of a recently discovered vulnerability in the
domain name system (DNS). This includes releasing an FAQ and an online
tool for domain operators to test their domains.
6 August 2008
Upcoming Events
2 - 7 November 2008: 33rd International Public ICANN Meeting - Cairo, Egypt
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