As reported earlier, Afilias had submitted a proposal to ICANN for the .INFO gTLD that would allow them to shut down domain names at will if they consider them abusive. ICANN has approved the proposal without soliciting comments, however comments to any registry proposal can be submitted at any time by sending an email to [...]

With the registration of vivianlam.nl the Dutch .NL registry reached the milestone of 3 million processed domain name registrations. According to the registry, it is the country ccTLD with the highest number of per capita domain registrations, equalling to about 1 domain for every 5 citizens and the fourth largest ccTLD in registration volume behind [...]

In a recent memorandum to ICANN, .info domain name registry provider Afilias has proposed that the company be responsible for all decisions regarding .info domain name abuses. The proposed Abusive Use Policy has its root in the good intention of comabting the use of domain names for phishing, spamming or other malcious use, [...]