However, the tendency towards state interference is still a stumbling block. Once anti-fraud technology gets into the public domain security experts and fraudsters get locked into an escalating cat and mouse game.
A pair of Washington state politicians, on behalf of a collection of companies that register domain names, said they intend to block a controversial procedure that would establish VeriSign as a central place to buy all expiring dot-com and dot-net...
You need to start with projects that are robust enough to resist the interference and abuse from politicians, technologists and civil-servants without jamming. However the sight of Tony Blair asking me to trust his judgement on this issue, in...
If it backs down, Icann could be perceived as bowing to political interference - but if not, it could alienate government officials just as the United Nations is becoming more interested in taking over key internet functions.
The board of directors of the not-for-profit group that oversees domain names said on Tuesday that it would delay a vote until its next meeting on 15 September. After Icann's vote to approve dot-xxx, conservative groups in the United States called...
In a renewed effort to get the FCC on board with the idea, Google filed a six-page letter late last week that attempts to erase lingering concerns from TV broadcasters and microphone manufacturers about harmful interference caused by the entry of...