Icann will also come under pressure to approve a number of new top-level domains (TLDs) - including .eu and .shop - that could be added to the stable of seven (.com, .edu, .gov, .int, .mil, .net, and .org) now administered by Network Solutions in...
Domain names can also be registered under dozens of country top-level domains such as .uk and .us. A key internet address administrator has recommended taking steps to add three new top-level domains to the web's navigation system.
Jonathan Robinson, director of business development at domain registrar NetNames, said there has been a recent increase in firms offering .eu domains and warned businesses and consumers not to hand over any money until the EC has set the...
On Monday, VeriSign released an eight-page paper describing the implementation of its "Site Finder" program, saying it "improves the user web-browsing experience when the user has submitted a query for a nonexistent second-level domain in the .com...
By adding a wildcard - a domain name system (DNS) entry that catches any request that doesn't match an address in the database - VeriSign extended its control to unregistered domains. VeriSign, the administrator of the .com and .net domains, made...
Law enforcement and government agencies can use geolocation to trace the internet routes of cyber criminals, look at domains and investigate the use-history of IP addresses associated with crimes to prosecute criminals.