On Thursday, the domains used by ICANN, the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers, and IANA, the Internet Assigned Numbers Authority, were hijacked to redirect users to a protest message.
An unknown number of Australian companies and consumers have lost their Web sites -- and renewal fees -- hosted by a US-based company.
An attack in early February on key parts of the backbone of the Internet had little effect, thanks to new protection technology, according to a report released last week.
The great migration from IPv4 to IPv6 has officially begun, after the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN), added the first addresses to its root servers that conform to the new version of the Internet protocol.
Google has become accredited to register and sell Web addresses under ICANN, the governing body of domain names.
Proponents are touting the benefits of alternative top-level domain names. But are there any benefits for businesses? ZDNet Australia investigates the pros and cons.
An Internet taskforce is calling for increased accuracy of domain-name owner data and the elimination of bulk marketing that uses domain-name information.
ICANN Chairman Vint Cerf fires back at critics who say his organisation impedes innovation on the Internet.
The concept of a .xxx domain for sex-oriented Web sites has had its share of critics, but attorney Eric Sinrod believes it is an idea whose time has come.
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