internet corporation for assigned names and numbers

This time last year The Pope was warning the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) to not let religion into the domain name system, with the Vatican arguing that suggested domains such as .catholic and .islam would provoke bitter disputes.

New generic Top Level Domains (gTLDs) have always caused controversy and are never a straightforward shoe-in, the ongoing saga over whether .xxx will or won't be accepted as a one size fits all sex domain is proof of that.

Two groups are working to set up a .gay top-level Internet domain, with plans for using some of the proceeds for registering sites in that domain to support gay causes, according to an article in the New York Times.

Using newly registered domains with a very short lifespan to host malware websites is so last year. It would appear that these days such things are far more likely to be hosted on much older compromised web sites instead.

Could this be down to a decline in domain tasting?

Sterling, Va. (PRESS RELEASE - September 13, 2009) – Neustar (NYSE: NSR) announced today that it is now accepting proposals for two-character .BIZ domain names through September 30, 2009.