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by Juliana Gruenwald, for Technology Daily
The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers manages the system that matches addresses ending in familiar monikers like .com, .net and .org to Internet protocol numbers that deliver Web pages and assure the flow of e-mail messages. While its essential duties are technical in nature, the group makes policy decisions that have had a significant affect on the Internet and that have brought the group intense scrutiny since its creation in 1998. Continued... Recent Coverage July 5, 2007 Groups Want Web Suffixes Judged On Tech Merits June 29, 2007 Regulators Bid Farewell To Vint Cerf June 29, 2007 Internet Body Takes Aim At Domain 'Tasting,' 'Kiting' June 27, 2007 ICANN Weighs Changes To Site Owner Database June 25, 2007 ICANN Weighs Policy For Domain Sellers That Fail May 29, 2007 Firm Agrees To Help Failed Registrar's Customers May 8, 2007 Vint Cerf Prepares To Leave Organization April 30, 2007 ICANN Gains Court Rulings On Site Performance April 28, 2007 Many Are Eager For Next-Generation Addresses April 26, 2007 Trademark Owners Decry Domain Name Misuse April 23, 2007 Network Solutions To Increase Fees April 9, 2007 VeriSign's Domain Fee Hike Spurs More Complaints April 5, 2007 Expert Says Internet Could Face High-Tech Ambush April 3, 2007 ICANN Considers Changing Its Identity March 30, 2007 ICANN Rejects Pitch For Domain Dedicated To Porn March 26, 2007 Transparency, Porn Domain Are On Agenda March 23, 2007 ICANN Calls For Review Of Accreditation System March 19, 2007 RegisterFly's Accreditation Canceled By ICANN March 16, 2007 Group Launches Web Forum To Discuss Meeting March 8, 2007 Bill Aims To Limit Access To Sexual Content On Web February 27, 2007 VeriSign CEO Decries Lobbying Over .com Contract February 23, 2007 Internet Address Registrar May Be Shunned February 2, 2007 Web Entrepreneurs Come To Washington January 29, 2007 Those That Use Web Data Oppose 'Whois' Changes January 22, 2007 Agency Reports On Transparency, Accountability
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Inside The Backgrounder The Ongoing Debate About ICANN's Structure Milestones In ICANN's History  Useful Links ICANN Internet Assigned Numbers Authority Center For Democracy And Technology On ICANN CDT And Common Cause: Study On ICANN, March 2000 NewsFeed As reported in our AM Editions June 29, 2007: Domain names for Apple's iPhone are hot commodity ... May 11, 2007: ICANN seeks comments on creating new domains ... April 16, 2007: Researchers rethink architecture of the Internet ... April 10, 2007: Homeland Security wants Web's master keys ... March 29, 2007: Call for voluntary .xxx domains still under review ... March 21, 2007: Task force to weigh changes to domain database ... March 13, 2007: U.S. government Web sites are safest, report says ... February 8, 2007: VeriSign will boost capacity of key Web servers ... February 2, 2007: Hackers believed to have hit domain-name system ... January 8, 2007: Plan for porn-related Web space open to comment ... January 5, 2007: Expired Chinese Web sites lost due to earthquakes ... |
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