WHOIS workshop begins.

The WHOIS workshop is beginning now in Montreal. It’s being webcast; public comments can be sent to whois-comments@icann.org. Currently, Louis Touton is giving a general introduction.

The WHOIS workshop is beginning now in Montreal. It’s being webcast; public comments can be sent to whois-comments@icann.org. Currently, Louis Touton is giving a general introduction.

Registrar compliance with UDRP orders?

Martin Schwimmer points to a little report done by Ben Edelman which looks at joker.com’s compliance with UDRP orders.

Martin Schwimmer points to a little report done by Ben Edelman which looks at joker.com’s compliance with UDRP orders.

GAC meets Board, publicly.

Board and GAC are meeting publicly in the hotel basement; the room was extended by some seats when it started filling.

Board and GAC are meeting publicly in the hotel basement; the room was extended by some seats when it started filling.

Good Morning from Montreal.

On today’s agenda: GAC and Board have an open meeting, from 2pm to 4pm at Level B of the hotel; also, the ccTLDs are holding meetings all day.

On today’s agenda: GAC and Board have an open meeting, from 2pm to 4pm at Level B of the hotel; also, the ccTLDs are holding meetings all day.

ICANN announces NomCom selections.

New on ICANN’s web site: Nominating Committee Announces Nominees to be Seated at Montr???l Meeting.

New on ICANN’s web site: Nominating Committee Announces Nominees to be Seated at Montr饌l Meeting.

Montreal meeting topic: At-Large Criteria.

Some time on ICANN’s public forum in Montreal will be dedicated to the infrastructure which is supposed to underpin the ALAC. ICANN is soliciting public comments on this.

Some time on ICANN’s public forum in Montreal will be dedicated to the infrastructure which is supposed to underpin the ALAC. ICANN is soliciting public comments on this.

WHOIS Workshop agenda posted.

The agenda for the WHOIS workshop has been posted. This version doesn’t have the speakers’ names, yet, and might still be modified. The workshop will take place on Tuesday and Wednesday, from 0800 until 1200.

The agenda for the WHOIS workshop has been posted. This version doesn’t have the speakers’ names, yet, and might still be modified. The workshop will take place on Tuesday and Wednesday, from 0800 until 1200.

Article 29 Working Party on WHOIS

The Article 29 Working Party has adopted an Opinion on the application of the data protection principles to the WHOIS directories. The document is aimed at contributing to the discussion process in Montreal.

The Article 29 Working Party has adopted an Opinion on the application of the data protection principles to the WHOIS directories. The document is aimed at contributing to the discussion process in Montreal.

RSS feed: Updates from the ICANN site.

This RSS feed contains recent updates to the ICANN site. It covers the latest announcements, correspondence, minutes and the like, as long as ICANN is following its usual convention to include a timestamp with the file name of the relevant documents.

This RSS feed contains recent updates to the ICANN site. It covers the latest announcements, correspondence, minutes and the like, as long as ICANN is following its usual convention to include a timestamp with the file name of the relevant documents.

The Al-Jazeera Redirection: Guilt admitted.

According to this article, the person who was behind a redirection of Al-Jazeera’s Web site during the Iraq war has pleaded guilty. The “hack” apparently consisted in impersonating Al-Jazeera’s administrative contact, and getting Network Solutions…

According to this article, the person who was behind a redirection of Al-Jazeera’s Web site during the Iraq war has pleaded guilty. The “hack” apparently consisted in impersonating Al-Jazeera’s administrative contact, and getting Network Solutions to turn over control over the domain registration.