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The Supervisory Board of the Estonian Internet Foundation has decided to reduce the .ee domain price by 11.8% (to EUR 15) in 2013. The amendment to the Domain Regulation extending available domain registration periods to 2 and 3 years has also been approved.
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“The budget of our foundation for the year 2013 takes into account the reduction of the domain price from EUR 17 to EUR 15. Currently 1,000 domain names are registered per month on average. We estimate that registration of about 88% of all domains will be extended in 2012. Our strategic objective is to further increase the domain quantity, thus enabling us to reduce the fee again and substantially,” stated Heiki Sibul, Chairman of the Management Board of the Estonian Internet Foundation.

2013 will also see the prolongation of the maximum domain registration periods to 2 and 3 years instead of the current maximum time of one year. The domain price will be, accordingly, EUR 15, 29 and 42.

“We are witnessing considerable demand for longer domain registration periods, hence we expect this change to boost the domain numbers. The advantageous rates for longer domain registration periods are another illustration of our commitment to price reduction,” Sibul added.

The changes will come into force on 1 March 2013.

The domain registration fee is the fee that registrars are to pay the Estonian Internet Foundation. The cost for the end user who wishes to register a domain is subject to the particular registrar’s pricing policy in the context of free market competition. The fee is subject to VAT.

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On November 30th the first cultural and linguistic gTLD achieved 60.000 active domains in the zone, growing 15% since January 1st. This continuous growth shows once more the utility of this kind of domain for its community
 
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On 22–23 May 2013 .SE is organising the second Stockholm Internet Forum on Internet Freedom for Global Development (SIF13) together with the Ministry for Foreign Affairs and Sida. The first Stockholm Internet Forum (SIF12) was held in April this year.

During two days, a broad spectrum of international participants, including representatives of governments, stakeholder organisations and the business sector as well as researchers and internet activists, will gather in Sweden to discuss freedom and security on the internet and the importance of an open and free internet for global development.

”The fundamental reasons why .SE is involved in internet freedom is our view of the opportunities an open and free internet provides to both individuals and society. It particularly stimulates innovation and economic growth and supports democracy and freedom of expression,” says Danny Aerts, CEO of .SE.

The latest Monthly Roundup newsletter is available for download below. 
In this months edition:

• Member 185
• DNSSEC and Government Survey Summary
• IGF Joint workshop summary
• Statistics 

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Twice a year, CENTR produces its Domainwire Stat report which is a broad level publication covering statistics on ccTLDs and gTLDs globally with a focus on European ccTLDs.  The second edition for 2012 is now available with the following key statistics;

• ccTLD/gTLD global breakdown
• Top 20 largest ccTLD list
• Market Share and penetration rates in Europe
• Growth of European ccTLDs
• World Internet Usage and penetration rates

The NASK programmers started developing the software, supporting digitalization and archiving of the .pl domain registry documentation.

With the end of December 2012, the system is planned to be launched in the production environment, and consequently documents are to be transferred to electronic archives.

Whether motivated by an extreme form of free expression or criminal intent, distributed denial-of-service attacks (DDoS attacks) are increasingly commonplace worldwide. Yet there remains a universal misunderstanding amongst the general public of what to do in the event of a DDoS attack.  According to a survey commissioned by Public Interest Registry (PIR) – the not-for-profit operator of the .ORG domain – to better assess Americans’ basic understanding of Internet and network attacks, 85 percent of Americans are uninformed or ill-equipped to deal with a DDoS attack. Moreover, only 17 percent could correctly identify what the acronym DDoS stood for with 77 percent admitting that they had no idea.
 
Through this survey, it was ultimately revealed that across the board there is a lack of understanding about DDoS attacks despite their increasing frequency. When asked whom should be the first point of call when one experiences a DDoS attack, respondents’ answers varied –a select number correctly identified a DNS Service Provider while the large majority of people said their first point of call would be their local electronic department store, a technology publication, their spouse or children, Google or the police, to name a few. 

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A report on IETF85 Meeting held recently in Atlanta is now available. 

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The announced migration of the database for .de domains to another database management system was successfully completed during scheduled maintenance on 18 and 19 November 2012. The registry system and all further services are up and running again.

 

Launched on 21 November 2011, Syreli, the Afnic dispute resolution system is doing well: over the past year, Afnic has dealt with 157 cases and handed down 138 decisions. And the number of files from claimants is steadily increasing, as is the diversity of their profiles, which include local authorities, right-holders, individuals, and State departments. ...read more