News
Changes to Management structure at DIFO and DK Hostmaster
DIFO and DK Hostmaster A/S have decided to change the management structure of the companies. Currently, DIFO and DK Hostmaster A/S each have their own director, Lise Fuhr for DIFO and Per Kølle for DK Hostmaster. From now on, DIFO and DK Hostmaster will have one management group consisting of a CEO and a Vice CEO who will function as management for both DIFO and DK Hostmaster.
The change to the management structure will be implemented as part of a planned generational handover on the occasion of Per Kølle’s imminent retirement. Per has given an enormous contribution and, not least, it is Per’s achievement that DIFO and DK Hostmaster are currently extremely well-run administrators of the .dk domain. Per’s knowledge will not be easy to replace and, consequently, the organisation is pleased that Per has agreed to continue his association with DK Hostmaster.
The Boards have now commenced recruiting Per’s replacement, who will be the new CEO for DIFO and DK Hostmaster.
Lise Fuhr will continue as Vice CEO in the new management structure. Over the past three years, Lise has given DIFO a voice in the national and international domain policy and has attended to relations to DIFO’s many stakeholders. DIFO and DK Hostmaster are pleased that Lise has agreed to remain a part of the new management.
The changes in the management structure will become effective from 1 March. Until a new CEO is found, Lise Fuhr will be temporarily appointed as CEO.
Guide to ICANN43 available
The CENTR Guide to ICANN43 is now available.
The guide contains key topics in the ccNSO, GAC and gNSO spheres as well as relevant sessions to attend.
Click for the Guide to ICANN43
nic.at launches DNSSEC
Leap day on the Internet: 29 February 2012 is also a special day for the .at-zone. At 11.35 a.m., the local domain registry nic.at activated the security extension DNSSEC for .at-domains. The first Austrian domain with a DNSSEC signature is the tourism portal austria.at.
“Security is the dominant topic on the Internet. With the DNSSEC extension we have now set another milestone for the security of the .at-zone”, says nic.at CEO Robert Schischka. “While the DNSSEC signature of domains is not equally relevant for every domain holder, highly sensitive sectors like banks, insurance companies or online shop providers will definitely welcome DNSSEC as an additional means of protection. This technology increases the safety of sensitive transactions and is another measure to protect the users against misuse on the Internet.”
The first .at-domain with DNSSEC signature goes to… Salzburg!
Great joy in Salzburg: The first .at-domain with a DNSSEC signature in Austria is the tourism platform austria.at. Says CEO Renate Emminger: “This is a double jubilee for us. We registered our domain austria.at in 1997, and on its 15th birthday its own DNSSEC signature provides even more security.” Co-manager Josef Rehrl adds: “We didn’t have to think twice after being informed by our registrar WORLD4YOU about DNSSEC. As a tourism and booking platform, security is of utmost importance to us. As payment transactions are also performed on our portal, we can say that everything that increases the confidence on the Internet is a boon to our customers.”
Only a few DNSSEC pioneers among Austrian registrars
WORLD4YOU, a company located in Linz, is one of the first registrars to offer this new service for .at-domains to its customers. CEO Johannes Kührerüber told us about his motives: “We believe that this service makes us stand out well. DNSSEC is a useful supplement, especially for customers whose domains are used for financial transactions or the transmission of sensitive data. Thus, we have thoroughly tested the required processes and sequences, as we really wanted to be among the first registrars offering this service in Austria.” More information about DNSSEC from nic.at available here
Photo credits:Photo 1: nic.at CEOs Robert Schischka (far left) and Richard Wein (far right) hand over the certificate for the first Austrian domain with DNSSEC signature to CEOs of austria.at Renate Emminger and Josef Rehrl
© nic.at, Wildbild
Photo 2:
Mood of celebration at nic.at – CEOs Richard Wein (left) and Robert Schischka (right) raise their glasses of “DNSSECco” to the successful launch of DNSSEC for the .at-zone.
© nic.at, Wildbild
Further inquiry note:
Mag. Monika Pink-Rank, nic.at PRTel: +43(0)662/4669-63
This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Go to Original Article via NIC.at site
FCCN announces the liberalization of .pt domain registration
Liberalization will allow users to more easily register a .pt domain, without having to be associated with a brand or company
Lisbon, February 23 th, 2012 – The Foundation for National Scientific Computing announced, at a press conference, the liberalization of .pt domain registration, from May 1, 2012. At the conference, there were also made public the new rules for registering .pt domain names.
According to Pedro Veiga, president of the Foundation, “This is a goal for which the Foundation has been working long and we finally have the approval of the proposed liberalization from the General Council. We hope that this liberalization will result in an increase in the number of people who choose to have a .pt address instead of registering foreign and generic top domains.”
From May 1st, anyone can register an address without having to own a brand or company, and the register of the address can then be done by anyone, similar to what happens internationally.
For the . pt registration, the domain only have to be delegated in the .pt area. and be technically associated with a primary name server, correctly installed and configured.
Additionally, the General Council of the Foundation also decided to create a "Sunrise" period, from March 1st and in force for 60 days, in order to allow public companies, companies, brand names, establishment, logos, copyright and professional names, literary or artistic to register their .pt domain, defending their established rights.
The press conference was also attended by Bruno Carlos, President of APREGI’s General Assembly, which provided its opinion and viewpoint on this liberalization.
SWITCH considers taking Administrative Court judgement further
In the case of switchplus, the Swiss Federal Administrative Court rejected SWITCH's complaint on 13 February 2012. The Foundation regrets the negative judgement, which restricts its economic freedom and is examining all the possible options.
Click for full articleSWITCH considers taking Swiss Federal Administrative Court judgement further
In the case of switchplus, the Swiss Federal Administrative Court rejected SWITCH's complaint on 13 February 2012. The Foundation regrets the negative judgement, which restricts its economic freedom and is examining all the possible options.
Click for full articleSWITCH considers taking the Swiss Federal Administrative Court's judgement further
In the case of switchplus, the Swiss Federal Administrative Court rejected SWITCH's complaint on 13 February 2012. The Foundation regrets the negative judgement, which restricts its economic freedom and is examining all the possible options.
Click for full articleThe Internet at a crossroads: When will politics arrive in reality?
Conference day two of Domain pulse 2012 in Hamburg: Why does the planned international copyright convention ACTA cause a stir in the Internet community? Do we really have to fear that net communication will be increasingly controlled? Exciting topics on the second day of the specialist conference Domain pulse in 2012.
For further details please refer to the DENIC press release.
CENTR elects new Chair and Board Members
At the recent Annual General Assembly held in Salzburg, CENTR elected 3 new Board members to replace outgoing members Annebeth B. Lange, Mathieu Weill and Juhani Juselius.
The 3 newly elected Board Members are; Lise Fuhr (.dk), Giovanni Seppia (.eu) and Richard Wein (.at).
In Salzburg the term of Mathieu Weill as Chair came to and end and Peter Vergote (.be) was elected as new Chairman of the Board. Richard Wein (.at) was appointed as Treasurer.
CENTR extends a sincere thank-you to the outgoing Board
Members for their dedication, time and efforts. CENTR further congratulates the
newly elected Board members and wishes them all great success in their new
positions.
More on the Board of Directors here
Estonian Registry accepted as Full Member in CENTR
At the recent CENTR Annual General Assembly held in Salzburg, the Estonian Registry (.ee), Estonian Internet Foundation, was unanimously accepted as the 51st CENTR Full Member.
“CENTR provides Estonia with an opportunity to participate in the development of the Internet on the international level,” said Marek-Andres Kauts, Chairman of the Board of the Estonian Internet Foundation.
CENTR congratulates and welcomes the new member and looks forward to their contributions and co-operation.
Click to go to Estonian Internet Foundation