https://www.circleid.com/blogs/ Postings from on CircleID en Copyright 2026, unless where otherwise noted. 2026-03-31T21:29:00+00:00 https://circleid.com/posts20191212_whats_behind_the_secure_dns_controversy_doh https://circleid.com/posts20191212_whats_behind_the_secure_dns_controversy_doh More...]]> 2026-03-31T14:29:00-07:00 https://circleid.com/posts20191127_why_colombia_is_about_to_make_a_colossal_mistake_with_dot_co https://circleid.com/posts20191127_why_colombia_is_about_to_make_a_colossal_mistake_with_dot_co More...]]> 2026-03-31T14:29:00-07:00 https://circleid.com/posts20170905_making_sense_of_the_domain_name_market_and_its_future https://circleid.com/posts20170905_making_sense_of_the_domain_name_market_and_its_future More...]]> 2026-03-31T14:29:00-07:00 https://circleid.com/posts20140327_what_the_us_government_said_about_iana_in_singapore https://circleid.com/posts20140327_what_the_us_government_said_about_iana_in_singapore More...]]> 2026-03-31T14:29:00-07:00 https://circleid.com/posts20130510_what_new_gtld_applicants_need_is_a_quick_lightweight_answer_to_gac https://circleid.com/posts20130510_what_new_gtld_applicants_need_is_a_quick_lightweight_answer_to_gac More...]]> 2026-03-31T14:29:00-07:00 https://circleid.com/posts20130131_biggest_gtld_problem_has_just_appeared_on_the_horizon https://circleid.com/posts20130131_biggest_gtld_problem_has_just_appeared_on_the_horizon More...]]> 2026-03-31T14:29:00-07:00 https://circleid.com/postsnxt_you_are_all_cordially_invited https://circleid.com/postsnxt_you_are_all_cordially_invited More...]]> 2026-03-31T14:29:00-07:00 https://circleid.com/posts20100928_come_to_the_first_ever_dedicated_new_gtld_conference_nxt https://circleid.com/posts20100928_come_to_the_first_ever_dedicated_new_gtld_conference_nxt resolutions from the ICANN Board on Sunday, we learnt two things: One, that there is a determined drive to get the rules for new Internet extensions, gTLDs, finalized in December at a meeting in Cartagena. And two, that the meeting immediately after that - in March 2011 - will be held in San Francisco. More...]]> 2026-03-31T14:29:00-07:00 https://circleid.com/postswhy_icann_doesnt_need_to_go_back_to_the_gac_over_dot_xxx https://circleid.com/postswhy_icann_doesnt_need_to_go_back_to_the_gac_over_dot_xxx More...]]> 2026-03-31T14:29:00-07:00 https://circleid.com/poststhe_icann_board_by_the_icann_board https://circleid.com/poststhe_icann_board_by_the_icann_board just been posted on the organization's website. In it, Board members rate 89 different measures of their own performance according to a seven-measure rating from "strongly agree" to "strongly disagree". Unfortunately, despite plenty of figures in the documents, there is zero analysis of what this all means, so I have gone through them and prepared one. More...]]> 2026-03-31T14:29:00-07:00 https://circleid.com/posts20100225_nominet_passes_governance_test_with_flying_colours https://circleid.com/posts20100225_nominet_passes_governance_test_with_flying_colours More...]]> 2026-03-31T14:29:00-07:00 https://circleid.com/posts20100212_why_icann_nairobi_security_concerns_may_be_a_blessing_in_disguise https://circleid.com/posts20100212_why_icann_nairobi_security_concerns_may_be_a_blessing_in_disguise again. This time it has more bite than the usual xenophobia: the COO has published a US Department of State report that lists the conference centre itself as a specific threat from a Somalian insurgency group, Al-Shabaab. In response, a number of Internet companies have already announced they are pulling their people. More...]]> 2026-03-31T14:29:00-07:00 https://circleid.com/posts20090219_your_comments_icann_new_gtld_process https://circleid.com/posts20090219_your_comments_icann_new_gtld_process More...]]> 2026-03-31T14:29:00-07:00 https://circleid.com/posts20090212_ask_icann_public_fora_mexico_city https://circleid.com/posts20090212_ask_icann_public_fora_mexico_city More...]]> 2026-03-31T14:29:00-07:00 https://circleid.com/posts89873_help_define_icann_future https://circleid.com/posts89873_help_define_icann_future More...]]> 2026-03-31T14:29:00-07:00