LACNIC Announces Timeline for IPv6 Adoption in Latin America and Carribean Region

As a response to the forecasts prepared by several investigators indicating that by the year 2011 the central pool of version 4 (IPv4) Internet addresses could be completely depleted, LACNIC announces it is launching a regional campaign so that all the region's networks will be adapted to the new version 6 of the protocol (IPv6) before January 1st, 2011. 185 weeks, and counting... more»

NASK and ICANN Move Forward on Automated DNS Root Zone Management Software Development

NASK, the registry of Internet names under the .PL domain, and ICANN have reached an agreement on the licensing of the NASK-developed "e-IANA" root zone management software. more»

ICANN Marks Anniversary of Passing of Jon Postel

Oct 16, 2005 marks the seventh anniversary of Jon Postel's death. It very nearly coincides with the founding of ICANN. It is appropriate to remind ourselves of Jon's enduring legacy as the long-term IANA in whose footsteps ICANN seeks to follow. more»