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ICANN to sell brand new internet domain suffixes. The internet to get even larger.
ICANN reveals gTLD expansion domain application list - Jun. 13, 2012NEW YORK (CNNMoney) -- The largest-ever expansion of the Internet's naming system is coming -- and the world got its first look at the list of proposed new Web domains on Wednesday.
Get ready for .google, .sex, .wtf and hundreds more.
The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN), the nonprofit organization that manages this piece of the Internet's infrastructure, has been preparing for this almost-anything-goes domain name expansion for nearly a decade.
Last June, it formally approved the expansion and started planning the application process for new generic top-level domains (gTLDs) -- the ".com" part of website addresses.
ICANN received 1,930 proposals for new domain names.
The applicant list included several automakers like Fiat, Chrysler and Volkswagen -- as well as a few banks including JPMorgan Chase (JPM, Fortune 500) and Barclays. Several tech companies, including Apple (AAPL, Fortune 500), Google (GOOG, Fortune 500), Netflix (NFLX) and AOL (AOL), also submitted applications to turn their brand name into a domain. CNNMoney parent company Time Warner filed an application for .HBO.
Amazon (AMZN, Fortune 500) submitted applications for 76 gTLDs, including .read, .store, .music, .fire, .cloud, .news and .pay. Google also played big, applying for 101 new domains.
Related story: Google wants to run .lol Web domain
The current system has 21 gTLDs -- not including geographic domains -- like .com, .net and .org. ICANN has added a handful over the past decade, sprinkling in additions like .biz, .info and .xxx. (For a look at how many sites are registered on .com and the other existing gTLDs, click here.)
This new expansion is by far the organization's biggest move.
"This is a historic day for the Internet and the more than 2 billion people who use it," ICANN CEO Rod Beckstrom said during the webcast announcement in London.
"The Internet will be changed forever. We're standing at the cusp of a new era in online innovation," he added.
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Re: ICANN to sell brand new internet domain suffixes. The internet to get even larger.
This must mean the full roll-out to IPv6 is right around the corner.
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Re: ICANN to sell brand new internet domain suffixes. The internet to get even larger.
Actually I'm just a video editor/graphic designer type of guy. When you net savvy pros talk about the mechanics of the net I just try to listen and learn. I have friends who work in tech savvy posts where they do complicated stuff but I'm just a design guy. But I try to learn and grow, As we all should. Cheers TomOriginally Posted by Tom Smith
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Re: ICANN to sell brand new internet domain suffixes. The internet to get even larger.
The main Internet Protocol right now is IPv4. As an example 102.54.325.2 is an IPv4 address, 4 sets of up to 3 numbers which gives us only 4.3 billion combinations. Every, and I mean every device that connects to the web, and every web site on the web uses an individual IP address while it's connected. The internet is running out of IPv4 addresses, so a new system of IP's has been developed. I think they just started rolling it out as a test in a few countries that have about used their IP range/block up. An IPv6 address will look something like this. 2001:0db8:85a3:0000:0000:8a2e:0370:7334
Some people are concerned about privacy issues because all these personal devices that connect to the web will have a static IPv6 address. Many people using older equipment will have to buy new network devices that support the IPv6 framework. You can go here to see if your current connection supports IPv6 IPv6 Test and Dual-Stack Test For Network Connectivity Click on the Test IPv6-Only link at the top of the page.
A true measure of a man's character is his willingness to speak the truth - even at the expense of his reputation.
A hallmark of self-deceiving cowards is their acceptance of authority as their truth, rather than the truth as their authority.
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