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ICANN
- ICANN is contracted by the U.S. government to carry out the IANA function, which includes allocating Internet number resources (IP addresses and AS Numbers) to the Regional Internet Registries from the pools of unallocated resources.
- The NRO Number Council serves as the Address Supporting Organization Address Council (ASO AC), which has responsibility for nominating two ICANN Board members.
- IPv6 Press Conference
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Elise Gerich, ICANN Vice President for IANA, and Axel Pawlik, Chair of the Number Resource Organization (NRO) Executive Council, answered reporters' questions during a news conference on global IPv6 adoption at ICANN's 39th public meeting in Cartagena, Colombia
- NRO at ICANN 39
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- Global Policy for Autonomous System Numbers
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- Signing of the Root Zone Represents Milestone in DNS Security
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The RIPE NCC announces today that the Internet has reached an important milestone with the publication of the root zone key tonight between 19:30 - 22:30 UTC. This key enables the widespread deployment of the Domain Name Server Security Extensions (DNSSEC) protocol, which the RIPE NCC has been supporting for almost two decades.
- ICANN Calls for Applicants for the Position of Volunteer Review Team Member
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- RIPE NCC and ICANN Commit to Ongoing DNS Root Name Service Coordination
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- RIPE NCC Joins Other Root Server Operators in Statement to ICANN
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- IPv6 Deployment Panel at ICANN Meeting, Lisbon
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- IPv6 Deployment Panel at ICANN Meeting
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- ASO AC Selects Raimundo Beca to Serve New Term on ICANN Board
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ICANN (the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers) was formed in 1998. It is a not-for-profit public-benefit corporation with participants from all over the world dedicated to keeping the Internet secure, stable and interoperable. It promotes competition and develops policy on the Internet’s unique identifiers.
The RIPE NCC and the RIPE community work closely with ICANN in a number of areas:
More information on the Regional Internet Registries (RIRs).