Important decisions on core functions of the Internet will be taken in Hamburg in 2023: eco - Association of the Internet Industry and DENIC eG, together with the Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg as host, will organise the 78th meeting of ICANN (Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers) from 21 to 26 October 2023.

In recent times, the topDNS initiative has been a key factor which has enabled eco to apply a special weight to meeting the goal of protecting the “telephone book of the Internet”. The EU Commission has also just published a Study on Domain Name System (DNS) Abuse, which eco regards as having very good insights - but also some flaws.  

On 9 and 10 May 2022, registries, registrars, resellers, service providers and investors from the domain industry will come together in Stockholm for the Nordic Domain Days 2022. The eco initiative topDNS is a partner of the conference and is involved in the programme in several respects.

Since 1 October 2021, the Fair Consumer Contracts Act has been entering into force step-by-step in Germany. eco Association, in cooperation with the law firms Fieldfisher and Rickert.Law, has now published a paper summarising the industry’s obligations.

Making the DNS ecosystem more secure requires the commitment of a variety of market participants. In March 2022, the eco topDNS initiative took part in Cloudfest in Rust with a view to heightening the direct awareness of this requirement within the industry.

Are hosting and cloud service providers the secret heroes in the fight against DNS abuse? On 23 March, industry leaders will discuss best practices to enhance DNS security. The stable, secure operation of the DNS (Domain Name System) forms the foundation for the worldwide success of the Internet. However, attempts at...

Companies including VeriSign, CentralNic, Public Interest Registry, IQ Global AS and Realtime Register have joined forces under the umbrella of the eco Association to increase the security of the Domain Name System (DNS).

After four years in service, the eco Names & Numbers Steering Committee has now undergone the second change in its composition. Following on from the ICANN72 Virtual Annual General Meeting, the group now warmly welcomes five new incoming members: Elizabeth Bacon, Senior Director, Policy and Privacy, Public Interest...

The eco Association supports the DNS resolver Quad9 in its legal dispute against Sony. In this interview Klaus Landefeld, member of the eco board, explains why. Quad9 vs. Sony – what has this case been about since it first went before the Hamburg Regional Court in May 2021? Landefeld: Basically, it’s once again...

DENIC eG, eco Association and the City of Hamburg as joint hosts ICANN coordinates the administration of names and addresses on the Internet Renewed application after meeting cancelled due to pandemic in 2020 Important decisions on core functions of the Internet could be taken in Germany in 2023: eco – Association...

The 72nd Virtual Annual General Meeting of ICANN , which ended on 29 October 2021, confirmed a representative of the eco Association and a representative of DE-CIX in two central bodies of the organisation.

Summa one of 24 new Gaia-X AISBL Board Members DE-CIX as a blueprint for other Internet Exchange operators Harald A. Summa, CEO of DE-CIX, the operator of the world’s leading Internet Exchange in Frankfurt am Main, was one of 24 people elected to the Gaia-X AISBL Board during the organisation’s first general assembly...

 DoH improves the privacy and security of users eco Discussion Paper on DoH explains complexities and provides recommendations Paper – first published in September 2020 – now available in Spanish Throughout the history of the Internet, traditional DNS traffic – for example, when a user types a website name...

As part of ICANN69, the eco Association invites you to take a virtual tour of the Smart City Hamburg on 20 October!

Tobias, you are well known in the domain name industry, but for those unfamiliar with the industry: Can you tell us about your background? Tobias Sattler: My name is Tobias Sattler, and I am a member of the board at united-domains, where I head the technology and product management. I am also an active member of the...

With large-scale Internet companies currently implementing DNS over HTTPS (DoH), Klaus Landefeld, Vice-Chair of the eco Association, explains the significance of the move, and why network operators and ISPs should be working on implementation themselves.

The DoH protocol, designed to improve user privacy and security, has both its upsides and downsides. A new eco Association paper sets out to clarify some of the complexities and provide recommendations for implementation and deployment.

The ICANN69 Annual General Meeting (AGM) will not take place in Hamburg from 17-22 October 2020 as originally planned, 2,500 participants from over 120 countries had been expected. The meeting to coordinate core Internet functions, such as the unique assignment of names and addresses, has been moved online.

On Friday, 8 May 2020 leading industry experts from different layers of the Internet infrastructure - including Access Providers, Internet Exchange Points, Content Delivery Networks, Data Centers, and Cloud Service Providers – will discuss how they are maintaining the Internet during COVID-19. John Graham-Cumming,...

The nomination period for the seventh edition of .eu Web Awards is now open and will run until 5 August. Make sure you vote for your favourite website in each of the five categories. The .eu Web Awards is an online competition to acknowledge websites that have high-level security standards, excellent content, and a smashing...

An update on the EPDP on the Temporary Specification for gTLD Registration Data The mere fact that the EPDP team produced its phase 1 report was quite a thing. Many observers in the ICANN community and beyond did not believe that a topic as challenging as Whois and a group with as diverse interests as the EPDP team could...

Trust in digital has become business critical, Lars Steffen, Director of eco International, says - because bad user experience does not induce customers to buy. Read more on dotmagazine.

Ram Mohan from Afilias explains the importance of linguistic diversity online, and why a new approach to Universal Acceptance is needed. Read more on dotmagazine.

After two years in service, the eco Names & Numbers Steering Committee has now undergone the first changes in its composition. At the ICANN66 Annual General Meeting in Montreal, the group welcomed five new incoming members: Martin Küchenthal, Founder / CEO, LEMARIT Reg Levy, Director of Compliance, Tucows ...

The 66th international meeting of the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) took place in Montreal from November 2nd to 7th, 2019. ICANN66 was this year’s Annual General Meeting (AGM). The AGM includes time for internal stakeholder group and constituency work, gTLD policy work, and cross-community...

Thomas Rickert reports on the ongoing work of the EPDP in ICANN, and coming up with a digestible – if not appetizing – solution to data protection compliance for the Whois service.

Thomas Rickert, Director of Names & Numbers at the eco Association speaks to Lars Steffen from eco about the challenge of creating a universally applicable, data protection compliant, system for the Whois database.

At the 66th ICANN meeting in Montréal in November, Wolf-Ulrich Knoben, Consultant at DE-CIX, will assume the position of Chair of the Internet Service Providers and Connectivity Providers (ISPCP). In interview, he provides an insight into the work of the ISPCP – and talks about what he expects to be the key topics in Montréal.

Thomas Rickert, Director of the Names & Numbers Forum at the eco Association, caught up with Giovanni Seppia from EURid recently to discuss the .eu launch for Greece.

Sebastian Weidenbach from esatus AG explores whether Self-Sovereign Identity can deliver what it promises for identity & access. Read more on dotmagazine.