Web Infrastructure

Vint Cerf, a man widely considered to be the “Father of the Internet,” came out in support of the new Affirmation of Commitments (AOC) between the U.S. government and ICANN. He said in a statement: The Affirmation of Commitments by ICANN and DOC fulfills a long-standing objective of the original …

You’ve seen data centers that can survive a nuclear blast as well some of the most secure data centers in the world, but how many server rooms can survive the impact of a direct explosion? The video above shows a bomb-proof data center design in action. Dubbed LSR 18.6E, it’s …

With the expiration of the JPA today, a new framework for the oversight of ICANN has been announced. The new model puts less emphasis on U.S. government involvement and relies more on input from foreign governments and the private sector. Called the Affirmation of Commitments, this new agreement lasts indefinitely. …

When stepping into the world of web hosting, you will be inundated with abbreviations, acronyms, and recursive acronyms. Three that you should definitely know are: HTML, XHTML, and CSS. HTML is as old as the Web itself. It stands for Hyper Text Markup Language. It is the primary language of …

Last week, two Congressmen sent a letter to ICANN CEO Rod Beckstrom expressing concern about the new gTLD program. Now the CEO has written a response. Beckstrom stood behind the gTLD plan. ICANN stands to make a good bit of money from gTLDs, so it’s it’s only natural that the …

This isn’t the first data center flood covered here at Internetblog, but most certainly the worst. In the video above, you can watch as several feet of water rush into Vodafone’s Istanbul data center and destroy thousands of pounds worth of server hardware and data. Immediately after the flood, Vodafone …

Things were looking bad for the new gTLD program yesterday when two Congressmen criticized the plan, but now it looks like ICANN is having problems of its own. According to an inside source at DN Journal, internal developments at the California organization will more than likely delay the gTLD system …

When I signed up for my first dedicated server three years ago, my provider handed out IPs as if they grew on trees. Just for signing up, I received 5 and was allowed unlimited add-on addresses. At one point, I had around 12 IPs on one box. Many hosts have …

ICANN announced today that Brussels, Belgium will play host to its 38th international meeting on June 20-25, 2010. The event is to be sponsored by the European Registry of Internet Domain Names (EURid), the operator of the .eu TLD. A number of other European cities were also considered for the …

The Noncommercial Users Constituency (NCUC) sent an open letter to ICANN this week, criticizing the organization for its failure to pay attention to non-commercial Internet users like you and I. It was sent in response to the recent approval of a new charter by ICANN that favors commercial groups and …