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ICANN Gives Notorious Internet Registrar Stay of Execution - For the Moment
eWeek - RSS Feeds —
ICANN has held off terminating the accreditation of EstDomains, an Internet registrar long accused of being an openhouse for malware distributors. The move comes a day after ICANN notified EstDomains in a letter it was shutting it down due to EstDomains' president being convicted on fraud and money laundering charges. Just when EstDomains appeared to be on the proverbial chopping block, it has gotten a stay of execution . The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) stated Oct. 29 it will hold off on shutting down the notorious Estonian domain registrar ...
Estonian registrar gets a reprieve
ZDNet Government —
... (PDF). That termination is now on hold, ICANN says , while it looks at EstDomains’ response to the action. ICANN’s records indicate that EstDomains has approximately 281,000 domain names under its management. ICANN will take all reasonable measures to protect the interests of registrants during the stay period and the subsequent termination process that may follow.
ICANN targeting widely known domain seller
TG Daily - All News —
... Tuesday stating that EstDomains ability to register any new domain names would be frozen. They also stated that they were looking to find stewards for the 281,000 domain names currently managed by EstDomains. Almost instantaneously, EstDomains appealed and ICANN immediately put the action to freeze their ability on hold . EstDomains claims that it hired a new CEO over a month ago. The company ...
