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ROW15 - Call for Proposals
by Gould, James June 11, 2026

June 11, 2026

ROW15 Call for Proposals is Now Open! | September 29th, 2026 | 13:00 - 17:00 UTC | Zoom Video Conference Since 2014, the Registration Operations Workshop (ROW)<https://secure-web.cisco.com/1pk0lZbyQ1u8uTtMlrbQHqrx5pdz3rXOR3XP4sUKIvHUvJ…>, supported by our sponsors Verisign<https://www.verisign.com/> and ICANN<https://secure-web.cisco.com/1viPCJY0-NDtahlMS3Lc1uyIpjyQo8YP9o4ymXbSkUElkZ…>, and more recently CIRA<https://secure-web.cisco.com/1ukoBQpJS_B1QC4jlqDNcwP6zzm1808KRm6l6cR1JF7v7i…>, has brought together industry professionals, such as internet gTLD/ccTLD registries, domain name registrars, resellers, and many more, to share and discuss technical topics related to real-world experiences of implementing registration and maintenance operations. See all ROW events at: https://regiops.net/events<https://secure-web.cisco.com/1uDiFospBMNVjzke1H6_fyHhVNpL34YjS6rMaMOe3BMTiN…> The Program Committee is now accepting proposals for ROW15 and invites you to submit a brief abstract outlining your presentation or panel idea to row(a)cofomo.com<mailto:row@cofomo.com> by August 14th, 2026. We invite submissions guided by this non-exhaustive list of broad topics and welcome any discussions or suggestions for additional topics on ROW’s mailing list: regiops(a)googlegroups.com<mailto:regiops@googlegroups.com>. * Operational impacts of registration technical refresh * Impact of AI in the registration ecosystem * RDAP implementation experience * EPP implementation experience * Implementation of NIS2 Directive * Best practices for DNSSEC Key management * Combating DNS abuse within registration (Global Signal Exchange, etc.) * Topics relevant to registration system protocols (Domain Connect protocol, etc.) * Digital Identity topics (eIDAS, etc.) * New gTLD application window and procedures * Supply Chain Security for Registries * RPKI Implementation Experience (...and any other registration protocol “experience”) The Program Committee will inform selected authors by August 24th, 2026. For other ROW15 important dates, checkout:https://regiops.net<https://secure-web.cisco.com/1pk0lZbyQ1u8uTtMlrbQHqrx5pdz3rXOR3XP4sUKIvHUvJ…>. We look forward to receiving your proposals. Please feel free to share this call for proposals with other mailing lists and contacts who may find it relevant. Thank you. ROW Program Committee https://regiops.net<https://secure-web.cisco.com/1pk0lZbyQ1u8uTtMlrbQHqrx5pdz3rXOR3XP4sUKIvHUvJ…> Email: row(a)cofomo.com<mailto:row@cofomo.com> ROW mailing list: regiops(a)googlegroups.com<mailto:regiops@googlegroups.com> Connect with us: LinkedIn<https://secure-web.cisco.com/1LTs1K_VftzJ8KwHJs7SaRlOuMat6uGn7xf7dtetNkVbS7…> | X<https://x.com/ROWevents> | Bluesky<https://secure-web.cisco.com/1kEM0EuHM5lVcm_JviJlSTtux2GAwRM57ZD5KICbWqSFJF…> Event sponsored by Verisign<https://www.verisign.com/>, ICANN<https://secure-web.cisco.com/1viPCJY0-NDtahlMS3Lc1uyIpjyQo8YP9o4ymXbSkUElkZ…> & CIRA<https://secure-web.cisco.com/1ukoBQpJS_B1QC4jlqDNcwP6zzm1808KRm6l6cR1JF7v7i…> and organized by Cofomo<https://secure-web.cisco.com/1OCef_fwgclBZp_m-QoWo0cChsJnSmZIifVLR8c1xJ_h-q…> -- JG [cid87442*image001.png(a)01D960C5.C631DA40] James Gould Fellow Engineer jgould(a)Verisign.com<applewebdata://13890C55-AAE8-4BF3-A6CE-B4BA42740803/jgould@Verisign.com> 703-948-3271 12061 Bluemont Way Reston, VA 20190 Verisign.com<http://verisigninc.com/>

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Call for Presentations Hybrid TechDay ICANN 86 Sevilla
by Dr Eberhard W Lisse May 18, 2026

May 18, 2026

vTechDay at ICANN 86 (Sevilla) The ICANN Tech Working Group is again planning a technical workshop at the ICANN 86 meeting (Sevilla) As the meeting will be hybrid so will be vTechDay which is currently penciled in for Monday, 2026-06-08 for blocks: Block 1 10:00 - 11:15 (75 minutes) Block 2 11:45 - 13:15 (90 minutes) All times are local (Sevilla) time. We shall try to accommodate the time zone of virtual presenters in setting the agenda. The TechDay workshop has been a part of ICANN meetings since 2006 and has provided a forum for both experienced and new people to meet, present and discuss technical topics related to registry and DNS work and security. We are specially interested in: 1. DNS Abuse Prevention and Mitigation Tools 2. Best (security) management practices, lines of defense, to protect Registries from bad actors, attacks or malware, or even reports of failures 3. Open Source Tools that have been found helpful a) We would in particular like to hear about git based DNS zone management, especially simple setups usable as example for other (smaller) (cc|g)TLDs. b) We would also like to hear about further RDAP client implementations in particular for the command line, devices and libraries, and novel uses for/of same. If there are enough proposals we might have round tables. 4. In addition, we welcome suggestions for additional topics If you are interested in presenting on any other topic, please email us at ccNSO-techday(a)icann.org or reply to this email. We hope that you can join us and request that you disseminate this Request to other lists where it might of interest. greetings, el -- Dr. Eberhard W. Lisse \ / Obstetrician & Gynaecologist el(a)lisse.NA / * | Telephone: +264 81 124 6733 (cell) PO Box 8421 Bachbrecht \ / If this email is signed with GPG/PGP 10007, Namibia ;____/ Sect 20 of Act No. 4 of 2019 may apply

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Unusual update volumes for .site and .online zone files
by Joe Wein April 16, 2026

April 16, 2026

Recently we have seen elevated levels of new domains added to .online and .site, which triggered some internal monitoring here. Checking the addition counts for the last few months, we see a gap from around March 17 to April 12 during which *no* domains were added, followed by three days with levels of additions 2-5x "normal" levels (i.e. pre March 17), as if it was catching up with a backlog. Has anybody else see this and/or knows what happened there? Did they move to a different operator? Joe Wein SURBL

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