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.gov empty
by Jan Schaumann July 16, 2026

July 16, 2026

Hello, Since about two days ago, the .gov zone file on czds.icann.org appears to be empty: $ gzcat gov.txt.gz ; Transfer failed. The last working zone file was 2026-07-13. If anybody could take a look at this, that'd be appreciated. Thanks, -Jan

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ROW15 - Call for Proposals
by Gould, James July 14, 2026

July 14, 2026

30 days left to submit your proposal and join our lineup of experts exploring DNS real-world experiences of implementing registration and maintenance operations. 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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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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Use of S/MIME in URS and UDRP: call for volunteers
by Gavin Brown June 11, 2026

June 11, 2026

Dear colleagues, During the recent Contracted Parties Summit in Manchester, we presented on the topic of updating the URS Technical Requirements to switch from using OpenPGP to S/MIME to provide authenticity and non-repudiation of communications between URS providers and registries and registrars. You may review the recording of the session at the following URL (skip to 24:05): https://icann.zoom.us/rec/share/edZd2ugiFPsRtSXIg7KtacuCVGwUhUPmXwrFQ0HUIBD… Some in the community have also observed that S/MIME may also provide a solution with similar cryptographic protection to UDRP communications. While ICANN Org’s research suggests that S/MIME is at least as effective as OpenPGP, we are acting upon feedback received from the CPH TechOps group, and are inviting interested parties to volunteer to participate in a short-term informal testbed. Participation would involve obtaining a S/MIME certificate from a Certificate Authority, and conducting tests by sending and receiving S/MIME-signed messages using a variety of devices, operating systems and mail clients. If you are interested in participating, please reply privately to this email to let me know. Regards, -- Gavin Brown Principal Engineer, Global Domains & Strategy Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) https://www.icann.org

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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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Call for Presentations Hybrid TechDay ICANN 85 Mumbai
by Dr Eberhard W Lisse Feb. 16, 2026

Feb. 16, 2026

vTechDay at ICANN 85 (Mumbai) The ICANN Tech Working Group is again planning a technical workshop at the ICANN 85 meeting (Monbay) As the meeting will be hybrid so will be vTechDay which is currently penciled in for Monday, 2025-10-27 for blocks: Block 2 10:30 - 12:00 (90 Min) Block 3 13:15 - 14:30 (75 min) Block 4 15:00 - 16:00 (60 min) Block 5 16:30 - 17:30 (60 min) All times are local (Mumbai) 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. UA/IDN In this respect we are anticipating a round table organized by the ccNSO-UA Committee. Please engage with them via email at ccnso-uacommittee(a)icann.org, keeping us in copy at ccNSO-techday(a)icann.org. 2. DNS Abuse Prevention and Mitigation Tools 3. Best (security) management practices, lines of defense, to protect Registries from bad actors, attacks or malware, or even reports of failures 4. 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 for the command line, devices and libraries. If there are enough proposals we might have round tables. 5. 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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.taipei zone access via czds
by Jan Schaumann Jan. 14, 2026

Jan. 14, 2026

Hey, Talking about having trouble getting access to certain zones: Has anybody here been able to get access to the .taipei zone? I've repeatedly submitted requests that were always shut down with a note saying: --- Reason: Requester did not provide correct or legitimate credentials (explain why) Explanation: Please provide a complete address, a telephone number and associated FTP IP address and resubmit your request for approval. --- For each request, I _did_ in fact provide all that information. I've also tried to reach out to the contacts listed on https://www.iana.org/domains/root/db/taipei.html / whois, but the technical contact never replied and the administrative contact email address bounces. (I've filed a request with ICANN to update the information.) If anybody here managed to get access to the zone, would you mind sharing how you went about that? Thanks! -Jan

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.TOP made inactive? (CZDS zone file access)
by John McCormac Jan. 13, 2026

Jan. 13, 2026

Just got an e-mail that ZFA for .TOP had been revoked as the gTLD had been made inactive. "Request revoked as TLD has been made inactive." Checked another stats site and it was showing 0 domain names in the zone which may indicate that it didn't get today's zone. Has .TOP gTTLD been made inactive or is this a problem on the CZDS or with the .TOP registry? Regards...jmcc -- ********************************************************** John McCormac * e-mail: jmcc(a)hosterstats.com MC2 * web: http://www.hosterstats.com/ 22 Viewmount * Domain Registrations Statistics Waterford * Domnomics - the business of domain names Ireland * https://amzn.to/2OPtEIO IE * Skype: hosterstats.com ********************************************************** -- This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. www.avast.com

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Name Collision IPv6 Research Study - Public Comment
by Francisco Arias Oct. 30, 2025

Oct. 30, 2025

Dear colleagues, ICANN has opened a public comment period on a research study titled "Controlled Interruption IPv6 Research Study". The study focuses on extending ICANN's "controlled interruption" mechanism, previously implemented using only the IPv4 address 127.0.53.53 into the IPv6 realm, given the growing adoption of IPv6 (> 40 % of hosts). The public comment period runs from 20 October 2025 to 22 December 2025: https://www.icann.org/en/public-comment/proceeding/name-collision-ipv6-rese… Controlled interruption is a phase in the establishment of a new generic top-level domain (gTLD) that is designed to reduce the risk of name collision. During controlled interruption, certain DNS resource records, designed to interrupt resolution processes, are temporarily published at and below the gTLD name. The content of these DNS records is intended to minimize any harm that arises from such interruption. This study produces an initial list of candidate prefixes, followed by technical tests of multiple applications on popular end-user operating systems. The aim was to identify candidate addresses where DNS lookups returning that address did not result in any unintended external network traffic. A preferred candidate that met these criteria was identified: ffff:127.0.53.53, which is the IPV6 mapping of the original IPv4 controlled interruption address. -- Francisco.

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