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SimplyGeo.com
had not been updated since early October. As a result,
we started receiving emails from concerned readers
wondering if he was OK, a concern compounded by their
knowledge that Morales is on active duty with the U.S.
Army. I
contacted Steven's partner, Skip
Hoagland, to find out what was happening and
learned that Morales was on a military mission that had
prevented even Hoagland from reaching him. Skip finally
got a message to Morales and Steven in turn got back to me
to let me know that was fine and to fill me in on what has
been going on. The mission has kept him offline for most
of the past month and while he was away a technical issue
that he is still trying to resolve took down the
GeoDomainer.com site. While that issue is being resolved,
Morales let me know that you can reach the site though an
alternate URL: |
Steve
Morales
GeoDomainer.com/SimplyGeo.com
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http://www.geodomainer.ning.com.
Morales is getting back into the saddle now and should be
a regular fixture on the domain news circuit again
soon.
Elsewhere, Sedo.com
has announced they will conduct an exclusive dotMobi
Auction, beginning tomorrow (November 5th)
at 12 Noon (U.S. Eastern time) and ending November
12th at approximately Noon EST. The domains up for bid
include bank.mobi, cellphones.mobi and computer.mobi,
to name just a few. You can check out the full auction
inventory here.
More auction details are also available here.
Domain industry veteran and
security expert Ram Mohan has been selected by the ICANN
Security and Stability Advisory Committee (SSAC) to
serve as its non-voting liaison on the ICANN Board of
Directors. Mr. Mohan, who is an Executive Vice
President and the Chief Technology Officer at Aflias,
will be seated at the conclusion of ICANN's 33rd
International Public Meeting which is currently underway
in Cairo, Egypt where it will continue through
Friday.
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Mohan has been active
in the ICANN community for many years and has
helped draft new policies and guidelines related
to the administration and registration of domain
names, such as the Redemption Grace Period and IDN
implementation guidelines. He also serves on the
Steering Committee of the Anti-Phishing Working
Group, the Advisory Committee of the Internet
Society and the W3C, is an Advisor to the Computer
Emergency Response Team - India (CERT-IN), and
a Board Member of the Registry Internet
Security Group (RISG).
Mohan said,
“Internet security, particularly securing the
Internet’s naming and addressing architecture
and insulating it from vulnerabilities that can be
exposed by criminals and terrorists, is one of the
key challenges of our time. I am honored to have
the confidence of my colleagues in the community
to serve in this important position at ICANN.” |
Ram
Mohan
Afilias Exececutive VP & CTO |
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(Posted Nov.
4,
2008) |
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