Loophole in Internet domain name.A company has found a loophole An omission or Ambiguity in a legal document that allows the intent of the document to be evaded. Loopholes come into being through the passage of statutes, the enactment of regulations, the drafting of contracts or the decisions of courts. for selling Internet names ending in ".pro" without the usual credentialling requirements, prompting complaints from the Internet's key oversight agency. The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers See ICANN. (body, networking) Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers - (ICANN) The non-profit corporation that was formed to assume responsibility for IP address allocation, protocol parameter assignment, domain name system management, and root server system , or ICANN (Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers, www.icann.org) A non-profit, international association founded in 1998 and incorporated in the U.S. It is the successor to IANA (Internet Assigned Numbers Authority), which manages Internet addresses, domain names and the huge number , created the '.pro' suffix suf·fix n. An affix added to the end of a word or stem, serving to form a new word or functioning as an inflectional ending, such as -ness in gentleness, -ing in walking, or -s in sits. tr.v. in 2000 for professionals. Lawyers, accountants, doctors and engineers in the United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area. , Canada, Germany and the United Kingdom could get such names if they submitted proof of their professions. So a lawfirm called Smith Jones could get 'smithjones.law.pro.' Its known as a third-level domain name because it's the third from the right. ICANN later allowed second-level names--such as "smithjones. pro"--as long as the individual or firm already has a third- level name. However last month, EnCirca Inc. began offering second-level names without the third-level requirement and said any profession at all could get one. It also expanded the service beyond the four countries in which credentialing procedures had been established. www.encirca.com |
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