Overall, about 24 million domain names have been registered in .com, .net and .org.
The phony site looks similar but may have a different ending on the URL such as .com, .net or .org.
Under the test bed, the new registrars will hook into Network Solutions' database in order to sell a pool of names in the .com, .net and .org domains.
CNN: New domain name system creates confusion over ownership
The formal inquiry was prompted by the filing of several complaints with the Commission against the registrar, which for years had a lock on the business of assigning the domain names ending in .com, .net and .org, thanks to a contract with the U.S. government.
Do not be misled by sites claiming to be the IRS but ending in .com, .net, .org or anything other than .gov.
FORBES: Don't Be Fooled By E-Mail 'From IRS' - But Don't Ignore Their Snailmail
The six groups are: organizations that register country-code top level domains (such as .de, .uk or .jp, ), those that register generic top level domains (such as .com, .org and .net), commercial and business entities, intellectual property interests, Internet service providers and other providers of Internet connectivity, and registrars (the companies that register the names under which individuals or corporations wish to be known on the Web, such as www.greeneurope.org or www.ibm.com.).
It follows a decision to expand the number of top-level names available, such as '.com', '.net' and '.org'.
Today there are roughly 102 million Web addresses ending in .com, followed by 14 million with .net, 10 million with .org and eight million with .info, according to Matthew Zook, the head of ZookNIC Internet Intelligence, an Internet research firm.
Icann's involvement with Iana was crucial for the body's plan to open up the net with the introduction of many more top level domains that will sit alongside .com, .org and .info.
应用推荐