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Estonian domain names to incorporate diacritics (IDN)
Starting from June 13, 2011 the Estonian Internet Foundation will bring letters with diacritical marks õ, ä, ö, ü, and to national domains ending with the suffix .ee, which means that the .ee domain will be covered with the full range of the Estonian alphabet. The Estonian Internet Foundation in cooperation with the Association of the Estonian Patent Attorneys has introduced a period for reservation of .ee domain names containing letters with diacritical marks before commencement of general registration of such domain names.
The reservation period has been divided in two parts: 16.05.2011–05.06.2011 – during the first stage of the period applications for reservation can be submitted to the Estonian Internet Foundation. 06.06.2011–12.06.2011 – during the second stage of the period the elected patent agents will check the received applications and decide on acceptance or rejection. The domain name entered in the list of reserved domain names as a result of checking procedure can be registered by the applicant until 31.12.2011.
Starting from June 13, 2011 the registration of .ee domain names containing letters with diacritical marks is opened to all interested persons on a first-come, first-served basis. For additional information see www.eestiinternet.ee/teavitus
Registration of domain names containing letters with diacritical marks is free. Domain names containing letters with diacritical marks are registered for the usual domain registration fee that is set for end consumers by the Registrar.
The Estonian Internet Foundation is the organisation founded by the Government of the Republic of Estonia and the Estonian Association of Information Technology and Telecommunications with the purpose of management of Estonian top-level domain names (.ee). Domain rules and fees applicable to .ee, pri.ee, com.ee, fie.ee and med.ee shall be approved with a decision reached by the consensus by the board of the Estonian Internet Foundation consisting of 6 members, of which half shall be appointed by ITL and half by the state.
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How can you prevent your .ee domain from being unexpectedly deleted and auctioned?
From time to time, we receive feedback from domain owners that, to their dismay, one or another .ee domain is either about to be deleted or has already been deleted and put up for auction. At the same time, there is a clear procedure in place to prevent such cases on the sides of the registrar, the registry, and the registrant. That is what we are discussing.
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Estonia’s young cyber talents head to Europe’s biggest cyber competition, with high hopes of winning
During 13–16 September the annual European Cyber Security Challenge (ECSC) will take place in Vienna, aiming to connect young IT talents with companies and organisations in the field. Once again, the Estonian national team, which was put together through preliminary rounds and a training camp, will take part in the competition. The main sponsor of the qualification event and the ESCS team is the Estonian Internet Foundation, and the project is run by the TalTech Centre for Digital Forensics and Cyber Security.
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At present, there are already 150,000 .ee domains in the world!
We are delighted to share a news story that is round and fortified with several zeros; namely, there are already more than 150,000 top-level Estonian domains in the world or Internet addresses ending in .ee.