Domains in the waiting list - part 2

Domain BZH

Brittany - an old French province with rich traditions and unique language. The idea of establishing a regional domain came from the residents of the peninsula two years ago, when Catalonia has made creating your own domain CAT. This inspired many other independent regions that make up the large states, including Brittany. Then a group of independent users amounted to a petition and put it on the site PointBZH.com. Under the on-line treatment signed by more than 15 thousand people, and as a result, a committee was set up to work on the project.
In preparing the documents for the committee used the experience of similar projects for the domains GAL (Galicia - Autonomous Region in Spain) and CYM (Wales). Report presentation, agitiruyuschy for the creation of a domain BZH, to be presented at the end of December this year. Then, to begin preparing a formal application ICANN. It is important that the sponsors enlisted the support of Prime Minister of France. Regarding funding, while money for organizational costs come from the budget of the province, and if all goes well, and the idea of creating a domain would be approved by ICANN, planned to seek financial support from private companies.
Plans for the project simple and direct: Domain BZH designed to distribute and support the cultural traditions and language of Brittany, and be supported for the residents of the province, stressed the project consultant Mette Credo.

Domains Bankers

The group of European banks and providers, as well as companies involved in security, called for ICANN to establish a special blast zone, which can be used only to banks and financial institutions.
Creating a domain SAFE (safety) or SURE (confidence) would be for users of the bank guarantee of the authenticity of the site. Visitors to the site would have been assured that they are not at an ordinary fisher forgery, set up to steal data.
It could also create a blast zone BANK, register domains, which would be allowed only after the official bank of the registrar of all licenses and statutory instruments. European experts acknowledge that it will require banks to make additional efforts and time, but security benefits for the bank and its clients is evident.
Under this British Banking Association APACS, the UK in 2006, damage from acts of fishers estimated at 33.5 million pounds (about 60 million dollars) in 2005 - to 23.2 million pounds (about 45 million dollars). Annual growth in damage from Internet crimes in the banking sector is around 44%. In 2005, officially recorded 1 713 cases of phishing, and in 2006, already 14 of 156 cases.
Experts say the recent emergence of new programming services, allowing a greater or lesser degree of probability "fish" site-snag, but the funds have not at all, and their effectiveness is not always close to 100 per cent. In ICANN to refrain from commenting on the matter.