Weekly Launch Guide July 23, 2018

SPOTLIGHT:

.Realestate Gets Ready to Move

The launch dates for the .realestate gTLD are approaching. A first-come, first-served Sunrise phase begins on July 28, 2018, and runs until August 27, 2018. Trademark holders are encouraged to register during this phase. Following this phase, members, firms and boards, licensees, affiliates and parties otherwise in a contractual relationship with the National Association of REALTORS® will be able to register domains in an exclusive Limited Registration phase. This phase will run from August 28, 2018, though November 26, 2018. The TLD will enter General Availability on November 27, 2018. Aside from the restrictions during the Limited Registration phase, .realestate will be open and available to all interested applicants. Please contact your Client Service Partner for more information.

DDoS Attacks Employed in Multiple Forms

For more than 20 years, Distributed Denial of Services (DDoS) attacks have been flooding legitimate websites and disrupting service. After all this time, however, DDoS attacks have not slowed, but rather intensified, and even varied in size and type.

In Q1 2018, observed that 58% of mitigated DDoS attacks employed multiple attack types. This included a 53% increase in the number of attacks, as well as a 47% increase in the attack peak sizes, when compared to Q4 2017; however, the attack peak sizes have decreased by 21%, year over year.

Hebrew IDN for .com Launches Soon

Verisign announced the launch of their newest “.com” IDN language offering, Hebrew. .קום (.xn--9dbq2a) joins their portfolio, which already includes Japanese and Korean versions of “.com.” All Verisign supported IDN languages will be available for registration. The launch begins with a Sunrise phase for trademark holders on July 30, 2018, and runs through September 4, 2018. This phase will be first-come, first-served. A Limited Registration phase for existing holders of a .com domain (in either ASCII or IDN scripts) runs from September 5, 2018, until November 4, 2018. General Availability begins on November 5, 2018. For more information, please contact your Client Service Partner.

Still Launching

The following TLDs have launch phases (Pre-General Availability) that are currently still in progress. If you are interested in participating in any of these launches, please contact your Client Service Partner.

.charity

.ελ (.xn--qxam)

.UK

.basketball

.bot

.rugby

.mt

Launches within 30 days (bold indicates where dates fall within time frame)

The information provided is intended for informational purposes only and is subject to change without notice.