The
Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) has introduced electronic email
verification for registration on its website, reports ITRealms.
This,
ICANN said is part of an ongoing process to improve the security of its web
applications and this new verification process takes effect form Saturday 20
May 2017.
“The ICANN Registration
website will now require that all potential meeting participants verify their
email address to complete the registration process,” officials told ITRealms.
This,
ICANN said added another layer of
security designed to ensure the validity of user email addresses and reduce the
amount of malicious and spam email accounts currently being utilized.
Once
a user has verified their email address, they will not need to re-verify for
future meeting registrations, unless they update their email address or use a
new one. Unverified email accounts will be unable to complete the registration
process, nor will they be able to receive printed credentials at the meeting.
Users
are encouraged to log into https://registration.icann.org after 20
May 2017 to receive a prompt to validate their email address. Users can
then utilize the validation link sent to their email address, or they can enter
the emailed confirmation code into the registration site confirmation code
prompt.
ICANN
explained that if users have pre-registered for upcoming meetings, and are
unable to visit https://registration.icann.org before the
meeting, they will be prompted on-site at the registration kiosks to validate
their registration account email address.
“They
can simply enter the email confirmation code at the kiosk prompt,” ICANN official
said.
ITRealms gathered that registration email validation links and confirmation codes are
only valid for 24 hours after they are requested.
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