Temporary Policy

An urgent rule that the ICANN Board (glossary)ICANN Board ICANN's board of directors, which adopts policies and approves key decisions. Full definition of ICANN Board can impose on registries (glossary)registry The central database and system of a top-level domain, or loosely the organization that runs it. Full definition of registry and registrars (glossary)registrar A company that registers domain names for customers with the registry. Full definition of registrar without the usual policy process, when it is needed to protect the security or stability of the DNS (glossary)DNS Domain Name System The internet's directory that links domain names to computer addresses. Full definition of DNS. It lasts for a limited time, during which a normal policy process must replace it.