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And see my website - http://technewsreview.com.au/ - for regular updates. ********************************************************** Sponsored by the Singapore Internet Research Centre http://www.ntu.edu.sg/sci/sirc/ Sponsored by EuroDNS and AsiaDNS - for your domain name registration http://www.eurodns.com/ ********************************************************** Hackers target core internet computers http://technology.guardian.co.uk/news/story/0,,2007757,00.html DNS Attack: Only a Warning Shot? http://www.darkreading.com/document.asp?doc_id=116685&WT.svl=news1_3 The time to plan for disaster is now http://www.gcn.com/online/vol1_no1/43101-1.html VeriSign to spend over $100M on upgrade http://www.usatoday.com/tech/news/ces2005/2007-02-08-verising-upgrade_x.htm cn: Copyright campaign an 'everyday' affair http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2007-02/09/content_805368.htm th: Mother of the Internet is gloomy http://www.asiamedia.ucla.edu/article-southeastasia.asp?parentid=63276 ***************** GOVERNANCE ***************** Internet Governance forum to hold stock-taking session, Geneva, 13 February (UN news release) Following the first-ever gathering of the IGF a special stock-taking session will take place next Tuesday, 13 February, at Genevas Palais des Nations where Forum participants will assess the achievements of the inaugural meeting and pave the way forward to the next phase of the Forum taking place in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, from 12 to 15 November. http://www.egovmonitor.com/node/9345 ********************** DOMAIN NAMES ********************** Hackers target core internet computers Hackers last night mounted the most significant attack since 2002 on the computers that direct traffic on the internet, it emerged today. The hackers, believed to be from Asia, bombarded the 13 computers, or root servers, that serve as the internet's central address books. http://technology.guardian.co.uk/news/story/0,,2007757,00.html http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/6338261.stm Hackers hit key Internet traffic computers (AP) Hackers briefly overwhelmed at least three of the 13 computers that help manage global computer traffic Tuesday in one of the most significant attacks against the Internet since 2002. http://www.cnn.com/2007/TECH/internet/02/06/internet.attacks.ap/index.html http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/02/06/AR2007020601563.html http://www.internetnews.com/security/article.php/3658551 DDoSers bombard Military root server (and more) At least three DNS root servers, including one maintained by the US Department of Defense, were flooded with data for about 12 hours in an attack that was notable more for its audacity than any noticeable degradation of internet traffic. http://www.theregister.co.uk/2007/02/07/root_server_attack/ DNS Attack: Only a Warning Shot? An attack on the Internet infrastructure yesterday may signal a hint of bigger things to come. The distributed denial-of-service (DDOS) attack that temporarily crippled -- but didn't take down -- two of the Internet's 13 Domain Name System (DNS) root servers was likely a test-run for a potentially larger and more disruptive attack, researchers say. http://www.darkreading.com/document.asp?doc_id=116685&WT.svl=news1_3 The time to plan for disaster is now As the RSA security conference was getting under way Tuesday, a massive denial-of-service attack was being directed at three of the Internets root Domain Name System servers. http://www.gcn.com/online/vol1_no1/43101-1.html Hackers Launch Massive Attack on Internet DNS Hackers on Tuesday attacked at least three of the root servers that maintain the Internet's domain name system. However, the 12-hour-long attacks were largely unsuccessful, as most Internet users didn't notice any impact. The system's resilience is largely due to robust protection and a high degree of redundancy built into it. http://ecommercetimes.com/story/55626.html http://news.com.com/2100-7349_3-6156944.html http://tvnz.co.nz/view/page/488120/983215 http://theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,20867,21193231-1702,00.html http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/02/06/AR2007020601563.html Root Server Attack Fizzles An attack, apparently intended to get the attention of the security community, failed in its attempt to bring down, or even slow down, the Internet, analysts say. http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1759,2091782,00.asp?kc=EWRSS03119TX1K0000594 Internet Attacked! (Did Anyone Notice?) Tuesday marked the fourth anniversary of "Safer Internet Day," a 40-country effort to raise awareness about computer and Internet security. But the day probably didn't feel too safe for the dozens of unheralded technologists responsible for defending the World Wide Web against one of the most concerted attacks against the Internet's core since a similar assault in 2002. http://blog.washingtonpost.com/securityfix/2007/02/internet_survives_major_attack.html VeriSign to spend over $100M on upgrade VeriSign Inc. said it will spend more than $100 million in a massive infrastructure upgrade to combat a new wave of computer attacks and manage a surge in online activity. http://www.usatoday.com/tech/news/ces2005/2007-02-08-verising-upgrade_x.htm http://iht.com/articles/2007/02/08/business/net.php http://www.nytimes.com/2007/02/08/technology/08net.html http://www.bizjournals.com/sanjose/stories/2007/02/05/daily73.html http://technologyreview.com/read_article.aspx?id=18160&ch=biztech VeriSign invests in DNS improvements (IDG) VeriSign Inc. plans to invest US$100 million over three years to expand tenfold the DNS infrastructure it operates for the .com and .net top-level domains. http://infoworld.com/article/07/02/08/HNverisigndns_1.html http://www.itworld.com/Net/2572/070208verisigndns/ Click Fraud: A Growing Nuisance for Web Advertisers, Part 1 Online advertisers pay the search engine company hosting their ad a set amount of money each time a computer user clicks on the ad. Click fraud occurs when an individual or group of people, either manually or through a computer program, repeatedly clicks on an ad to inflate the payment owed the publishers. http://ecommercetimes.com/story/55606.html us: Sixth Circuit Censures Cybersquatting (reg req'd) The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit upheld a district courts award of summary judgment, injunctive relief and attorneys fees in favor of Audi AG, holding that Defendant Bob DAmato infringed and diluted the world-famous AUDI, AUDI FOUR RING LOGO, and QUATTRO marks (the "Audi Trademarks"), along with the distinctive trade dress of Audis automobiles, and violated the Anticybersquatting Consumer Protection Act (ACPA). http://www.mondaq.com/article.asp?articleid=46186 Sexy content may get dedicated home in cyberspace A controversial proposal to create a special domain for pornographic content on the Internet -- dubbed the .xxx domain -- appears to be gaining momentum after years of on-again, off-again negotiations with the Internet's technical coordinating body. http://www.linuxworld.com.au/index.php/id;1943934025;fp;2;fpid;1 http://www.computerworld.com.au/index.php/id;1943934025;fp;2;fpid;1 Dot-XXX and Tiered/Differential Pricing: Permitted? by George Kirikos As folks will recall, there was a big debate about tiered/differential pricing in the .biz/info/org contracts. Eventually those contracts were amended to prevent that. However, if folks read the .XXX proposed contract, Appendix S, Part 2, under delegated authority (page 66 of the PDF), appears to give the Registry Operator total control to make policy regarding pricing. http://www.circleid.com/posts/dot_xxx_tiered_differential_pricing_permitted/ Sexy content may get dedicated domain A controversial proposal to create a special domain for pornographic content on the Internet - dubbed the .xxx domain - appears to be gaining momentum after years of on-again, off-again negotiations with the Internet's technical coordinating body. http://www.digitmag.co.uk/news/index.cfm?newsid=7144 cn: Copyright campaign an 'everyday' affair Online copyright violations are "still rampant" despite the first nationwide campaign to crack down on the activities, China's top copyright official admitted. ... For websites which continue to flout rules by adopting new domain names, the intellectual property rights (IPR) administration will work with the public security forces to take the operators to the criminal court, he said. http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2007-02/09/content_805368.htm th: Mother of the Internet is gloomy In 1987, when the first issue of Database was being put together, Dr Kanchana Kanchanasut of the Asian Institute of Technology was busy registering a domain name with ARPA's then new and ground breaking ARPANET. But it was not just any domain name -- it was the .TH top level domain. http://www.asiamedia.ucla.edu/article-southeastasia.asp?parentid=63276 Protection of Personal Names in Domain Names by Martin Schwimmer David Pecker is the chairman of American Media, Inc., publisher of, among others, National Enquirer and Weekly World News. 'Mr. Ferris' registered the domain name DAVIDPECKER.COM, had a PPC company host it, where it was keyed to ads for porn, because, according to the registrant, the word PECKER was in the domain name. Mr. Pecker brought a UDRP. Although 'Mr. Ferris' (as he is identified in the decision) did not seem (to me) that he could establish a bona fide intent to use the name in conenction with an offering of goods or services, and altohugh there seemed to be plausible evidence of bad faith, the UDRP was denied. http://www.circleid.com/posts/protection_personal_name_domain/ Country star Keith Urban sues over rights to keithurban.com Whats in a name? Well, ask Keith Urban. Both of them. The Keith Urban you have likely heard of last week filed a federal lawsuit against a New Jersey man named Keith D. Urban over the use of the Internet domain name www.keithurban.com. http://nashvillecitypaper.com/index.cfm?section_id=9&screen=news&news_id=54493 http://stuff.co.nz/3954090a4500.html http://www.washingtontimes.com/upi/20070207-012559-1451r.htm MGM floored over Wargames.com The owner of Wargames.com - a website dedicated to selling, well, wargames - has won the right to retain the domain name despite the best attempts of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer to wrest it from him. http://www.theregister.co.uk/2007/02/07/domain_dispute/ http://redherring.com/Article.aspx?a=21154 Network Solutions about to be Aquired by General Atlantic? General Atlantic, a private equity firm, are allegedly acquiring domain name registrar Network Solutions, Techcrunch.com have stated. http://webhostdir.com/news/articles/shownews.asp?id=19319 Is Expired Domain Registration Still Profitable? After the dot com crash, expired domain names and expired domain name traffic have been a source of potential income. It is important to inexpensively obtain the automated tools required to track the thousands of domain name registration and abandoned websites that are removed from the domain registry and become available for purchase. http://market-day.net/head_54484/20070208/Is-Expired-Domain-Registration-Still-Profiotable.php USAuto.com Motors to the Top of the Weekly Domain Sales Chart In Domain Name Journal's weekly chart of top sales, the top sale for this week was for SAuto.com at $40,001. http://dnjournal.com/archive/domainsales/2007/domainsales02-06-07.htm dotMobi ramps up mobile content drive Free software tools are being offered to dot-mobi website developers to improve the quality of content behind the mobile top-level domain name. http://www.zdnetasia.com/news/communications/0,39044192,61987785,00.htm National Arbitration Forum Issues Three Decisions on Internet Trademark Domain Name Disputes (news release) The National Arbitration Forum recently issued decisions on three separate domain name disputes filed by Magic Johnson, MGM Studios and New Pig Corporation. http://prweb.com/releases/2007/2/prweb503308.htm Nazareth Associates Announces the Sale of jazzandblues.com (news release) Nazareth Associates has Announced that the Undeveloped Domain Name jazzandblues.com is up for Sale for US$10,000 http://webhostdir.com/news/articles/shownews.asp?id=19333 us: GoDaddy Claims Success With Super Bowl Ad GoDaddy.com saw its market share increase 75 percent on February 5, the day after the Super Bowl according to Hitwise. Their commercial was rated as one of the least favorite but the site still managed to attract more new customers and saw improved sales. http://www.webpronews.com/topnews/2007/02/07/godaddy-claims-success-with-super-bowl-ad .Eu a hit with users, but a mystery to others A large majority of British businesses with a .eu domain name believe it to be an effective business tool in a recent survey, while a separate survey found that half of UK businesses do not even know what the .eu domain stands for. http://www.theregister.co.uk/2007/02/05/dot_eu_perceptions/ us: Candy company sues over domain name A Red River Valley candy company is suing a Fargo woman for an alleged trademark violation. http://www.kxnet.com/getArticle.asp?ArticleId=92583 http://sharewatch.com/story.php?storynumber=316875 http://www.forbes.com/feeds/ap/2007/02/05/ap3396396.html Tucows reports continued strong results for the fourth quarter and year end fiscal 2006 (news release) Tucows reported its financial results for the fourth quarter and fiscal year ended December 31, 2006. http://earthtimes.org/articles/show/news_press_release,58107.shtml us: Ad firm snags Internet domains A Sanford Health business partner has quietly registered dozens of Internet domain names using variations of the word "Sanford," according to Internet registry site whois.com. http://www.argusleader.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070205/NEWS/702050321 Switch verwaltet Schweizer Internet-Domains bis ins Jahr 2015 Die Stiftung Switch wird die Verwaltung der Schweizer Internet-Domains bis ins Jahr 2015 weiterführen. Dies geht aus einer Medienmitteilung des Bakom hervor. Der Vertrag sei um acht Jahre verlängert worden, heisst es weiter. Die technische Kompetenz sowie die Unabhängigkeit der Stiftung bildeten die ideale Basis für die Registrierungs-Tätigkeit. http://www.nzz.ch/2007/02/08/il/newzzEXX66PLS-12.html Großangriff auf DNS-Rootserver durchgeführt Am gestrigen Safer Internet Day fand ein Großangriff auf die zentralen Root Name Server statt. Vor allem der Rootserver L der ICANN sowie der Rootserver G, der unter Aufsicht des US-Verteidigungsministeriums steht, war betroffen. In Deutschland hatte der Angriff keine Auswirkungen. http://www.winfuture.de/news,29888.html http://www.teltarif.de/arch/2007/kw06/s24820.html Hintergründe der Attacken auf DNS-Rootserver noch unklar Die Hintergründe der gestrigen Attacken auf die Rootserver des DNS sind weiter ungeklärt. Die Angriffe waren nach Einschätzung von Daniel Karrenberg aber "kein Ereignis", was den DNS Root Name Service angehe. http://www.heise.de/newsticker/meldung/84956 http://derstandard.at/?id=2758218 http://www.computerwelt.at/detailArticle.asp?a=108938&n=4 http://www.zdnet.de/security/news/0,39029460,39151511,00.htm Hacker attackieren Internet-Rootserver 13 mächtige Server wickeln den globalen Netzverkehr maßgeblich ab. Drei davon wurden gestern kurzfristig von einer Hacker-Attacke übermannt - Netznutzer spürten davon jedoch kaum etwas. Das Internet von heute ist einfach zu widerstandsfähig. http://www.spiegel.de/netzwelt/tech/0,1518,464926,00.html Internet se ralentizó ayer por un ataque DDOS Los agresores en línea interrumpieron brevemente el servicio de al menos dos de los 13 servidores "raíz" que son usados para dirigir el tráfico en internet ayer. http://www.faq-mac.com/mt/archives/021436.php http://technaute.lapresseaffaires.com/nouvelles/texte_complet.php?id=81,12399,0,022007,1330212.html Plusieurs serveurs DNS cibles d'une attaque Plusieurs serveurs de noms de domaine (DNS), rouages clés de l'internet, ont été pris pour cible mardi 6 février dans l'après-midi. Aucun dommage n'est à déplorer, selon des experts. http://www.zdnet.fr/actualites/internet/0,39020774,39366862,00.htm Des serveurs DNS racines pris pour cible Des pirates auraient pris pour cible ce mardi quelques-uns des 13 serveurs DNS racines, en particulier les serveurs du département américain de la Défense, ceux de lIcann et ceux maintenus par Wide Project. Pour rappel, ces serveurs DNS principaux ont pour mission de rediriger les requêtes pour un TLD vers les serveurs DNS gérant le TLD correspondant. Ils servent également de référence aux autres serveurs DNS disséminés de par le monde. http://www.presence-pc.com/actualite/serveur-dns-attaque-21682/ Une attaque en DDoS vise les serveurs racine d'Internet Les submergeant de trafic inutile, l'attaque s'est efforcée d'effondrer les serveurs supportant Internet. Opération infructueuse, mais qui coïncide avec la multiplication des PC zombies. http://solutions.journaldunet.com/0702/070208-dns-ddos-attaque.shtml http://www.clubic.com/actualite-69374-attaque-dos-serveurs-racine-internet.html Deux serveurs racines cibles d'une attaque L'agression, la plus violente depuis 2002 selon les autorités, aurait été enregistrée dès 5h30 (heure de la côte est des Etats-Unis) et aurait perturbé le fonctionnement de deux serveurs racines jusqu'à 10h30 (toujours heure locale). http://www.lemondeinformatique.fr/actualites/lire-deux-serveurs-racines-cibles-d-une-attaque-22040.html http://tempsreel.nouvelobs.com/actualites/medias/multimedia/20070207.OBS1019/attaque_piratede_grande_envergure_mardi.html Importante attaque contre Internet La plus importante attaque de pirates informatiques contre Internet depuis octobre 2002 s'est déroulée mardi pendant plusieurs heures. http://techno.branchez-vous.com/actu/07-02/11-152902.html Maroc Telecom registre du .MA jusquà fin 2007 LANRT vient de publier les lignes directrices de sa politique concernant le .MA. 'Maroc Telecom' restera le gestionnaire technique et administratif du .MA jusquà fin 2007. http://domainesinfo.fr/extension/1124/maroc-maroc-telecom-registre-du-ma-jusqu-a-fin-2007.php Nominet veut mieux contrôler le CO.UK Nominet, registre du CO.UK, rénove ses statuts et veut élargir le champs daction de son conseil dadministration, notamment sur les tarifs denregistrement. http://domainesinfo.fr/extension/1126/grande-bretagne-nominet-veut-mieux-controler-le-co-uk.php L'AFNIC réagit à la publication d'un décret relatif aux noms de domaine Dans un communiqué publié aujourd'hui suite au décret paru au Journal Officiel le 8 février 2007, l'AFNIC s'inquiète de l'arrivée de ce nouvel élément du cadre juridique du nommage en France. http://domainesinfo.fr/extension/1129/france-l-afnic-reagit-a-la-publication-d-un-decret-relatif-aux-noms-de-domaine.php Internet, maxi-attacco dei pirati la rete ha tremato ma ha tenuto E' stato il più duro attacco informatico dal 2002, ma la rete internet ha tenuto. E' stato sferrrato ieri contro i supercomputer che garantiscono il traffico sul web ma i navigatori non si sono accorti di nulla. Chi invece gestisce e controlla questi 13 server presi del mirino invece sì. In realtà i pirati sono riusciti ad entrare, e per poco, in tre di questi 13 computer, chiamati root-server, sovraccaricandoli di una mole assolutamente inusuale di dati falsi. http://www.repubblica.it/2005/b/sezioni/scienza_e_tecnologia/sicurezzaweb/attacco-server/attacco-server.html http://www.itnews.it/news/2007,743,rss,0207,,,212902.html Internet - Attacchi hacker a pilastri del web, allerta Usa Nonostante gli hacker abbiano cercato di mascherare la loro provenienza, gli esperti hanno individuato una massa consistente di dati in arrivo dalla Corea del Sud http://www.lagazzettadelmezzogiorno.it/GdM_esteri_NOTIZIA_01.asp?IDNotizia=173007 LA SETTIMANA A BRUXELLES Lunedì la settimana a Bruxelles si apre con una riunione ministeriale sull'Africa occidentale per discutere del rinnovo degli aiuti Ue allo sviluppo prima della fine del 2007 e in linea con le indicazione della Wto. Il presidente del Consiglio Romano Prodi va a Lussemburgo per una visita di stato. A Mosca il ministro degli Esteri tedesco, Frank Walter Steinmeier, il Rappresentante Ue per la Politica estera, Javier Solana e il commissario Ue alle Relazioni esterne, Benita Ferrero-Waldner, incontrato il ministro degli Esteri russo, Sergei Lavrov, per la 'trojka Ue-Russia'. http://notizie.alice.it/notizie/search/index.html?filter=foglia&nsid=12348727&mod=foglia La Xunta apoya el '.gal' Una docena de entidades representativas de diversos ámbitos gallegos constituyeron el año pasado la Asociación PuntoGal, con el objetivo de conseguir el dominio '.gal' como espacio propio en Internet para la cultura y la lengua gallegas. http://www.elmundo.es/navegante/2007/02/06/tecnologia/1170759329.html Ataque frustrado de hackers a servidores claves a nivel mundial Tres servidores de suma importancia a nivel mundial fueron interceptados por hackers a tempranas horas de ayer. http://www.24horaslibre.com/tecnologia/1170863701.php http://www.idg.es/pcworld/index.asp?link=estructura%2Fi%5Fnoticia%5FcentroNoticia%2Easp&IdNoticia=89006702 http://www.idg.es/iworld/noticia.asp?id=53818&sec=iworld Los contenidos pornográficos tendrán su propio dominio en internet: .xxx La controvertida propuesta para crear un dominio especial que identifique los contenidos pornográficos en internet con el dominio .xxx- parece que por fin va a dar frutos, tras años de negociaciones temporalmente interrumpidas con la ICANN. http://www.idg.es/pcworld/index.asp?link=estructura%2Fi%5Fnoticia%5FcentroNoticia%2Easp&IdNoticia=88988508 Hackers atacan servidores raíz Son 13 los servidores raíz DNS que sirven para controlar el tráfico en Internet, 3 de ellos fueron tomadas por un grupo de hackers; afortunadamente los ataques fueron menos serios que los realizados en octubre de 2002 porque estos servidores han distribuido sus cargas del trabajo entre varios puntos geográficos. http://www.infochannel.com.mx/breaking6.asp?id_nota=5720 http://www.eluniversal.com.mx/articulos/37894.html Em superataque, piratas congestionam a web Piratas virtuais atacaram nesta terça-feira (6) servidores essenciais para o funcionamento da internet em todo o mundo. Segundo especialistas, essa ação está entre as piores realizadas por criminosos da internet desde 2002. No foco dos ataques, que duraram cerca de 12 horas e aumentaram consideravelmente o tráfego de dados, estavam os servidores responsáveis pelo gerenciamento de domínios como .org e .info, entre outros. http://www2.opopular.com.br/ultimas/noticia.php?cod=291790 Misstänkta attacker mot Internets rotservrar under veckan De rotservrar som underhålls av ICANN och det amerikanska försvarsdepartementet utsattes under tisdagen av vad som misstänks vara riktade attacker. Servrarna klarade dock av den ökade trafiken och Internet flöt på som vanligt. http://www.idg.se/2.1085/1.94720 http://www.idg.se/2.1085/1.94662 Mislykket angrep på nettets rotservere Tirsdag ble tre av Internetts tretten rotservere utsatt for det største hackerangrepet siden oktober 2002. Rotservere hos henholdsvis USAs forsvarsdepartement, Icann og UltraDNS (ansvarlig for blant annet org-domenet) ble utsatt for massiv trafikk over flere timer i et forsøk på å få dem til å kvele. http://www.digi.no/php/art.php?id=368368 Nätet klarade jätteattack En av de största attackerna mot internets infrastruktur någonsin inträffade på tisdagen. Minst tre av nätets tretton rootservrar slogs ut av en gigantisk överbelastningsattack. Men DNS-systemet klarade trycket och nätet lever vidare. http://www.idg.se/2.1085/1.94781 Story in Czech on name server attack http://digiweb.ihned.cz/c4-10072070-20368630-i00000_d-utok-na-nejzakladnejsi-servery-internetu Story in Russian mentioning ICANN http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/russian/sci/tech/newsid_6338000/6338903.stm Story on attack on name server http://www.hamshahri.org/News/?id=15928 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Check out http://auda.org.au/domain-news/ for the most recent edition of the domain news, including an RSS feed - already online! 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