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Headlines from the most recent edition of the news include: Business.com Could Hit Jackpot on Auction Block | Helping the web become world wide | Hackers to hit Internet core, Wi-Fi and digital homes | Austrian domain registrar 'aids' phishers | Elections bring new blood to InternetNZ And see my website - http://technewsreview.com.au/ - for daily updates in between postings. ********************************************************** 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/ ********************************************************** ".cn" becomes third largest national domain name http://english.people.com.cn/200706/20/eng20070620_386088.html Domain Name Industry Threatened http://domainnamewire.com/2007/06/18/domain-name-industry-threatened/ http://thewhir.com/marketwatch/061907_ICA_Warns_Domain_Name_Industry.cfm What Prevents IPv6 Deployment in Europe by Patrick Vande Walle http://www.circleid.com/posts/what_prevents_ipv6_deployment_europe/ CitizenHawk TypoAlert: Cybersquatting Continues to Plague Online Kids’ Sites http://citizenhawk.com/newsevents/pressreleases/kidssites.html DotAsia start-up now set for September 2007 http://domainesinfo.fr/english/70/dotasia-start-up-now-set-for-september-2007.php ********************** DOMAIN NAMES ********************** ".cn" becomes third largest national domain name On June 17th, China's Internet Network Information Center (CNNIC) announced that by May 31st, the number of of China's registered ".cn" domain names had reached more than 5.3 million globally. It has become the third largest national domain name in global ranking, just following Germany's ".de" and Britain's ".uk". http://english.people.com.cn/200706/20/eng20070620_386088.html http://www.interfax.cn/displayarticle.asp?aid=24997 Domain Name Industry Threatened Phil Corwin, representing Internet Commerce Association, discusses threats to domain name owners. He noted several of these specific threats to domain names: Domain name classification as property versus a license; ICANN; Registrar conflicts of interest; Trademark interests and Search engine conflicts of interest. Corwin concluded by saying the ICA’s future is uncertain. It raised about $300,000 in seed money from companies such as Sedo and iREIT, but Corwin says it needs at least $1M each year to be effective. http://domainnamewire.com/2007/06/18/domain-name-industry-threatened/ http://thewhir.com/marketwatch/061907_ICA_Warns_Domain_Name_Industry.cfm What Prevents IPv6 Deployment in Europe by Patrick Vande Walle ZDNet UK has an article on IPv6 and what may slow down its deployment. Jay Daley, from Nominet points out to the fact that the current IPv6 allocation policy used by RIPE NCC is geared towards ISPs. This is a complaint I have heard time and time again. Under the current policy, you have to show to RIPE NCC that you are going to allocate 200 address blocks to your customers before you are allocated a /32 block. http://www.circleid.com/posts/what_prevents_ipv6_deployment_europe/ ICANN IDN Program Status Report In preparation for the San Juan meeting and to provide better insight into the plan for the eventual deployment of internationalized top-level labels, ICANN released today a status report describing IDN Program activities. To facilitate project management, IDN activities have been split into separate and independent projects. These projects are: IDN Technical Tests and Evaluations, IDN Security Study (SSAC), IDN Guidelines, IDN Repository, IDN Policy Development, IDN Protocol Review and Revisions (IETF), IDN Outreach, and IDN TLD Deployment. http://icann.org/announcements/announcement-2-18jun07.htm ICANN Releases Draft IDN Evaluation Plans As announced previously in the IDN program status report, in the draft IANA Root Zone Procedures for Test IDN Deployment, and the draft IDN TLD Root Server Performance / Tolerance, ICANN has developed a plan for insertion of IDN TLDs in the root zone for evaluation. The .test plan contains two separate evaluation facilities where the feasibility and usability of fully localized domain names can be evaluated and tested in a live environment. Implementation of this plan is one of the core elements in ICANN’s IDN Program. http://icann.org/announcements/announcement-2-19jun07.htm Summary and Analysis of Responses to Request for Public Comments and Dialogue on ICANN's Performance On May 8 2007, as part of an ongoing interest in continuous improvement, ICANN sought community feedback about its performance. Several areas of performance, drawn from the ICANN Strategic Plan, were of particular interest. Targeted questions were asked. The questions and comments on these are posted on the ICANN site. http://icann.org/announcements/announcement-2-20jun07.htm RSSAC Statement on ICANN's Proposed Next Steps for IDN Deployment in the Root Zone The DNS Root Server System Advisory Committee (RSSAC) has been asked for a statement on ICANN's proposed next steps for IDN deployment in the root zone. Policy discussions are continuing and are clearly out of scope for RSSAC. RSSAC takes no position on what the contents of the strings used to instantiate IDNs in the root should be, or how many there should be within a factor of 2-5 times the current size of the root zone, or what the duration of the test should be, as long as DNS protocol is followed regarding length of labels, permitted characters, and so on. http://icann.org/announcements/announcement-18jun07.htm Public Comments Sought on GNSO Improvements The Board Governance Committee's GNSO Review Working Group has released a "Draft Working Document on GNSO Improvements" that presents the Working Group's initial thinking on, and raises questions about, how to improve the GNSO, for discussion with the Community at the upcoming ICANN Meeting in San Juan and for public comment through the ICANN website. This working draft does not reach any definitive recommendations or conclusions at this time. It is posted to encourage further public discussion and comment, and it does not represent the position of the Working Group, the Board Governance Committee, or the Board. http://icann.org/announcements/announcement-19jun07.htm ICANN Posts Request for Proposals for Independent Evaluator for At-Large Advisory Committee Review, and Final Terms of Reference for This Review http://icann.org/announcements/announcement-20jun07.htm CitizenHawk TypoAlert: Cybersquatting Continues to Plague Online Kids’ Sites CitizenHawk is encouraging top children’s brand holders to take a more active role in policing their brands against cybersquatting. As a reminder of the urgency of the problem, the company today issued a TypoAlert revealing thousands of instances of cybersquatting on ten of the top learning and entertainment web sites for young children. The news release includes a list of top online kids’ sites and an estimate of the number of potentially trademark-infringing domains on each brand. http://citizenhawk.com/newsevents/pressreleases/kidssites.html DotAsia start-up now set for September 2007 The DotAsia registry has delayed the start of the sunrise period by an extra month but has now announced precise dates for the three-part launch http://domainesinfo.fr/english/70/dotasia-start-up-now-set-for-september-2007.php Asia's profile rises with new domain DotAsia has introduced the .Asia TLD aimed at enabling companies, brands and marketers to target the internet community including users seeking information related to Asia, from Asia and for Asia. http://www.marketing-interactive.com/news/1827 Go Daddy opens Fabulous second-hand shop Go Daddy has got into the domain name aftermarket with the addition of 'premium' domain sales into its regular web store. As part of a partnership with Fabulous.com, a business of Australian domain traffic broker Dark Blue Sea, the company will offer it customers the chance to buy domains from Fabulous' 500,000-domain portfolio. http://cbronline.com/article_news.asp?guid=B4182B18-6429-4AA6-8913-1C198CB1E5C1 Fighting domain name hijackers the Czech way The organization that wants to be the fourth provider of .com dispute resolution services says that rights owners should be able to bring class actions against cybersquatters and that parties should be able to appeal UDRP decisions http://managingip.com/default.asp?page=9&PubID=198&SID=687633&ISS=23885 DotPh’s Anonymous Domains: A Boon For Cyber-Gripers? (reg req'd) The Philippine domain name registrar, DotPh, announced that it has started offering anonymous registrations for the i.ph domain. This is intended to support bloggers and individuals who maintain websites for personal purposes. It is the world's first anonymous domain and can be activated by providing the registrar with an email address and a mobile phone number. This is unprecedented, and it is uncertain whether it would encourage Internet use in the Philippines without sacrificing IP rights in the Philippines. http://mondaq.com/article.asp?articleid=49480 TRAFFIC: Beyond Pay-Per-Click A panel of domain industry experts discussed domain revenue beyond pay-per-click this morning at the TRAFFIC conference in New York. Panelists included Ofer Ronen, CEO of Sendori, Jonathan Boswell, CEO of LeaseThis.com, Anthony Pepper of Startup Capital, Sahar Sarid of Recall Media Group, Rick Latona, CEO of Offshoring.com, and Joe Alagna, GM of CentralNic. http://domainnamewire.com/2007/06/20/traffic-beyond-pay-per-click/ Cameroon domain play no longer working Paul Sloan writes "I'm late the the game on this one (been off the grid), but since I wrote the June cover piece in Business2.0 that exposed the man behind the .cm typo wildcard, I thought I'd mention that someone has taken .cm down." http://blogs.business2.com/sloan/2007/06/cameroon_domain.html SEO.com sold at $5M Mike Mann, the guy who sold BuyDomains for $65+ Million some years ago, buys SEO.com for $5M. http://www.901am.com/2007/seocom-sold-at-5m.html http://searchengineland.com/070619-090701.php NameMedia and Melbourne IT Launch Strategic Marketing Relationship (news release) NameMedia's domain marketplace announced a strategic marketing relationship with global online services company, Melbourne IT Limited. http://redorbit.com/news/technology/974290/namemedia_and_melbourne_it_launch_strategic_marketing_relationship/ The NameMedia Story: How They Are Rocking the Internet and Rolling Up the Domain Industry The pioneers in this business have long preached that one day the corporate world and Wall Street would discover the untapped power in high quality domain names and make their move on this space. That day is here. A handful of well-financed new domain conglomerates recently arrived and they are now busy reshaping not only the landscape of this industry but that of the entire media world. Using domain names as their attack vehicles, they have started a long march that could eventually leave them in command of the high ground in global advertising. http://dnjournal.com/cover/2007/june.htm Melbourne IT CBS helps Endemol secure disputed bigbrother.com domain (news release) Melbourne IT Corporate Brand Services (CBS) today announced that it has assisted Endemol Nederland B. V., producers of the global Big Brother programme, to secure the bigbrother.com domain name which has been owned by another party since October 2004. http://www.melbourneitcbs.com/news.php?article=0&title=Melbourne%20IT%20CBS%20helps%20Endemol%20secure%20disputed%20bigbrother.com%20domain .kn (Saint Kitts & Nevis) Available again Registrations are now available again in the top level extension of .kn. There are no local presence rules or requirements to register. http://www.melbourneitcbs.com/news.php?article=3&title=.kn%20%28Saint%20Kitts%20%26%20Nevis%29%20Available%20again&PHPSESSID=54d55f37ae84585dce8c507290a6d21f Additional .nu (Niue) domains available With immediate effect .nu has opened up allowing one and two character domain names, including one and two numeric only characters. http://www.melbourneitcbs.com/news.php?article=2&title=Additional%20.nu%20%28Niue%29%20domains%20available&PHPSESSID=54d55f37ae84585dce8c507290a6d21f .lc (Saint Lucia) Re-opening After being essentially closed for the past two years, NIC.LC re-opened the .lc Internet registry. NIC.LC has announced a Sunrise period designed to allow Trademark Owners and Intellectual Property owners to register their domain names. http://www.melbourneitcbs.com/news.php?article=1&title=.lc%20%28Saint%20Lucia%29%20Re-opening&PHPSESSID=54d55f37ae84585dce8c507290a6d21f NeuStar Announces Significant Wholesale Price Reductions For KIDS.US Registrars (news release) NeuStar announced that it has significantly decreased the wholesale cost of all KIDS.US domain name registrations and Content Management Subscriptions, and is launching a rebate program to promote increased awareness and usage of the KIDS.US space. http://neustar.biz/pressroom/announcements/press_release.cfm?press_id=1255 http://sev.prnewswire.com/telecommunications/20070620/NEW10120062007-1.html How to protect your company name online Dear Karen: A business similar to mine is using a website address identical to the name of my company, which I incorporated 20 years ago. They have offered to sell the address to me. What are my options? Answer: You could negotiate with them, sue them in federal court or pursue an arbitration process called the Uniform Domain-Name Dispute-Resolution Policy. http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-inbox20jun20,1,4985270.column Elections bring new blood to InternetNZ Nominees for the 2007 InternetNZ Council elections are already beginning to role in, with just over three weeks until entries close on July 6th. http://m-net.net.nz/1714/latest-news/latest-news/elections-bring-new-blood-to-internetnz.php InternetNZ gears up for IPv6 explosion New Zealand’s core internet infrastructure is being upgraded in preparation for an expected explosion in the number of internet-connected devices. http://computerworld.co.nz/news.nsf/netw/FA2CA42AE9A4EC5DCC2572FB000B5F06 The dotcom con of sex.com Business Books: This book is not about sex, but it chronicles the legal war for the coveted domain name, writes Ray Nolan. http://home.eircom.net/content/irelandcom/biznews/10595099?view=Eircomnet DNSWorld Defining the Future of DNS and its Security to be Held in Cancun Mexico International conference for network operators, network managers at ISP's, NSP's, Tele and Datacoms and large web hosts responsible for Internet Domain Name Service. DNS World will set the stage for a new era in DNS, Internet domains, and IP addressing on October 10 - 12, 2007. http://www.newswiretoday.com/news/19920/ Network Solutions Offers Small Businesses More Options for Affordable Quality Web Site Design Network Solutions is re-launching their Do-It-For-Me Web Site Design™ services with new offerings of their premium and standard packages. The competitively priced packages allow small and medium sized businesses to effectively compete online with a quickly created, custom-built site. http://emediawire.com/releases/2007/6/emw534529.htm za: Cybersquatters to be evicted THE organisation that oversees all South African internet addresses has finally launched a process for solving domain name disputes, a month after the South African Institute of Intellectual Property Law began touting for that business. The .za Domain Name Authority has officially outlined the steps to overthrow cybersquatters without the need for expensive legal action. And the long-awaited process has already been put into action by the institute, which has been appointed as an official cyberspace adjudicator. http://www.suntimes.co.za/News/Article.aspx?id=495483 Tucows Introduces First Wholesale Premium Domain Name Service Tucows unveiled its Premium Domains service - the first such offering at the wholesale level. Partnering with Domain Distribution Network (Fabulous.com) and NameMedia's Afternic Domain Listing Service (DLS), Tucows now offers over 600,000 premium domains for sale through its network of over 7,000 service providers worldwide. http://earthtimes.org/articles/show/news_press_release,125154.shtml Tucows Sells 2,500 Domain Names Tucows announced it has sold approximately 2,500 domain names from its portfolio of domain names for US$3.0 million in a private transaction. Tucows may earn up to an additional US$1.2 million if certain performance criteria are met. Any additional payment will be payable in one year's time. http://biz.yahoo.com/cnw/070619/tucows_domain_names.html http://streetinsider.com/Mergers+and+Acquisitions/Tucows+Inc.+(TCX)+Sells+2,500+Domain+Names+for+$3.0+million/2507361.html Momentous offers rebel without a middleman Momentous.ca has come up with a service that gives high-volume domain name owners the chance to essentially become their own domain name registrar. http://cbronline.com/article_news.asp?guid=2556F507-C9D9-418A-B4A8-C460D58F75C0 Sedo kauft US-Konkurrent GreatDomains von VeriSign Die Domain-Handelsplattform Sedo übernimmt ihren US-Konkurrenzen GreatDomains.com. Das bereits 1994 gegründete GreatDomains ist spezialisiert auf Premium-Domains und gehörte zuletzt VeriSign. http://golem.de/0706/52957.html .berlin droht Abfuhr in Berlin Die dot.Berlin GmbH wurde am gestrigen Dienstagabend bei der Kölner Gala des Eco-Verbands mit dem Sonderpreis der deutschen Internetwirtschaft ausgezeichnet, den der Verband neben den Kategorien für die besten Internet-Diensteleister und Provider verlieh. dot.Berlin will im kommenden Jahr bei der ICANN eine eigene Adresszone für .berlin beantragen. Eco-Geschäftsführer Harald Summa wünscht den Intiatiatoren "Mut, Durchhalte- und Durchsetzungsvermögen". http://www.heise.de/newsticker/meldung/91460 nic.at wehrt sich gegen Erpressungsversuch durch Spamhaus.org (news release) Seit 12. Juni 2007 sind die nic.at Mailserver auf der viel genutzten Spam-Blacklist von Spamhaus.org gelistet. Das hat zur Folge, dass E-Mails von nic.at mit einer hohen Wahrscheinlichkeit nicht korrekt beim Empfänger ankommen und entweder im Spamordner des Empfängers landen, nicht zustellbar sind oder einfach verschwinden. http://www.nic.at/de/uebernic/aktuelles/nicat_news/news_ansicht/period/1182402311///article/81/nicat-wehrt-sich-gegen-erpressungsversuch-durch-spamhausorg-1/ Spamhaus.org setzt Österreichs Domainverwaltung Der Spamjäger Spamhaus.org versucht die österreichische Domainregistrierungsstelle nic.at massiv unter Druck zu setzen. Obwohl über die Einrichtungen von nic.at keine Spam-Nachrichten verschickt wurden, ist die IP-Range der E-Mail-Server von nic.at auf der Spamblock-Liste (SBL) gelandet. Mit den Einträgen auf der SBL versucht Spamhaus die Registrierungsstelle dazu zu zwingen, bestimmte .at-Domains zu löschen. Unter den inkriminierten Domains sollen Subdomains eingerichtet worden sein, die unter Phishing-Verdacht stehen. Spamhaus.org-CEO Steve Linford wollte gegenüber heise online keine Stellungnahme zu den Vorfällen abgeben. http://www.heise.de/newsticker/meldung/91417 Spamhaus beendet Blockade von nic.at Im Konflikt mit der österreichischen Registry nic.at hat sich Spamhaus.org zurückgezogen und den Mail-Server von nic.at von seiner Sperrliste entfernt. Nic.at spricht von einem "Erpressungsversuch" durch Spamhaus. http://futurezone.orf.at/it/stories/201402/ http://computerwelt.at/detailArticle.asp?a=110755 http://www.zdnet.de/security/news/0,39029460,39155460,00.htm http://nachrichten.ch/detail/279004.htm http://www.news.ch/Domainverwaltung+unter+Spamverdacht/279004/detail.htm http://pressetext.com/pte.mc?pte=070620025 http://www.wienerzeitung.at/DesktopDefault.aspx?TabID=3931&Alias=wzo&cob=289599 http://www.perlentaucher.de/artikel/3952.html Heftige Auseinandersetzung zwischen nic.at und Spamhouse.org Zwischen der heimischen Domainregistrierungsstelle nic.at und Spamjäger Spamhouse.org ist es zu einer handfesten Auseinandersetzung gekommen. http://derstandard.at/?url=/?id=2926368 Spamhaus.org relativiert nic.at-Listing Der Spamjäger Spamhaus.org hat nach Erscheinen eines Artikels bei heise online in der Nacht auf den heutigen Mittwoch den Eintrag der österreichischen Domainregistrierungsstelle nic.at auf der Spamblock-Liste (SBL) geändert. Dadurch kann nic.at wieder E-Mails über Server mit den betroffenen IP-Adressen versenden, ohne dass die E-Mails bei den meisten Empfängern als Spam gefiltert werden. Mit den Einträgen auf der SBL versucht Spamhaus.org nic.at unter Druck zu setzen. http://www.heise.de/newsticker/meldung/91453 .ASIA : la charte de nommage des "Pioneer domains" Une période d’enregistrement dédiée aux termes génériques et marques de renom précèdera l’ouverture sunrise du .ASIA. http://domainesinfo.fr/extension/1238/asie-asia-la-charte-de-nommage-des-pioneer-domains.php L'AFNIC va faire évoluer ses statuts Au 1er janvier 2008, le registre français va modifier son fonctionnement. L’objectif : dissocier les bureaux d'enregistrement souhaitant s'impliquer dans la gouvernance du .FR de ceux voulant se concentrer sur une activité purement commerciale. http://domainesinfo.fr/extension/1236/france-l-afnic-va-faire-evoluer-ses-statuts.php LACNIC anuncia el inminente agotamiento de las direcciones IPv4 Se estima que en 3 años se agotarían las direcciones disponibles para conectarse a Internet bajo el protocolo actual. Ante esta situación LACNIC toma medidas para el apoyo y la promoción de la adopción de IP versión 6 en la región. http://www.latinoamericann.org/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=article&sid=1501 Conferencia de Prensa de LACNIC Sobre el Futuro del Direccionamiento IP en la Region El Registro de Direcciones de Internet para América Latina y el Caribe (LACNIC) realizará el día miércoles 20 de Junio a las 17:00 horas (-3 UTC/GMT) desde Montevideo una conferencia de prensa para América Latina y el Caribe para analizar la actual tasa de consumo de direcciones IP versión 4 (IPv4) y alertar sobre la necesidad de una urgente transición y adaptación de redes a IP versión 6 (IPv6). http://www.latinoamericann.org/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=article&sid=1500 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Check out http://auda.org.au/domain-news/ for the most recent edition of the domain news, including an RSS feed - already online! The domain name news is supported by auDA. 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