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I've introduced sub-headings to make the news easier to read, especially on days such as today where there is a lot more news, in part due to my end of month checking of a wider range of websites. So do send me any comments, and I hope it makes the news better! Regards, David PS: Don't forget to check out my website - http://technewsreview.com.au/ - for daily updates in between postings. And see http://auda.org.au/domain-news/ for the 5 July edition of the domain news, including an RSS feed - already online! PPS: Apologies for the multiple postings of the previous editions of the news for subscribers to my TechNewsReview mailing list. There was a hiccup with the mailing list. Headlines from the 5 July edition of the news include: Internet Governance Forum still searching for something to govern by Burke Hansen | After attacks, US government sending team to Estonia | Kremlin Critics Say Russian Cyberspace Alive With DoS Attacks | Time to let a thousand domains bloom? | Speculators ready for '.asia' web address rush | iPhone.com acquired by Apple ********************************************************** 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/ ********************************************************** ICANN moves ahead with international domain names (IDG) http://www.infoworld.com/article/07/06/29/ICANN-makes-progress-on-international-domain-names_1.html ICANN faces major transition with Cerf's departure http://computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&articleId=9025979 American trademark attorneys to consume own young http://www.theregister.co.uk/2007/06/28/icann_ip_community/ ICANN wrestles with changes after Registerfly melt-down http://government.zdnet.com/?p=3266 TLD Or Not TLD For Cities? Berlin Senate Wants Out http://ip-watch.org/weblog/index.php?p=672&res=1024_ff uk: Google sued over defamatory postings found on web search http://news.independent.co.uk/uk/legal/article2720094.ece Attack on Estonia puts cyber security on EU agenda (Reuters) http://uk.reuters.com/article/internetNews/idUKL3044463420070630 Speculators grab iPhone domain names (AP) http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2007/06/29/1182624107330.html Try out ICANN's new IANA site by Kim Davies http://blog.icann.org/?p=158 http://icann.org/announcements/announcement-28jun07.htm The End of the (IPv4) World is Nigher! by Geoff Huston http://www.circleid.com/posts/the_end_of_ipv4_world/ Dot-Asia domain applications to begin in October (IDG) http://www.pcworld.com/article/id,133553-pg,1/article.html Spamhaus.org changes nic.at listing (news release) http://www.nic.at/en/uebernic/current_issues/nicat_news/news_view/period/1183024158///article/81/nicat-wehrt-sich-gegen-erpressungsversuch-durch-spamhausorg-1/ CENTR backs APTLD position on Top Level Internationalised Domain Names (news release) https://www.centr.org/docs/2007/06/CENTR_backs_APTLD_position.pdf ********************** RESEARCH PAPERS ********************** On the History of Internet Governance by Tim Wu (Columbia University - Columbia Law School) (reg req'd) Abstract: The issues surrounding internet naming and internet governance have been controversial since about the mid-1990s. But public attention was drawn to Internet governance in the early 2000s, when Europe and other countries declared themselves unhappy with how internet governance was working, how the domain names were being assigned and other issues. This is a summary of what was happening in the early 2000s that created controversy in this area. http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=990757 On the Future of Internet Governance by Tim Wu, Esther Dyson, A. Michael Froomkin & David A Gross/American Society of International Law, Proceedings of the Annual Meeting) Abstract: These proceedings represent the perspectives and views of several experts and participants in the Internet Governance and ICANN process of the late 1990s and early 2000s. http://ssrn.com/abstract=992805 Domain-Name Arbitration in the Arbitration-Law Context: Consent to, and Fairness in, the UDRP by Stephen J. Ware (University of Kansas - School of Law/Journal of Small and Emerging Business Law) Abstract: In this Article, Professor Ware surveys many of the arbitration systems that have been attacked for lacking consent or fairness. The Article begins by introducing the domain-name arbitration system and summarizing the charges that it lacks consent or fairness. This Article asserts, however, that research reveals no sustained critique that domain-name arbitration lacks consent. The Article next provides what may be the first sustained analysis of consent issues in domain-name arbitration. Professor Ware concludes the article by placing domain-name arbitration in the context of arbitration generally, and, within that context, assesses the fairness of domain-name arbitration. http://ssrn.com/abstract=992356 Governance of Internet Domain Names Against Cybersquatters in China: A Framework and Legal Perspective by Mo Zhang (Temple University/Hastings International and Comparative Law Review) Abstract: With the rapid growth of commercial use of the Internet, registration of domain names in China has been burgeoning at an accelerated pace. In the meantime, the practice of cybersquatting or domain name hijacking has become a phenomenon that disrupts both the use of domain names in particular and cyberspace in general. The unauthorized use of a well-known trade mark or other service mark as a domain name posts great challenges to the protection of intellectual property rights under the existing legal system. As a matter of fact, the number of cases involving the use of domain names and infringement on trade marks is dramatically increasing in Chinese people's courts. Many efforts are being made in China to develop legal structure that governs the registration and use of domain names and that provides judicial remedies against cybersquatting. Attempts are focused on resolving conflicts between domain names and traditional intellectual property rights. Many thorny issues remain, including, among others, legal status of domain names, determination of famous marks, and legislation regulating domain names. http://ssrn.com/abstract=989982 IPv6 Network Mobility by Carlos J. Bernardos, Ignacio Soto, and María Calderón, Universidad Carlos III de Madrid (Cisco Internet Protocol Journal) The Internet Protocol (IP) is currently accelerating the integration of voice and data communications. The Mobile IP protocol enables host mobility support, but several scenarios exist today, such as the provision of Internet access from mobile platforms (for example, planes, trains, cars, etc.), making it necessary to also support the mobility of complete networks. In response to this demand, the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) has developed the Network Mobility (NEMO) Basic Support Protocol [1], enabling IPv6 network mobility. This article explains the Network Mobility Basic Support Protocol, by first providing a general overview and then examining the details. http://cisco.com/web/about/ac123/ac147/archived_issues/ipj_10-2/102_ipv6.html Opinion: Is It Time to Replace SMTP? by Dave Crocker (Brandenburg InternetWorking/Cisco Internet Protocol Journal) The first Internet (ARPANET) e-mail, sent 35 years ago, was remarkably similar to a basic text e-mail of today: From, To, CC, Subject, Date, followed by lines of text, and the familiar @-sign in addresses. The right side of the address changed from a simple string into the multilevel domain name that we now use. The body can now be a set of multimedia attachments rather than just lines of text, but it can still be in its original, simpler form. The means of moving mail was the File Transfer Protocol (FTP) in the early 1970s. The current mechanism, the Simple Mail Transfer Protocol (SMTP) [1a, 1b], was not created until 10 years later, but a mere 25 years of use is not bad, either. All of the technical specifications for e-mail have undergone many changes over the years, but a core requirement has been to protect the installed base of users and operators by incrementally adding features as options, rather than by performing wholesale replacement of any infrastructure service component. E-mail has changed the way we communicate, yet it is also now viewed as having a serious problem: As the Internet grew, it acquired the full mixture of participants, some of whom do not make nice neighbors. http://cisco.com/web/about/ac123/ac147/archived_issues/ipj_10-2/102_smtp.html Internationalized access to domain names: a review of methods and issues (sub req'd) The paper first provides background information on how domain names are resolved in the DNS. It then reviews the various methods for internationalized access to domain names with a focus on their technical implementation and potential problems. Finally, it discusses several important language and policy issues surrounding the methods. http://emeraldinsight.com/Insight/viewContentItem.do?contentType=Article&hdAction=lnkpdf&contentId=1611283 ***************** GOVERNANCE ***************** Body that spawned the internet wants to rebuild it DARPA, the US military's occasionally eccentric death-tech hothouse, is often lauded as having created the internet. Under its old name ARPA, the agency oversaw development of the so-called Arpanet, forerunner of today's IP net. Now, however, DARPA reckons the internet needs to be reinvented. This week the Pentagon's radical-boffinry specialists issued a request for "revolutionary ideas". http://www.theregister.co.uk/2007/06/28/darpa_wants_to_revolutionise_t_internet/ http://www.darpa.mil/baa/SN07-39.html Internet Governance in Africa: Report from INET Abuja 4 May 2007 The Internet Society and "Sociétés de l'information" worked together to cover the discussion of Internet Governance during the INET conference in Abuja, Nigeria that took place alongside the AfriNIC-6 and AFNOG-8 meetings. The event, led by Dawit Bekele, head of ISOC's regional bureau for Africa, involved more than 100 representatives from civil society, governments, telecommunications and Internet companies, and members of the academic community and regional operators. http://www.isoc.org/pubpolpillar/governance/inet_abuja.shtml ********************** ICANN IN SAN JUAN ********************** ********************** - DAY FIVE ********************** ICANN moves ahead with international domain names (IDG) One topic that leaders worked on was the future enablement of non-Latin characters in domain names. ICANN hopes to support Cyrillic, Arabic, Chinese, and other characters in the future, but that's easier said than done. http://www.infoworld.com/article/07/06/29/ICANN-makes-progress-on-international-domain-names_1.html http://www.pcworld.com/article/id,133627-c,internetlegalissues/article.html http://arnnet.com.au/index.php/id;417794091 Now you see us, now you don't: ICANN goes transparent The Wednesday ICANN-arama wrapped up with a session covering ICANN's ongoing efforts to improve its management and accountability practices: the "Accountability and transparency management operating principles" workshop. Maybe the title itself had something to do with it, but this very lightly attended workshop had the ring to it of one of those obscure sessions where useful information tends to get swept out of sight and mind. Much of the discussion revolved around making the ICANN board actually accountable to someone other than, well, the ICANN board. There are procedures already in place at ICANN that allow appeals of board decisions, but those procedural appeals always seem to circulate back to the board itself. http://www.theregister.co.uk/2007/06/30/icann_accountability_management/ English may lose domain of Web addresses (AP) ICANN is on track to start testing addresses entirely in foreign characters by November, but rules for determining which ones to permit likely will take another year or two to develop. http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2007/06/26/1182623849118.html http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/chi-070629domain,0,1208250.story http://businessweek.com/ap/financialnews/D8Q2MKVO0.htm http://iht.com/articles/ap/2007/06/29/business/NA-TEC-US-Internet-Names.php Internet group expects more domain names next year (Reuters) ICANN said on Friday it was on track to allow an expanded number of domain names next year. http://uk.reuters.com/article/internetNews/idUKN2942798920070629 http://www.nzherald.co.nz/topic/story.cfm?c_id=137&objectid=10449072 http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/Magazines/The_Sunday_ET/Internet_group_expects_more_domain_names/articleshow/2164172.cms ICANN faces major transition with Cerf's departure Since its founding in 1998, the controversial ICANN has weathered violent political turbulence and survived volatile technical controversies. However, in a few months, the non-profit ICANN may face one of its toughest challenges ever when its long-time board Chairman Vint Cerf steps down. http://computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&articleId=9025979 http://www.pcworld.com/article/id,133643-pg,1/article.html "On Track" by Bret Fausett ICANN's President Paul Twomey has declared that ICANN's new gTLD policy is "on track." The claim reminds me of the way that Bush declared "Mission Accomplished" in Iraq back in 2003. http://blog.lextext.com/blog/_archives/2007/6/29/3057791.html ICANN Day 5 by Susan Crawford Coming up in about an hour -- the public ICANN board meeting. Although there are big issues swirling around, most of our discussions this morning will probably be about incremental developments. http://scrawford.blogware.com/blog/_archives/2007/6/29/3056707.html Top-Level Domains, Internationalized Domain Names, and Address Space Discussions Make Progress in San Juan Real progress has been demonstrated in key discussions at the ICANN's 29th International Public Meeting in San Juan, Puerto Rico. “One of the real highlights of the San Juan meeting was the dialogue around issues that will impact the future of the Internet – especially new gTLDs and IDNs,” said Dr Paul Twomey, President and CEO of ICANN. http://icann.org/announcements/announcement-2-29jun07.htm ICANN Posts Approved Version of the Proposed Fiscal Year 2008 Budget On 29 June the ICANN Board approved the as-amended, proposed Fiscal Year 2008 Budget, dated 29 June, 2007. This budget is consistent in scope with the originally posted budget, and accommodates community input received during the consultation process. A section in the Budget document, "Rationale and key changes from the initially posted Budget" provides an overview and explanation of the key differences between the budget that has been adopted, and the originally posted budget. http://icann.org/announcements/announcement-3-29jun07.htm ********************** - DAY FOUR ********************** American trademark attorneys to consume own young The Tuesday ICANN extravaganza continued with the ritualized slaughter of individual privacy rights in the holiest of holies for American trademark attorneys: ICANN's Intellectual Property Constituency triannual meeting, wherein they flog their misrepresentations of American trademark law on an unsuspecting, powerless and almost entirely ignorant internet community. http://www.theregister.co.uk/2007/06/28/icann_ip_community/ ICANN wrestles with changes after Registerfly melt-down There are major changes happening at ICANN reports Ars Technica. At ICANN’s 29th international public meeting workshop this week, participants responded to a fiasco by an Internet domain registry that held up customers’ domain names. Participants discussed the possibility of putting TLDs in escrow, amending the Registrar Accreditation Agreement (RAA), and developing better tools to enforce that agreement. http://government.zdnet.com/?p=3266 ICANN: Keep the Core Neutral, Stupid by Wendy Seltzer ICANN’s travelling circus is meeting in San Juan, Puerto Rico this week. One of the main subjects of discussion has been the introduction of new gTLDs, after a GNSO Report proposed 19 “Recommendations” for criteria these new domain strings should meet—including morality tests and “infringement” oppositions. http://www.circleid.com/posts/icann_keep_core_neutral_stupid/ Domain name suffixes .ru to be replaced with .rf or ru in Cyrillic alphabet ICANN reports that domains new Internet addresses, including those in non-English characters, would be put into use in early 2008. Domain name suffixes .ru will be replaced with .rf or ru in Cyrillic alphabet, so the Coordination Center of Domain Suffix .ru decided to stop registration of .ru suffixes temporarily and wait until new ones appear. http://english.newslab.ru/news/225869 Frustration Overload on New gTLDs by Bret Fausett I'm watching the Public Forum sessions and whenever the subject of new gTLDs comes up it's impossible not to feel an overload of frustration. The Board says that it has nothing before it, so the Board of Directors is not the bottleneck, but it promises to act as soon as it gets something. http://blog.lextext.com/blog/_archives/2007/6/28/3052960.html ICANN confronts Free Expression Debate by Milton Mueller At the San Juan, Puerto Rico ICANN meeting today a large audience turned out for a workshop organized to discuss the free expression implications of ICANN's proposed policy for adding new TLDs. The issue has proved controversial because governments and ICANN staff are concerned about the appearance of controversial words or concepts in the domain name space. Some of them were traumatized by the .xxx debate and think they can get around those problems simply by blocking TLD applications that might be “offensive” or “sensitive” to some people. http://blog.internetgovernance.org/blog/_archives/2007/6/27/3051058.html ICANN Day 4 by Susan Crawford Today is the Public Forum -- schedule is here. It will be webcast and we are actively soliciting online participation. There are some very important topics being discussed this week, including the idea of having different tracks for different categories of new gTLDs and the progress we're seeing on internationalized domains generally. http://scrawford.blogware.com/blog/_archives/2007/6/28/3052516.html Not About ICANN Day 3 by Susan Crawford So the Yale Law School alumni office has been sending out a zillion emails about my talk on July 9 in New York City. And, right at this same time, we've hit a really dry spell on this blog. I'm at a truly arcane and self-involved meeting, circling around and talking about IDNs and how to reform the GNSO. http://scrawford.blogware.com/blog/_archives/2007/6/27/3051751.html ICANN Puerto Rico: Day II by Susan Crawford After I wrote yesterday's post, I went up and moderated a two-hour workshop on "protection of registrants." The idea behind the workshop was to make sure ICANN is making the right kind of progress in dealing with failing registrars and registries. http://scrawford.blogware.com/blog/_archives/2007/6/26/3048026.html ICANN Puerto Rico: Day 1 by Susan Crawford Today the public portion of the ICANN meeting begins. Several of the Board Committees have already met, task forces have been working on WHOIS and new TLD policies, and the Board itself has already spent a long afternoon discussing what's going on. But we start the public portion with a little ritual of welcome and speech-making. This is the 29th ICANN meeting. http://scrawford.blogware.com/blog/_archives/2007/6/25/3045887.html ********************** DOMAIN NAMES ********************** TLD Or Not TLD For Cities? Berlin Senate Wants Out A fight has begun over the virtual existence of Germany’s capital: Does a .berlin address space have a right to exist beside the old standby berlin.de? The outcome of the fight could have a broader effect on the future of city names on the Internet. http://ip-watch.org/weblog/index.php?p=672&res=1024_ff http://www.circleid.com/posts/tld_domain_cities_berlin/ uk: Google sued over defamatory postings found on web search Google is being sued by a London businessman in a landmark legal action that could hold the US-based company liable for the publication of inaccurate, malicious or damaging material on the internet. The case, the first of its kind in this country that seeks to make search engines responsible for the content of the internet - could trigger severe restrictions on the free flow of information on the web. Last night, internet experts warned that if the action was successful it would mean Google could be held liable for the content of 11.5 billion web pages. http://news.independent.co.uk/uk/legal/article2720094.ece http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2007/06/30/ngoogle130.xml http://searchengineland.com/070628-102954.php http://www.siliconrepublic.com/news/news.nv?storyid=single8678 http://www.circleid.com/posts/google_sued_domainer_lawsuit_vulcan_golf/ The Most Expensive Domain Names The bidding started at $300,000 and blasted through the seven-figure mark before settling at $1.8 million. No, this wasn't Sotheby's--nor was the object d'art a Picasso. This battle was for the URL Seniors.com. ... Growth in online advertising and the shrinking pool of available names are pushing URL price tags to new heights. Three of the top five deals in history happened in the last two years. "You're seeing a perfect storm created by converging factors that are resulting in an increase in domain values," says Bentley. http://www.forbes.com/2007/06/28/google-news-corp-ent-tech-cx_ll_0629webaddresses.html ********************** - DOMAIN SECURITY ********************** Cyber attacks engulf Kremlin's critics on left and right ahead of elections (AP) A political battle is raging in Russian cyberspace. Opposition parties and independent media say murky forces have committed vast resources to hacking and crippling their websites in attacks similar to those that hit tech-savvy Estonia as the Baltic nation sparred with Russia over a Soviet war memorial. http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2007/06/29/1182624125589.html http://www.usatoday.com/tech/news/computersecurity/cyber-attacks-kremlin-critics.htm Attack on Estonia puts cyber security on EU agenda (Reuters) The European Union will address cyber security issues after attacks on the Internet sites of Estonia, EU Information Society commissioner Viviane Reding said on Saturday. http://uk.reuters.com/article/internetNews/idUKL3044463420070630 300 domain names a day cash in on new iPhone craze As hundreds of people queued up around the US to get their hands on Apple's new iPhone, dozens of entrepreneurs were at home on their computers hoping to cash in on the hype - by registering domain names incorporating the iPhone name. The number of registrations spiked as high as 300 a day, as names such as iPhoneJewelry.com and TheAppleMaciPhone.com were among the domains snapped up last month. But Apple, too, has belatedly swung into action to ensure it carves out the right amount of cyberspace to sell its new gadget, the first web-enabled phone with combined music player that has truly captured the public imagination. http://news.independent.co.uk/business/news/article2727921.ece http://www.cbc.ca/world/story/2007/06/29/dot-asia.html Speculators grab iPhone domain names (AP) Visit iPhone.com and you'll see ads for various cell phones that play music - but Apple Inc.'s much-hyped iPhone isn't one of them. The domain name was grabbed long before Jan. 9, when Apple announced its gadget combining a cell phone, an iPod media player and a wireless Internet device. Since then, speculators and entrepreneurs have registered thousands of iPhone-related Internet addresses. http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2007/06/29/1182624107330.html http://www.mercurynews.com/ci_6252780 http://australianit.news.com.au/story/0,24897,21987969-15306,00.html http://www.circleid.com/posts/iphone_domain_names/ http://ecommercetimes.com/story/58094.html Charting the iPhone hype by counting domain registrations Two analyses of the rush to register something_iPhone domains show that a lot of people think they can make money out of becoming part of the Apple hype. Apparently, "more than 4,000 new iPhone domain names have already been registered, with another 4,000 expected by year's end." http://www.newswireless.net/index.cfm/article/3487 More Than Just Squatting (on Domain Names) (reg req'd) One of the less reputable sectors of the Internet economy that has been growing rapidly is domain name parking. Entrepreneurs register names that are either misspellings of common domains, like amazo.com or generic titles like www.chicagodoctors.com. They fill these sites with ads from Google or Yahoo, getting paid for every click. This game has morphed into what is know as Google arbitrage, filling the page also with just enough content that it will actually be found by search engines, and in turn attract users who simply see ads and click again to get somewhere useful. http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2007/06/27/more-than-just-squatting-on-domain-names/ Click Fraud Not Top PPC Concern Click fraud has been a popular topic of discussion for a number of years, and it doesn’t appear the issue will fade away anytime soon. The industry is full of various numbers thrown around putting the click fraud rate anywhere from .02 percent (claimed by Google) to 30 percent or more. Who should you believe about click fraud, and how much should you be worried? http://www.practicalecommerce.com/articles/511/Click-Fraud-Not-Top-PPC-Concern/ Banks should have their own secure domain By MIKKO HYPPONEN Online banking fraud is rampant because it's easy. Here's a fix that will mean money in the bank. Computer security is a complex issue, and there is no simple cure-all. But one thing that continues to baffle me is the way we bank online. http://delawareonline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070701/OPINION09/707010317/ ********************** - ICANN NEWS ********************** Proposed .NAME Renewal Registry Agreement Posted for Public Comment The proposed .NAME renewal registry agreement is posted for public comment. The proposed .NAME renewal agreement is fundamentally the same as what was negotiated and approved for .BIZ, also an unsponsored/restricted gTLD, in 2006. A marked version contrasting the approved .BIZ agreement to the proposed .NAME renewal agreement is attached for comparison. http://icann.org/announcements/announcement-29jun07.htm Try out ICANN's new IANA site by Kim Davies One thing that has been obvious for quite some time is the IANA web site needed some attention. Somewhat of a relic of an earlier era of the Internet, the web site had grown into a pile of information that is poorly organised and hard to navigate. Last year, we shared some concepts with the community on how we’d like to improve it. First and foremost was making IANA’s purpose clear, and its key information easy to find. Based on the initial feedback, we are almost ready to launch a completely new IANA web site. http://blog.icann.org/?p=158 http://icann.org/announcements/announcement-28jun07.htm IANA Wants Public Input on New Website IANA has debuted a beta version of a complete redesign of its website to a more useable navigation system and an improved look and feel. http://domaininformer.com/news/press/06070629IANA.html ICANN Commences Development of July 2008 – June 2011 Strategic Plan In accordance with its annual planning calendar, ICANN is seeking community input on key questions that will inform the development of the July 2008 – June 2011 Strategic Plan. http://icann.org/announcements/announcement-2-28jun07.htm ********************** - IPv4/IPv6 ********************** Clarification of RIPE IPv6 Allocation Policy and the RIPE Policy Development Process (news release) In response to recent articles in the press regarding the RIPE IPv6 address allocation policy, the RIPE NCC would like to clarify the RIPE policy making procedure. The RIPE NCC itself does not accept or reject any policies. All policies that govern how Internet number resources (IPv4, IPv6 and Autonomous System (AS) Numbers) are allocated by the RIPE NCC are proposed, discussed and accepted by the RIPE community using an open and inclusive process. http://ripe.net/news/v6-policy.html The End of the (IPv4) World is Nigher! by Geoff Huston Funny how some topics seem sit on a quiet back burner for years, and then all of a sudden become matters of relatively intense attention. Over the past few weeks we've seen a number of pronouncements on the imminent exhaustion of the IP version 4 address pools. Not only have some of the Regional Internet Registries (RIRs) and some national registry bodies made public statements on the topic, we've now seen ICANN also make its pronouncement on this topic... Why the sudden uptake of interest in this topic? I suspect that a small part of this may be my fault! http://www.circleid.com/posts/the_end_of_ipv4_world/ ********************** - (cc)TLD NEWS ********************** Dot-Asia domain applications to begin in October (IDG) Applications for domain names under the new ".asia" TLD will begin to be accepted from October, the nonprofit organization running the domain said Thursday. http://www.pcworld.com/article/id,133553-pg,1/article.html http://techworld.nl/idgns/3531/dot-asia-domain-applications-to-begin-in-october.html Oct. Launch Planned for '.asia' Domain (AP) Internet addresses ending in ".asia" will be open to governments and trademark owners starting in October, with general registrations coming in 2008. http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2007/06/29/1182624107333.html http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2007/06/28/financial/f113946D51.DTL http://businessweek.com/ap/financialnews/D8Q201J01.htm http://www.forbes.com/feeds/ap/2007/06/28/ap3868189.html A Pre-Delegation Re-Delegation Fight at ICANN There are only two undelegated top-level country-code domains, aside from those darkened by colonial diktat. One of them, .KP, the TLD of North Korea, is in the tender grip of the Dear Leader — enough said. Western Sahara (.EH) is another matter. The nearest thing they have to a paranoid strongman who hates the Internet is a paranoid Moroccan government which bungles the Internet, as ICANN Marrakech attendees can attest. http://domainnamenews.com/icann-policy/a-pre-delegation-re-delegation-fight-at-icann/ BMW Goes After BMW.cat by George Kirikos In one of the first (if not the first) UDRP cases for .cat, the auto giant BMW appears to have filed a WIPO case over the BMW.cat domain name. Other prospective new TLD operators have tried to suggest in ICANN meetings that these new TLDs do not cause problems with cybersquatting or defensive registrations. http://www.circleid.com/posts/bmw_goes_after_bmwcat/ One Wales: Language Coalition proposals on the Welsh language have received a cautious welcome from Cymdeithas yr Iaith Gymraeg, the Welsh Language Society. The One Wales document confirms that the new Assembly Government will seek to confer official status on both the Welsh and English languages, confer linguistic rights in the provision of services and establish the post of Language Commissioner. ... Attempts will also be made to get official language status for Welsh in European institutions. Support will also be given to the dot.cym campaign which seeks to gain domain name status for Wales on the internet. http://icwales.icnetwork.co.uk/0100news/newspolitics/tm_headline=one-wales--language&method=full&objectid=19376178&siteid=50082-name_page.html Spamhaus.org changes nic.at listing (news release) Spamhaus.org has partly removed the originally recorded IP address blocks of nic.at from the spam-block list. However, the text for the existing entries has been expanded, which means that nic.at is still marked as “spam support”. http://www.nic.at/en/uebernic/current_issues/nicat_news/news_view/period/1183024158///article/81/nicat-wehrt-sich-gegen-erpressungsversuch-durch-spamhausorg-1/ CENTR backs APTLD position on Top Level Internationalised Domain Names (news release) CENTR fully supports APLTD’s call to ICANN to implement a limited introduction of top level IDNs rapidly. While recognising that even this fast approach needs to address the concerns related to technical stability of the internet introduction of IDNs, CENTR is hopeful that these issues can be addressed swiftly. https://www.centr.org/docs/2007/06/CENTR_backs_APTLD_position.pdf FICORA has granted its 150,000th fi-domain name (news release) The number of valid fi-domain names has exceeded 150,000. The 150,000th fi-domain name, bsi.fi, was granted to a private person resident in Espoo on 25 June 2007. http://www.ficora.fi/en/index/viestintavirasto/lehdistotiedotteet/2007/P_5.html .eu Awareness campaign launched this week (news release) EURid embarked upon its first .eu awareness campaign. The campaign, that has taken the form of a series of web banners and printed advertisements, will run for 3 weeks in Belgium and the Czech Republic. http://eurid.eu/content/view/217/33/lang,en/ RIPE NCC Membership Hits 5,000 (news release) On 19 June 2007, the RIPE NCC was joined by its 5,000th member, marking a milestone in the history of the Amsterdam based, not-for-profit organisation. http://ripe.net/news/5000-members.html New Supervisory Board and Honorary Executive Board Members at DENIC (news release) The general assembly of DENIC eG has elected a new Supervisory Board on May 3, 2007 in Frankfurt/Main. http://www.denic.de/en/denic/news/news_49.html cn: Shanghai’d Domain Names (reg req'd) Registering a Chinese domain name can be an important step for any company wishing to establish a foothold in the Chinese market. Companies considering Chinese domain name registration need to be aware of Chinese registration and administration practices to ensure that their domain name is properly registered and receives protection. http://mondaq.com/i_article.asp?articleid=49812 Nigeria’s internet domain down Internet websites ending with Nigeria’s ccTLD name, .ng, could not be accessed yesterday. Websites affected by the problem include major Nigeria sites such as Nigerian Communications Commission website, www.ncc.gov.ng; the National Information Technology Development Agency site, www.nitda.gov.ng and ministry of science and technology website; www.fmst.gov.ng http://punchng.com/Articl.aspx?theartic=Art20070628233245 7 TLD Registries Announced a Declaration toward a Harmonized Information Society >From 14 to 15 June, 2007, the following seven (7) TLD name registries gathered >in Beijing, China. The registries were CNNIC, DENIC, JPRS, NIDA(.kr), NeuStar, >Nominet, SGNIC. At the meeting, they exchanged information with each other and >agreed that they, as the TLD registries, would continue to cooperate for >contributing to building a sound information society. As a result, the >participating representatives signed the following declaration: "We, the >representative of TLD registries, have gathered in Beijing, China from 14 to >15 June, 2007, and declare our common desire and commitment to increased >dialogue and sharing of best practice to contribute to building a harmonious >information society." http://jprs.co.jp/en/topics/070628.html Translation of "JP Domain Name Registry Report 2006" Posted JPRS posted English translation of "JP Domain Name Registry Report 2006." This is an annual report for 2006, briefing that year's activities performed by JPRS, in relation to its management and administration of .JP TLD. http://jprs.co.jp/en/topics/070601.html Annual Report 2006 of DNS BE The DNS BE Annual Report 2006 is now available in three languages. http://www.dns.be/en/home.php?n=406 ********************** - DOMAIN SALES ********************** Website founder to gain £200m in float A 39-year old university dropout who started a price comparison website in 1998 is expected to pocket around £200m in cash after the company, Moneysupermarket.com, said it plans to float on the stock market. http://money.guardian.co.uk/news_/story/0,,2115437,00.html How to Improve Upon Record-Breaking Domain Name Auction Moniker’s latest domain name auction is over and pulled in over $10M in domains. How can Moniker take it to the next level? http://domainnamewire.com/2007/06/28/how-to-improve-upon-record-breaking-domain-name-auction/ Attack of the 100,000 Domains Your portfolio may be diversified with just a handful of stocks, but don't go telling that to Marchex. The company has a domain name portfolio of more than 200,000 Web addresses -- good ones like debts.com, resorts.org, cuisine.com, and locksmiths.com -- and it knows that it can monetize them a little better. http://www.fool.com/investing/high-growth/2007/06/28/attack-of-the-100000-domains.aspx ********************** - MISCELLANEOUS ********************** Something for the Weekend..part one by Kieren McCarthy The theft of the sex.com domain name is an extrordinary tale of duplicity, greed and incompetence. Former Techworld news editor, Kieren Mccarthy's best-selling book sets out the whole sorry story. Read the first of our exclusive extracts here. http://techworld.com/security/news/index.cfm?newsid=9255 Something for the weekend ...part 2 by Kieren McCarthy Everyone knows or has met someone who is able to get seemingly impossible things done, from finding some luxury item in the middle of nowhere, to persuading someone to do something out of the ordinary, often against their better judgment. http://techworld.com/news/index.cfm?NewsID=9334 ********************** - NON-ENGLISH NEWS ********************** Hoffen auf die ICANN: Wann kommen die GeoTLDs? Das Unternehmen dotBerlin hofft darauf eines Tages die TLD ".berlin" verwalten zu können. Gemeinsam mit anderen potentiellen Bewerbern für TLDs mit geografischem Bezug (GeoTLDs, gTLDs) hat dotBerlin laut eigenen Angaben nun die ICANN aufgefordert, "den seit Ende 2005 laufenden Prozess für die Einführung neuer TLDs bald zu beenden und mit der Entgegennahme von entsprechenden Bewerbungen zu beginnen." http://golem.de/0706/53201.html http://pc-magazin.de/common/nws/einemeldung.php?id=52984 http://internet-magazin.de/common/nws/einemeldung.php?id=52984 Initiativen für GeoTLDs machen gemeinsam Druck auf ICANN Auf dem 29. Meeting der ICANN, das vom 25. – 29. Juni in San Juan in Puerto Rico stattfindet, hat eine Reihe potentieller Bewerber für neue TLDs mit geografischem Bezug (GeoTLDs) die Organisation aufgefordert, den seit Ende 2005 laufenden Prozess für die Einführung neuer TLDs bald zu beenden und mit der Entgegennahme von entsprechenden Bewerbungen zu beginnen. Die öffentliche Sitzung des ICANN-Vorstands am 28. Juni nahmen Vertreter der Initiativen für .cym (Wales), .gal (Galizien), .nyc (New York City), .paris (Paris) und .berlin (Berlin) zum Anlass, an den ICANN-Vorstand sowie ICANN selbst zu appellieren, dafür eine verbindliche Zeitplanung vorzulegen. Mit neuen TLDs kommt ICANN seiner Aufgabe nach, den Namensraum im Internet zu erweitern. http://www.portel.de/nc/nachricht/artikel/15203-initiativen-fuer-geotlds-machen-gemeinsam-druck-auf-icann/ ICANN legt sich für rasche Migration zu IPv6 ins Zeug Zwischen 2009 und 2011 wird die IANA die letzten IPv4-Nummernblöcke vergeben. Danach gibt es keine solchen Nummern nach Internet Protocol Version 4 mehr. Die ICANN folgte daher bei ihrem gestern beendeten Treffen dem Wunsch der IP-Adressverwalter (Regional Internet Registries, RIRs) und verabschiedete eine Resolution zur raschen Migration. ICANN hat sich dabei zunächst einmal verpflichtet, mit einem gewissen Teil des Budgets für 2008 von immerhin 41,6 Millionen US-Dollar (PDF) für die Migration zum Nachfolgeprotokoll IPv6 zu werben. http://www.heise.de/newsticker/meldung/92004 Neue Domain-Endung .asia startet im Oktober 2007 Die für die Vergabe neuer TLD zuständige ICANN hat die Einführung von ".asia" beschlossen. Schon ab Oktober können Regierungen und die Inhaber von Markennamen Domains mit der neuen Endung registrieren. Ab 2008 können dann auch Privatpersonen .asia nutzen. http://www.winfuture.de/news,32656.html Kritiker befürchten Zensur schon im Kern des Internet Regulierung der Inhalte durch die Hintertür ist eines der großen Bedenken gegen das neue Regelwerk zur Einführung weiterer Adresszonen in das Domain Name System. Bei einem von den Privatnutzer-Gremien innerhalb der Internet-Verwaltung Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) organisierten Workshop im Rahmen des ICANN-Treffens in San Juan, Puerto Rico, kündigten Aktivisten eine Kampagne unter dem Motto "Keep the Core Neutral" an. Rund 70 Organisationen und Privatnutzer aus aller Welt haben die Petition an ICANN bereits unterzeichnet. http://www.heise.de/newsticker/meldung/91919 Icann: indirizzi Internet verso la svolta multilingua L'autorità statunitense che gestisce i domini della Rete, sta vagliando le opportunità per introdurre nuove estensioni di dominio in caratteri non latini, per dare più spazio agli utenti asiatici http://mytech.it/internet/articolo/idA028001069046.art Le procès de la monétisation des noms de domaine est lancé Oversee, Sedo, Dotster, Ireit et Google sont les cinq défendeurs d'une class action qui vient d'être lancée aux Etats-Unis. Google Inc. est attaquée en raison de la fourniture de services publicitaires au moyen de liens contextuels associés à des noms de domaine. Oversee, Sedo et Dotster sont quant à elles assignées pour faire usage de ces liens dans les services de parking de noms qu'elles offrent. http://domaine.blogspot.com/2007/07/le-procs-de-la-montisation-des-noms-de.html Des millions pour une bonne adresse Le prix des noms de domaine repart à la hausse, avec des transactions parfois au-delà du million de dollars américains. http://technaute.lapresseaffaires.com/nouvelles/texte_complet.php?id=81,12399,0,062007,1364223.html http://www.pcinpact.com/actu/news/37339-extension-noms-de-domaine-inflation.htm ca: dotMobi, CWTA to Advance Mobile Internet (news release) The dotMobi Advisory Group (MAG) and the Canadian Wireless Telecommunications Association (CWTA) have signed an industry alliance memorandum, pledging to support each other’s mobile Internet commercialization initiatives. http://internetcommunications.tmcnet.com/topics/broadband-mobile/articles/8049-dotmobi-cwta-advance-mobile-internet.htm Proponen crear el dominio de Internet ".lat" para latinos Unos 800 expertos en dominios de Internet de 90 países participan en un congreso de la Corporación de Internet para los Nombres y Números Asignados (ICANN) en el que exploran la posibilidad de crear el dominio ".lat" para latinos. http://laraza.com/news.php?nid=44760 Reta la política pública al desarrollo de la red Los retos que enfrentará el desarrollo de internet en el futuro serán más en el campo de la política pública que en el tecnológico. http://endi.com/noticia/negocios/noticias/reta_la_politica_publica_al_desarrollo_de_la_red/238825 Story in Japanese on .asia http://www.itmedia.co.jp/news/articles/0706/29/news062.html +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 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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