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Headlines from the 9 August edition of the news include:
us: Web address bill by Sen. Little will become law - prevents cybersquatting
personal/business names | Estonian Cyber-War Highlights Civilian
Vulnerabilities | ICANN spreads love, opens bosom to all | Aussie Labor party
sparks cyber land grab | He sells employer's Web name, takes off with stripper
| Cybersquatting: Global problem, local solutions | CitizenHawk TypoAlert:
Cybersquatting on Celebrity Names is Big Business | ICANN Takes a Lick at
Domain Tasting by Larry Seltzer | Pharmacy.com for Sale, for US$50m?
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Close down the internet? Think again, Sir Elton
http://www.guardian.co.uk/g2/story/0,,2139696,00.html
Fellowships to Ensure Global Voices Heard at ICANN
http://icann.org/announcements/announcement-02aug07.htm
New Monthly Magazine Provides the Inside Scoop on ICANN
http://icann.org/announcements/announcement-03aug07.htm
ARIN Confirms IP Address Distribution Practices; Policies Do Not Encourage
Profit-driven Speculation [news release]
http://arin.net/media/releases/200701August_Release.pdf
ARIN Statement on the Future of Addressing Policy by Patrik Fältström
http://www.circleid.com/posts/arin_statement_addressing_policy/
ca: CIRA Launches Search for New CEO
http://cira.ca/news-releases/206.html
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Close down the internet? Think again, Sir Elton
Sir Elton John has seen the internet, and he wants to turn it off. "I do think
it would be an incredible experiment," he says, "to shut down the internet for
five years and see what sort of art is produced in that span." While this
statement demonstrates an admirable grasp of the way the whole thing works, it
is just possible that Sir Elton has not considered all the implications of his
daring five-year plan. Doesn't he realise what would happen?
http://www.guardian.co.uk/g2/story/0,,2139696,00.html
Elton John Blasts the Internet
Rocket Man Elton John is wading into waters he doesn't admit to knowing much
about -- the Internet. As reported in the London tabloid, The Sun, Sir Elton
suggests that the Internet is destroying music. "The Internet has stopped
people from going out and being with each other, creating stuff," wrote John in
a bylined story in The Sun.
http://www.pcworld.com/article/id,135455-c,internetnetworking/article.html
http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2007/08/02/1185648044623.html
http://www.vnunet.com/vnunet/news/2195512/elton-john-calls-closure
Public internet threatened by private telcos
What will the internet look like in 20 years? No one knows. But this morning at
the Stanford Summit, an annual tech industry conference in Palo Alto, a panel
of Silicon Valley experts laid down a few guesses.
The trio of big-name panelists - Sun Microsystems co-founder Andy Bechtolsheim,
HP personal systems group CTO Phil McKinney, and Stanford University electrical
engineering and computer science professor Nick McKeown - refused to make any
bold predictions, as big-name panelists so often refuse to do. But they did
highlight what they see as the obvious internet trouble spots sure to spark
major change over the next several years.
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2007/08/02/internet_government_regulated_monopoly/
RIPE NCC Awarded Special Status from United Nations [news release]
The RIPE NCC has been awarded Special Consultative Status by the Economic and
Social Council of the United Nations. With this consultative status, the RIPE
NCC can designate official representatives to help advise the United Nations on
issues related to Internet number resource management and the technical
coordination of the Internet.
http://ripe.net/news/ngo.html
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Web Browser Attack Skirts Corporate Firewall
A 10-year-old security problem has come back to haunt corporate IT, a security
researcher told an audience at the Black Hat conference in Las Vegas Wednesday.
Dan Kaminsky, director of penetration testing for IO Active Inc., showed how
problems in the way browser software works with the Internet's domain name
system could be exploited to give attackers access to any resources behind the
corporate firewall.
http://www.pcworld.com/article/id,135383-pg,1/article.html
http://computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&articleId=9028726
Understanding and Combating Rock Phishing
In 2005, a particularly nefarious group of phishers came to be known as the
"Rock Phish Gang." The name comes from the fact that early versions of their
phishing attacks included the word "rock" in the URL. The text is no longer
present in their attacks, but the rock phish gang is still out there and
continues to be a formidable menace to banks and other organizations.
http://technewsworld.com/story/58648.html
http://crmbuyer.com/story/MmH9YcBLkvF8eQ/Understanding-and-Combating-Rock-Phishing.xhtml
The Coalition Against Domain Name Abuse seeks to disable Cybersquatting
... Well-known companies such as Dell Inc., Yahoo Inc. and Marriott
International Inc. are lobbying Congress for tougher laws targeting online
scammers who profit from their brand names.
http://americanchronicle.com/articles/viewArticle.asp?articleID=34128
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Fellowships to Ensure Global Voices Heard at ICANN
More voices from across the globe will be heard at ICANN's 30th International
Public Meeting in Los Angeles later this year thanks to the global fellowships
program being launched today.
http://icann.org/announcements/announcement-02aug07.htm
New Monthly Magazine Provides the Inside Scoop on ICANN
ICANN launched a new magazine that will provide all the latest news and
developments within the organization to online subscribers. Produced monthly,
each issue will review recent developments in policy topics, provide details of
recent Board meetings, the latest news from around the world, and other
developments within the organization, complete with links to further resources.
http://icann.org/announcements/announcement-03aug07.htm
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ARIN Confirms IP Address Distribution Practices; Policies Do Not Encourage
Profit-driven Speculation [news release]
The American Registry for Internet Numbers Board of Trustees released a
statement today that assures ARIN will continue to facilitate the policy
development process that defines how Internet Protocol (IP) addresses are
distributed in its region, and also reaffirms that ARINs policies do not
encourage profit-driven speculation in IP addresses.
http://arin.net/media/releases/200701August_Release.pdf
Statement of ARIN's Board of Trustees regarding future Internet address policy
in the ARIN region
The global Internet requires numeric addresses for the routing of
communications traffic. These addresses are necessarily finite in nature and
have been defined in two groups. One group, called Internet Protocol version
4, or IPv4, was defined in 1979 as a pool of approximately 4,300,000,000
addresses. In anticipation of the Internet growing larger than can be
accommodated by the IPv4 pool, a second group, called Internet Protocol
version 6, or IPv6, was defined in 1995 as a pool of approximately
340,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 addresses, an address space
billions upon billions of times larger.
http://arin.net/media/200701August_Statement.pdf
ARIN Statement on the Future of Addressing Policy by Patrik Fältström
ARIN has just released a statement on the future of addressing policy.
Specifically addressing the future of IPv4 addressing. What ARIN does is to
emphasize the current policies and say they will be enforced even stronger than
today if needed. I.e. there is no announcement of a change in policy.
http://www.circleid.com/posts/arin_statement_addressing_policy/
IP address shortage to limit Internet access
The seemingly boundless Internet is running out of a key resource: new IP
addresses. The evaporating supply of new addresses which some estimates say
could dry up in about three years could drive up the price of Internet access
as well as disrupt the growth and performance of the network, warn some
experts. Worried that opportunists will hoard addresses to speculatively sell
them, the organization responsible for handing out addresses in North America
announced Wednesday that it would try to regulate the emerging trade.
http://www.csmonitor.com/2007/0803/p02s01-ussc.html
http://www.usatoday.com/tech/webguide/internetlife/2007-08-03-ip-shortage_N.htm
Internet addresses will soon run out
The internet is running out of a key resource: new IP addresses. IP addresses
allow machines in homes and offices to locate and communicate with one another
over the global network.
http://www.calcuttanews.net/story/270917
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auDA publishes interim policy on use of wildcard DNS records in .au
auDA has published an Interim Policy on Use of Wildcard DNS Records in .au. The
interim policy is based on the findings and recommendations of the ICANN
Security and Stability Advisory Committee (ICANN SSAC), contained in its report
Redirection in the Com and Net Domains, 9 July 2004. The interim policy will
apply pending advice to the auDA Board from the auDA Stability and Security
Advisory Committee (auDA SSAC).
http://auda.org.au/news.php?newsid=379
Berlin senate will not support the Berlin domain .berlin
The Berlin senate will not support the TLD .berlin, which is being promoted and
planned by the company dotBerlin GmBH. The new TLD is designed to provide a
home for Berlin-based companies, associations and citizens of the metropolis.
"With the new namespace .berlin we'll create a regional identity for the Berlin
community," the initiators of the campaign write in English on their homepage.
The Mayor of Berlin Klaus Wowereit (Social Democratic Party; SPD) fears that
this might lead to an undue blurring of the public and private realms. In his
response to a parliamentary question by the parliamentary group of the
opposition Free Democratic Party he is, according to the German news agency
dpa, said to have stated that the senate did not intend to promote competition
to berlin.de, which the senate supports.
http://www.heise.de/english/newsticker/news/93776
ca: CIRA Launches Search for New CEO
The Canadian Internet Registration Authority (CIRA) announced today that
founding CEO Bernard Turcotte will leave CIRA later this year and that CIRA is
launching a nation-wide search for the best candidate to succeed him.
http://cira.ca/news-releases/206.html
Allen & Overy represent EURid in all .eu conflicts
Allen & Overy Belgium advised EURid to manage the registration of ".eu" domain
names. After having assisted EURid in the drafting of the regulatory framework
(registrar agreements, .eu terms and conditions, Sunrise Rules etc), we are
representing EURid in all conflicts resulting from the successful launch of the
.eu top level domain.
http://www.allenovery.com/AOWEB/Knowledge/Editorial.aspx?contentTypeID=1&itemID=33494
fr: The AFNIC Articles of Association will change starting January 1st, 2008
[news release]
During the extraordinary General Assembly that was held on the 15th of June
2007, the members of the AFNIC have voted that the Articles of the association
should be modified. This change will affect the membership and/or collaboration
modalities for persons and organizations that wish to participate to the life
of the association, work to develop ccTLDs it manages or offer specific
partnerships.
http://www.afnic.fr/actu/nouvelles/general/NN20070730?PHPSESSID=8d4a81e560517542bf5f434a3edaae69
no: Introduction of numeric domains: Evaluation (in Norwegian)
http://www.norid.no/regelverk/forslag/nummer-2006/evaluering-nummer.html
nz: The Browser - July 2007
The July 2007 edition of The Browser, InternetNZ's monthly magazine, is now
available. Topics include update on AGM, InternetNZ on NZ's banking code and
highlights from the Domain Name Commissioner's annual report.
http://internetnz.net.nz/media/browser/
.SE launches domain names in Swedish minority languages [news release]
.SE (the Internet Infrastructure Foundation) launches the possibility to
register domain names in all the official minority languages, as stated by
Swedish law. In addition to the minority languages Finnish, Meänkieli, Sami,
Romani and Yiddish, it will be possible to use the special characters of all
the other Nordic countries, i.e. Danish, Norwegian, Faroe and Icelandic, in .se
domains. The sunrise period for the new IDN (Internationalised Domain Names)
starts July 4, 2007.
http://iis.se/english/nyheter/news/2007-05-14?lang=en
uk: Nominet Second Governance Consultation
Nominet is now starting their second Governance consultation, which will last 3
months, from 31 July to 31 October.
http://www.nominet.org.uk/news/latest/?contentId=4264
Scottsdale's Go Daddy going for '.us' contract
Now that Go Daddy Group Inc. has made a name for itself among millions of
Internet users, it thinks it can do the same for ".us."
http://www.azcentral.com/business/articles/0803biz-godaddy0804-ON.html
usTLD should realize its pent up potential
Brian Cute, Director of usTLD Development for Alliance Registry summarizes the
press conference from July 31, 2007 and discusses why usTLD, America's
sovereign space on the Internet, should benefit from renewed competition and a
new administrator.
http://dnalliance.us/archives/000036.html
Workshop to launch of publication consultation for.za policy & procedures
The .za Domain Name Authority has organised a workshop to launch the public
consultation process for the .za domain policy & procedures.
http://zadna.org.za/
Proposed amendments to .za DNA memo & articles
.za DNA has recently completed discussions with the Department of
Communications about amendments proposed to its current memo and articles of
association. The amendments are intended amongst other things to more clearly
define .za DNA powers and align them to the provisions of the Chapter X of the
ECT Act. The final document has recently been submitted to the Minister of
Communications for her approval, as per the Act.
http://zadna.org.za/policy.html
Bringing a New Top-Level Domain to Life by Michele Neylon
One of the key elements in any domain space is usage. It doesn't matter how
potentially "cool" or "interesting" a TLD is if nobody is actually using it to
provide content. It may be overused and totally abused, but "content is king"!
The guys in dotMobi posted yesterday about some of the more interesting domains
that they had come across recently. What did that lead to? Well I actually got
out my phone and browsed the sites to see what all the fuss was about and I was
truly impressed.
http://www.circleid.com/posts/070803_bringing_new_top_level_domain/
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WIPO Advanced Workshop on Domain Name Dispute Resolution: Update on Practices
and Precedents - October 2007
Encouraged by the success of the previous two editions, the Center plans to
hold its third Advanced Workshop on Domain Name Dispute Resolution in Geneva on
Thursday, October 18 and Friday, October 19, 2007. ... The Advanced Workshop
will focus mainly on the trends of UDRP decisions with regard to the most
important substantive and procedural issues. Thus, in addition to those wishing
to gain insight into the UDRP mechanism, this Advanced Workshop is of
particular interest to those who have been or who may become involved in UDRP
proceedings. The Advanced Workshop also represents an opportunity for
registrars and ccTLD administrators to increase their knowledge of UDRP
decisions.
http://www.wipo.int/amc/en/events/workshops/2007/domainname/index.html
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Social Operating System: Connecting Domains and Social Media
Wired Magazine defines social operating system as a platform for online
living; a social network such as MySpace that seamlessly integrates activities
including entertainment and shopping. But Jon Udell points out that MySpace is
not Your Space. He envisions a future in which each child would receive his or
her own chunk of managed storage at birth. These virtual containers would be
home to everything from baby pictures to grown-up blog posts. Of course, wed
want the ability for Bobs Space to connect with Janes Space - suppose they
are siblings starring in the same family vacation video, or co-authors of a
research report?
http://www.circleid.com/posts/social_operating_system_domain_names/
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Why Is There No Transparency for Domain Parking Ads?
Google Adwords placement reports are purposely vague about ads on parked domain
names, but why?
http://domainnamewire.com/2007/08/03/why-is-there-no-transparency-for-domain-parking-ads/
Domain name gold rush hits cyberland [originally in The Boston Globe]
The web addresses businesses and people online call home have spawned the
equivalent of a real estate boom in the real world with speculators,
appraisers, developers and brokers turning the names typed in navigation bars
into hefty profits.
http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2007/08/03/1185648143743.html
http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2007/08/03/1185648154327.html
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Moniker Internext Expo Live Domain Auction Results
Moniker's Internext Expo Live Domain Auction for adult domains has concluded
with the top sale going to LatinPussy.com for US$135,000. Other $50,000+ sales
included Spicy.com ($81,000), Chubby.com ($65,000), GayBondage.com ($60,000)
and SexMachine.com ($55,000).
http://marketplacepro.moniker.com/auction/events/142/results.html
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