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********************************************************** Don't forget to check out http://auda.org.au/domain-news/ for today's edition of the complete domain news, including an RSS feed - already online! Headlines from the May 22 edition of the news include: Editorial: Democracy and the Web | ICANN Sends Notice of Breach to Registrar Red Register | Ensuring Global Voices Heard at ICANN Cairo Meeting | Global Survey on Multilingualism in ICANN's Work Now Online | Ghosts of Root Servers Past by David Conrad | .car gTLD Proposal Launched | Australia crumbles under Cyber Storm attack | U.S. military cites growing China space, cyber threat | Global group to provide cyberattack early warnings | Lax ISPs add to Internet security problem | World has to move to IPv6--Vint Cerf | Most Spam Sites Tied to a Handful of Registrars | Working to make the internet safe | Melbourne IT goes beyond its domain | Is America.com a $12m name like Sex.com? And see my website - http://technewsreview.com.au/ - for daily updates in between postings. *************************************************** The domain name news is supported by auDA *************************************************** Cairo Selected to Host ICANN's 33rd International Public Meeting http://icann.org/announcements/announcement-16may08.htm NIST Tool Helps Internet Master Top-level Domains [news release] http://nist.gov/public_affairs/techbeat/tb2008_0513.htm#domains ICANN reforms threaten voice of IP owners http://managingip.com/Article.aspx?ArticleID=1933530 Gov'ts Must Intervene to End IP Address Shortage, Says OECD [IDG] http://www.pcworld.com/businesscenter/article/145925/govts_must_intervene_to_end_ip_address_shortage_says_oecd.html ********************** RESEARCH PAPERS ********************** Governments and business must tackle Internet address shortage together, says OECD [news release] Governments and business must work together more effectively and urgently to meet the growing demand for Internet addresses and secure the future of the Internet economy, according to a new OECD report. With nearly 85% of all available Internet addresses already in use by May 2008, experts believe that, if current trends continue, addresses will run out by 2011. http://www.oecd.org/document/29/0,3343,en_2649_201185_40542045_1_1_1_1,00.html Internet address space: economic considerations in the management of IPv4 and in the deployment of IPv6 With nearly 85% of all available Internet addresses already in use, experts believe that, if current trends continue, Internet addresses will run out by 2011. What next? Will the Internet be able to scale to connect billions of people and devices to the Internet? This new report focuses on possible scenarios and on the need to deploy the newer version of the Internet Protocol, IP version 6 (IPv6). http://www.oecd.org/document/29/0,3343,en_2649_34225_40542045_1_1_1_1,00.html ********************** DOMAIN NAMES ********************** ********************** - ICANN ********************** Cairo Selected to Host ICANN's 33rd International Public Meeting Cairo, Egypt will host the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers' 33rd International Public Meeting from 2-7 November 2008. http://icann.org/announcements/announcement-16may08.htm ICANN Posts Draft FY09 Operating Plan and Budget Each year, from July through December, ICANN's planning cycle calls for creation of the Strategic Plan. At the end of December 2007, the ICANN Board approved ICANN's Strategic Plan. The Strategic Plan is the three-year overview document that describes the strategic priorities for ICANN. http://icann.org/announcements/announcement-17may08.htm NIST Tool Helps Internet Master Top-level Domains [news release] At the request of a worldwide Internet organization, a computer scientist at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) developed an algorithm that may guide applicants in proposing new “top-level domains”—the last part of an Internet address, such as .com, that people type in navigating the Web. As new top-level domains are added to the familiar .com, .info and .net, the algorithm* checks whether the newly proposed name is confusingly similar to existing ones by looking for visual likenesses in its appearance. Having visually distinct top-level domain names may help avoid confusion in navigating the ever-expanding Internet and combat fraud, by reducing the potential to create malicious look-alikes: .C0M with a zero instead of .COM, for instance. http://nist.gov/public_affairs/techbeat/tb2008_0513.htm#domains New algorithm weeds out malicious look-alike Internet domains [ANI] Experts at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have developed an algorithm that can check whether a proposed domain, the last part of an Internet address like .com, is confusingly similar to existing ones by looking for visual likenesses in its appearance. http://www.newkerala.com/one.php?action=fullnews&id=61642 http://www.thaindian.com/newsportal/health/new-algorithm-weeds-out-malicious-look-alike-internet-domains_10049896.html http://www.thecheers.org/news/Science/news_23988_New-algorithm-weeds-out-malicious-look-alike-Internet-domains.html ICANN reforms threaten voice of IP owners IP owners risk losing influence within ICANN, the not-for-profit body that regulates Internet domain names, under contentious proposals now being considered to restructure the organization http://managingip.com/Article.aspx?ArticleID=1933530 ********************** - ccTLD & gTLD NEWS ********************** .Asia Sunrise and Landrush Auctions Integrity Uncompromised [news release] In response to recent allegations against DotAsia and auction services provider Pool.com, DotAsia issued a statement yesterday clarifying false claims that inappropriate behaviour by DotAsia has affected ongoing .Asia Sunrise and Landrush Auctions. http://dotasia.org/pressreleases/DotAsia-PR-2008-05-15.html .ME Selects Deloitte to Perform Audit of Applications for Sunrise Registrations [news release] The .ME Registry ( a dba of doMEn d.o.o.,) the official registry operator for the new .ME domain name extension, announced that it has selected Deloitte Enterprise Risk Services and the Deloitte aligned law firm of Laga to provide audit services for its Sunrise pre-registration period for intellectual property holders. http://www.nic.me/index.php?page=12&news=85 ICANN Approves RegistryPro Proposal to Expand the .Pro TLD RegistryPro ... has received approval from ... ICANN to greatly expand the scope and availability of the .Pro TLD. The newly ratified terms of service increases the number of professionals who are eligible for the TLD, extends the availability globally, and streamlines the registration process. http://www.digit-life.com/archive.shtml?2008/0514 "Dotsport" Trademark Application A trademark application for "dotsport" has been made by Patrick Vande Walle to the Office for Harmonization in the Internal Market. While there is not much information available, could this be the prelude to an application for a .sport gTLD application? http://technewsreview.com.au/article.php?article=4969 http://www.domainpulse.com/2008/05/18/dotsport-trademark-application/ http://www.domainnews.com/en/general/dotsport-trademark-application.html ********************** - DNS SECURITY ********************** Spain arrests 'prolific' hackers Spanish police have arrested five hackers they describe as being among the most active on the internet. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/7406260.stm ********************** - DOMAIN DISPUTES ********************** us: Baylor Bears Go Hunting for Baylor.com Baylor University, a Christian school in Waco, Texas, has filed a UDRP arbitration to get the domain name Baylor.com. The school’s official web address is Baylor.edu. http://domainnamewire.com/2008/05/16/baylor-bears-go-hunting-for-baylorcom/ Cybersquatter using Bharti domain names restrained The Delhi high court has restrained a cybersquatter from using the domain names bhartiwalmart.in and bharti-wal-mart.com. http://www.livemint.com/2008/05/19012344/Cybersquatter-using-Bharti-dom.html ********************** - IPv4/IPv6 ********************** Gov'ts Must Intervene to End IP Address Shortage, Says OECD [IDG] Businesses alone are not doing enough to avert an impending shortage of Internet Protocol addresses, and governments must work with them to secure the future of the Internet economy, according to a report published Thursday by the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development. http://www.pcworld.com/businesscenter/article/145925/govts_must_intervene_to_end_ip_address_shortage_says_oecd.html OECD warns on net address change Slow progress on the net's new addressing system risks breaking it into regional blocks, warns the OECD. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/7404596.stm Internet may run out of addresses by 2011, warns OECD The internet could run out of addresses by 2011, cutting off access to new users and stifling creativity across the globe, unless governments step up their investment, the OECD warned today. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/money/main.jhtml?xml=/money/2008/05/15/bcninternet1.xml OECD notes IPv4 depletion, nudges governments towards IPv6 In preparation for the OECD ministerial meeting titled "The Future of the Internet Economy" in Seoul next month, the OECD released a report analyzing the rapid depletion of IPv4 addresses. The report cites the commonly held wisdom that addresses for the currently used version of the Internet Protocol (IP) will run out at some time in 2011. With that in mind, the authors recognize that, if we have to choose among wider use of NAT, allowing for address trading, and adopting IPv6, the latter is the only option that works in the long run. http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20080515-oecd-notes-ipv4-depletion-nudges-governments-towards-ipv6.html World economy group gives IPv6 big push The OECD sounded an alarm bell yesterday over the rapid depletion of IPv4 internet addresses and gave the IPv6 protocol another push. http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/05/16/oecd_ipv6_report/ Is Enough Progress being Made on IPv6? IPv6 is the corporate and government version of exercising and eating vegetables: Everyone agrees it’s a good thing, but somehow most find a way to put it off. Despite the stark reality that the Internet is running out of addresses under the old scheme — IPv4 — momentum toward the new approach has been marginal. http://www.itbusinessedge.com/blogs/cip/?p=341 ********************** - MISCELLANEOUS ********************** INTA meeting in Berlin this week The International Trademark Association is holding its 130th annual meeting in Berlin starting this weekend. http://domainesinfo.fr/english/202/inta-meeting-in-berlin-this-week.php Internet Law - Domain Names and Dilusion of Trademarks The case of E. & J. Gallo Winery v. Spider Webs Ltd, considered the issue of dilution of a trademark through the use of domain names. In this case, plaintiff, a holder of a trademark, sued defendant under the Anti-Cyber Squatting Act and under Texas Anti-delusion and Trademark Law. The case was decided in 2002 and became one of the first cases in applying ("ACPA") together with state intellectual property laws. http://www.ibls.com/internet_law_news_portal_view.aspx?s=articles&id=20812F6F-2C05-42E4-B844-2AE8343769B3 Using Maths To Sort Out TLD Confusion Stephane's latest post talks about an attempt to use a mathematical algorithm to help decide on which TLDs to allow in the future. http://www.isquattedyour.eu/2008/05/15/using-maths-to-sort-out-tld-confusion/ DNS Trouble Knocks NSA off Internet A server problem at the U.S. National Security Agency has knocked the secretive intelligence agency off the Internet. http://www.pcworld.com/article/id,145945-c,security/article.html DNS gaffe leaves spy agency totally under cover The unavailability of the US National Security Agency website on Thursday has been linked to misconfigured DNS (Domain Name System) servers. http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/05/16/nsa_dns_glitch/ VeriSign will not revive Site Finder despite patent VeriSign has claimed it will not resurrect its controversial URL-typo redirection service, after it was awarded a patent for the idea. http://news.zdnet.co.uk/internet/0,1000000097,39418763,00.htm ********************** - DOMAINING & AFTERMARKET ********************** The Domain Game Books Releases Soon Wall Street Journal reporter David Kesmodel’s book about the domain industry, “The Domain Game”, will be released soon. He just launched a web site about the book at theDomainGame.org. http://domainnamewire.com/2008/05/18/the-domain-game-books-releases-soon/ Domain Development is harder than Domain Parking Leonard Holmes of ParkQuick details the trials and tribulations of domain development. Are you getting tired of parking domains? Are you serious about developing? http://domainnamewire.com/2008/05/17/domain-development-is-harder-than-domain-parking/ Jobs.ca Changes Hands in Blockbuster Deal That Ranks Among the Year's Ten Biggest Domain Sales Jobs.ca takes the spotlight this week after being sold for $600,000 in the biggest Canadian country code sale ever reported. Ogopogo Media purchased the domain from Montreal's Domed Technologies Inc. Ogopogo's founders, Shaun Pilfold and Robert Montgomery are well known in domain circles. I had more about this deal in a post in our Lowdown section Tuesday morning (May 6). http://dnjournal.com/archive/domainsales/2008/domainsales05-13-08.htm CNET Staffers Happy to be CBS Employees CNET staffers are joking that CBS bought their company purely for the coveted News.com domain name. But nobody is complaining about the windfall. http://www.wired.com/techbiz/media/news/2008/05/cbs_cnet_insiders Israel.com: Bidding Starts At $5.5 Million Moniker.com plans to part with a number of domain names at auction on May 23rd. One of the domains will be Israel.com, with the highest starting bid in the group. http://www.webpronews.com/topnews/2008/05/15/israelcom-bidding-starts-at-55-million Domain Flipping Covered by Local Jacksonville TV Station First Coast News covers domain flipping and the story of Natalie Williams a Jacksonville, Florida resident who has gone from a single income family on welfare to owning a home and 2 cars by flipping domains, pulling in as much as $2500 a month. http://www.domainnamenews.com/domain-aftermarket/domain-flipping-covered-by-local-jacksonville-tv-station/1583 Ask.com Tries Again (and Not Just With Women) Ask.com is not giving up on its quest to compete with the big search engines. Ask.com, owned by Barry Diller’s IAC/InterActiveCorp, plans to announce Thursday that it has agreed to acquire privately held Lexico, which owns Dictionary.com, as well as Thesaurus.com and Reference.com. Ask.com’s new chief executive, Jim Safka, declined to disclose terms of the deal. Last year, Lexico had agreed to be acquired by the owner of Answers.com for $100 million in cash, but the deal fell through. A person with knowledge of the transaction said Ask.com would be paying roughly that amount. http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/05/15/askcom-tries-again-and-not-just-with-women/ Ask.com to acquire Lexico Publishing Search firm Ask.com is to acquire Lexico Publishing Group which owns Dictionary.com, Thesaurus.com and Reference.com. http://www.vnunet.com/vnunet/news/2216752/ask-com-acquire-lexico ********************** - NON-ENGLISH NEWS ********************** OECD warnt vor zögerlicher Übernahme des IPv6-Standards Die langsamen Fortschritte bei der Übernahme des künftigen Internet-Standards IPv6 könnten das globale Netz in regionale Blöcke aufspalten, meint die Organisation für wirtschaftliche Zusammenarbeit und Entwicklung (OECD). Diese Situation könnte entstehen, wenn Staaten das IPv6-Protokoll unterschiedlich schnell einführen. http://www.heise.de/newsticker/OECD-warnt-vor-zoegerlicher-Uebernahme-des-IPv6-Standards--/meldung/108017 OECD mahnt zu Umstieg auf IPv6 Die OECD hat in einem Report Regierungen und Wirtschaft aufgefordert, zur Zukunftssicherung der Internetwirtschaft verstärkt zusammenzuarbeiten. Hintergrund ist, dass der aktuell genutzt IPv4-Adressraum (Internet Protocol version 4) für die Kommmunikation im Internet bereits zu fast 85 Prozent erschöpft ist und nach aktuellen Schätzungen 2011 aufgebraucht sein könnte. Die Lösung, so der OECD-Report, sei der Umstieg auf den IPv4-Nachfolger IPv6, der den verfügbaren Adressraum erheblich erweitere. http://www.zdnet.de/news/tkomm/0,39023151,39190932,00.htm Internetadressen werden laut OECD knapp [AFP] Die Organisation für wirtschaftliche Zusammenarbeit und Entwicklung (OECD) warnt davor, dass in drei Jahren keine neuen Internetadressen mehr verfügbar sein könnten. Derzeit seien fast 85 Prozent der verfügbaren Adressen vergeben, erklärte die in Paris ansässige Organisation. http://www.wlz-fz.de/newsroom/medien/art1985,594150 http://www.oberpfalznetz.de/nachrichten/newsmlmmd_2e95bbe7482dc22b14724c1f5ce8a720_3f1_xml-107-Tafp-Swirtschaft,1,0.html Sedo setzt auf On Demand-CRM-Lösung von RightNow Sedo, weltweit größte Handelsplattform für Internet-Domains hat für seinen Customer Service die On-demand-CRM Lösung von RightNow eingeführt. Durch den Einsatz von RightNow kann Sedo seine Kunden schneller und zielgerichteter bedienen. Mit der Verlagerung der Service-Interaktionen auf das Internet wurde das E-Mail-Aufkommen bis zu 55 Prozent reduziert. Gleichzeitig hat sich durch die Einführung der RightNow CRM Lösung auch das bestehende Spam-Problem für Sedo gelöst. Heute vermittelt Sedo seinen Kunden ein durchweg positives und besseres Service-Erlebnis und arbeitet dabei effizienter und kostengünstiger. http://www.umts-report.de/news.php?ida=854267&idc=236 Auswanderung – zieht ICANN um nach Brüssel? Zieht die Internet-Regierung ICANN vom kalifornischen Marina del Rey ins belgische Brüssel? In einer offziellen Anfrage an US-Handelsminister Carlos Gutierrez wollen gleich mehrere Mitglieder des US-Repräsentantenhauses die Zukunft von ICANN geklärt wissen. http://www.domain-recht.de/magazin/domain-news-2008/auswanderung-zieht-icann-um-nach-bruessel-id667192.html Gruppe nach 21.000 Web-Attacken in Haft Die spanische Polizei hat fünf Computerkriminelle festgenommen, die in den vergangenen zwei Jahren insgesamt 21.000 Websites angegriffen haben sollen. http://futurezone.orf.at/it/stories/278616/ Un algorithme pour trouver de nouvelles extensions ? On en apprend de belles sur les sites des développeurs en informatique. Ainsi l'ICANN aurait demandé à Paul Black, un informaticien américain, de lui construire un algorithme pour tester la "dangerosité" d'éventuelles nouvelles extensions. http://stephanevangelder.com/archives/81-Un-algorithme-pour-trouver-de-nouvelles-extensions.html La législation russe enfin sur la bonne voie ? La Russie est sur le point de supprimer une disposition légale très controversée car très favorable aux cybersquatteurs. Le cadre juridique tend à s'améliorer mais reste insuffisant. http://domainesinfo.fr/actualite/1528/la-legislation-russe-enfin-sur-la-bonne-voie.php .CR : ouverture à tous le 1er juin 2008 Il reste 15 jours aux détenteurs de sous extensions en .CR (CO.CR, SA.CR…) pour enregistrer prioritairement l'équivalent de leur nom en .CR. http://domainesinfo.fr/extension/1529/costa-rica-cr-ouverture-a-tous-le-1er-juin-2008.php La législation russe enfin sur la bonne voie ? La Russie est sur le point de supprimer une disposition légale très controversée car très favorable aux cybersquatteurs. Le cadre juridique tend à s'améliorer mais reste insuffisant. http://domainesinfo.fr/actualite/1528/la-legislation-russe-enfin-sur-la-bonne-voie.php Saldrá a la venta el nombre de dominio en internet "america.com". El nombre del dominio en internet 'america.com' saldrá a subasta del 22 al 29 de mayo y se espera que alcance un precio de varios millones de dólares, anunció el lunes la empresa Internet Media Consultants de Suiza. http://www.leandrotoscano.com/2008/05/saldr-la-venta-el-nombre-de-dominio-en.html nl: Slibt internet dicht? Een grote internetstoring deze week, alarmerende woorden over een vollopend web. Hoe lang blijft internet nog overeind? http://www.parool.nl/media/2008/MEI/051708-internet.html +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 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 For information on subscriptions to the domain name and/or general internet news please contact me. For archives of postings to the list, see http://lists.technewsreview.com.au/pipermail/technewsreview/. 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