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Headlines from the August 15 edition of the news include: India to Host UN Meet on Internet Governance Focus on Internet for All | ICANN: business should have more say in decisions | .eu registrars are generally satisfied with EURid, but give some suggestions for improvements | US Defense Department puts USAF cyber effort on hold | Online vandalism does not equal cyberwar | Longtime Battle Lines Are Recast In Russia and Georgia's Cyberwar And see my website - http://technewsreview.com.au/ - for daily updates in between postings. *************************************************** The domain name news is supported by auDA *************************************************** ICANN: Updates to New gTLD Program Implementation http://icann.org/en/announcements/announcement-08aug08-en.htm Over 2 Million .biz Domain Names Under Management [news release] http://www.neustarregistry.biz/?q=node/32#j Patch for Web Security Hole Has Leaks of Its Own http://nytimes.com/2008/08/09/technology/09flaw.html DNS creator: It's time to add security http://www.zdnetasia.com/news/security/0,39044215,62044795,00.htm Cyberspace Barrage Preceded Russian Invasion of Georgia http://iht.com/articles/2008/08/12/technology/webcyber.php Georgia Takes a Beating in the Cyberwar With Russia http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/08/11/georgia-takes-a-beating-in-the-cyberwar-with-russia/ VeriSign Reports $68 Million Loss; 87.3 Million .com/.net Domain Names http://technewsreview.com.au/article.php?article=5617 Flipping For Domains http://www.forbes.com/home/2008/08/10/domains-flip-aftermarket-tech-ebiz-cz_cf_0811domains.html ********************** DOMAIN NAMES ********************** ********************** - ICANN ********************** ICANN: Updates to New gTLD Program Implementation Economic Case for Auctions in New gTLDs Paper Released -- During the ICANN meeting in Paris, France, ICANN staff made a commitment to release a paper describing the economic case for auctions as a tiebreaking mechanism for resolving contention among identical or confusingly similar applications for new gTLDs. ICANN is today making the Economic Case for Auctions in New gTLDs paper available so that the community can provide feedback on this element of the forthcoming implementation plan. http://icann.org/en/announcements/announcement-08aug08-en.htm ICANN approves the introduction of internationalized domain names On Thursday 25 June the Board of Directors of ICANN at the closing of its 32 International public meeting in Paris, unanimously approved the introduction of Internationalized Domain Names (IDNs) in the top level of Internet addresses. http://portal.unesco.org/ci/fr/ev.php-URL_ID=27461&URL_DO=DO_TOPIC&URL_SECTION=201.html ICANN study favors auctions for new gTLDs Are auctions the best solution for allocating a new TLD when there are several applicants? A study commissioned by ICANN and now made public says yes. http://domainesinfo.fr/english/217/icann-study-favors-auctions-for-new-gtlds.php ICANN Paints Itself Into a Corner by John Levine ICANN recently commissioned a report from a domain auction company to see whether it would be a good idea to auction TLDs that have multiple applicants. Remarkably, the domain auctioneers came to the conclusion that auctions are a great idea, which they surely are for some people. But are they a good idea for ICANN? And if ICANN admits they can't evaluate competing applications on their merits, how can they keep the process from turning into another speculative land grab? http://www.circleid.com/posts/88117_icann_paints_itself_into_corner/ ICANN to Auction New Generic Top Level Domains by Patrick Vande Walle ICANN has just published a paper from its contractor PowerAuctions LLC, regarding the use of auctions to award new TLD strings in case of contention. I can understand what ICANN wants to avoid. In the past, it has been criticized for using the "beauty contest" model with the redelegation of the .net TLD... However, the auction model is based on the idea that whoever wins the auction will be able to recoup its investment on the sale. http://www.circleid.com/posts/88984_icann_auction_new_top_level_domains/ The US Government Tugs the Reins on ICANN, Again by Milton Mueller About ten days ago the US Commerce Department sent ICANN a letter slapping it upside the head for suggesting in its President's Strategy Committee report that the US might actually keep its 1998 promise to turn over root zone file to ICANN/IANA. On August 1, Commerce sent ICANN another letter, warning ICANN that it had better continue to allow unrestricted public access to personal information in the Whois database. http://blog.internetgovernance.org/blog/_archives/2008/8/6/3827683.html FBI contracting for access to global DNS, Whois information by Brenden Kuerbis The FBI is soliciting vendor proposals to provide one-stop, turn-key access to Internet Zone files, domain WHOIS and DNS records. Posted July 22, with responses due yesterday, the solicitation details a system that would aggregate the data and provide it to the FBI for up to the next 5 years. http://blog.internetgovernance.org/blog/_archives/2008/8/6/3827679.html Root Zone Management Not Transitioning to ICANN, Commerce Declares [sub req'd] BNA’s Electronic Commerce & Law Report reports that the Department of Commerce has no plans approve a transition of the root zone management to the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers. Commerce made the statement in response to a paper published by ICANN suggesting that such a transition may be in the works. https://pubs.bna.com/gatekeeper/signin.html?dl=02w02x02y0026fi6fn9b707e07f09t ********************** - ccTLD & gTLD NEWS ********************** Region-wide Businesses, Events and Initiatives Embrace .Asia Domains [news release] DotAsia Organisation announced today that auction proceeds for the .Asia Sunrise and Landrush auctions reached US$7 Million after surpassing the US$6 Million mark 2 weeks ago. http://dotasia.org/pressreleases/DotAsia-PR-2008-08-04_EN.pdf Over 2 Million .biz Domain Names Under Management [news release] NeuStar announced that two million domain names have been officially registered within the .BIZ Internet domain. NeuStar is the operator and administrator of the .BIZ top-level domain (TLD) registry, and was awarded the contract by ICANN. http://www.neustarregistry.biz/?q=node/32#j New Delegation Policies Approved for .co The Ministry of Communications has advised that new delegation policies were approved on July 30 regarding the delegation of .co domain names. http://www.domainnews.com/en/general/new-delegation-policies-approved-for-.co.html http://www.domainpulse.com/2008/08/08/new-delegation-policies-approved-for-co/ WWW.COOP – New Site Launches on International Co-op Day [news release] On Saturday, July 5, .coop celebrated the 86th International Co-operative Day by turning the switch on a new www.coop site with a focus on providing the answers to the questions that people ask most about .coop. http://www.nic.coop//News/coopNews-125.aspx Welsh Assembly Government to fund campaign to create .cym internet domain The bid to achieve full internet status for Wales has been given a boost following an announcement by the Welsh Assembly Government that it will provide funding to support the campaign. Deputy First Minister Ieuan Wyn Jones has confirmed that the government will back the work of the 'dotCYM' campaign in bidding for a national domain name for Wales on the world-wide web. http://publictechnology.net/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=article&sid=16937 Will xxx.cym be more trusted than xxx.com? "Mr Ieuan Wyn Jones, Wales' Minister for the Economics & Transport, announced on Wednesday morning that the Welsh Assembly Government's would be seeking an internet top level domain for the Welsh linguistic and cultural community in the new round of internet expansion. "Proper Internet status for our nation will open up new marketing opportunities and help promote the Wales brand", said the Minister. http://www.computerweekly.com/blogs/when-it-meets-politics/2008/08/will-xxxcym-be-more-trusted-th.html The AFNIC published its response to the public consultation on the management of the French Internet domains [news release] On April 28th, 2008, the public authorities started a public consultation about the management of French Internet domains: .fr, .re, .gp, .mq, etc. The AFNIC today published the response which it submitted to the authorities. http://www.afnic.fr/actu/nouvelles/general/CP20080704_en Free.nz is the domain name of the game Internet New Zealand held its annual meeting recently. You probably didn't hear about it. Just a bunch of people from across the political spectrum sitting in a room talking about stuff most of us now take for granted. http://www.nzherald.co.nz/section/story.cfm?c_id=5&objectid=10526659 InternetNZ announces publication of Internet history book [news release] InternetNZ (The Internet Society of New Zealand Inc) is pleased to announce the publication of 'Connecting the Clouds - The Internet in New Zealand' - a history of the New Zealand Internet by author and freelance journalist Keith Newman. http://www.internetnz.net.nz/media/2008/historybook Peter Dengate Thrush named InternetNZ Fellow [news release] InternetNZ (the Internet Society of New Zealand Inc) has bestowed its highest honour upon longstanding member Peter Dengate Thrush who was made an InternetNZ Fellow at the Society’s Annual General Meeting last week. http://www.internetnz.net.nz/media/2008/pdt You Need a .Pro! Pre-register now before the Dot-Pro Re-launch [news release] Don’t let just any web address do, get a dot-pro! The dot-pro pre-registrations are taking place now, before the official re-launch on September 8, 2008. At that time, pricing will drop another 50 percent, resulting in a surge of interest in dot-pro domains. To avoid disappointment, EnCirca encourages trademark owners to register their desired names today. Domain names can be registered on a first-come, firstserved basis for just $49 for one year. http://www.encirca.com/html/press/You_Need_A_Pro_Pre_Register_Now_Before_the_Dot-Pro_Relaunch.pdf Soviet Internet Domain Survives – in Obscurity In the culmination of a decades-long debate, the international community has finally recognized the Soviet Union — online, that is. The ISO, or International Organization for Standardization, voted this summer to grant the .su domain the status of exclusively reserved. Previously, all web sites ending in .su were to be phased out by 2042, at the latest. http://www.themoscowtimes.com/article/1009/42/369759.htm keepyour.co.uk renewals campaign [news release] Our renewals advertising campaign starts on Monday 11 August and will be running in print and online media through August and September. http://www.nominet.org.uk/news/latest/?contentId=5537 ********************** - DNS SECURITY ********************** Patch for Web Security Hole Has Leaks of Its Own Faced with the discovery of a serious flaw in the Internet’s workings, computer network administrators around the world have been rushing to fix their systems with a cobbled-together patch. Now it appears that the patch has some gaping holes. http://nytimes.com/2008/08/09/technology/09flaw.html http://www.signonsandiego.com/uniontrib/20080809/news_1b9internet.html http://www.gainesville.com/article/20080809/znyt05/808090308 DNS creator: It's time to add security The man who authored the Domain Name System architecture has called on Internet service providers to secure it on their networks. Following the publication of a fundamental flaw in the Domain Name System (DNS) by security researcher Dan Kaminsky, DNS inventor Paul Mockapetris told ZDNet Asia's sister site ZDNet UK on Thursday that Internet service providers (ISPs) should "take action" and "add more security to DNS". http://news.zdnet.co.uk/security/0,1000000189,39459935,00.htm http://www.zdnetasia.com/news/security/0,39044215,62044795,00.htm Cyberspace Barrage Preceded Russian Invasion of Georgia Weeks before physical bombs started falling on Georgia, a security researcher in suburban Massachusetts was watching an attack against the country in cyberspace. http://nytimes.com/2008/08/13/technology/13cyber.html http://iht.com/articles/2008/08/12/technology/webcyber.php Georgia Takes a Beating in the Cyberwar With Russia Besides the bloody shooting war going on between Georgia and Russia, there’s another, quieter battle going on in cyberspace. http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/08/11/georgia-takes-a-beating-in-the-cyberwar-with-russia/ Georgia accuses Russia of waging 'cyber-war' Georgia today accused Russia of waging a parallel ‘cyber-war’, using hacking techniques to block key Georgian government websites. http://technology.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/tech_and_web/article4508546.ece Estonia, Poland help Georgia fight cyberattacks [IDG] In an intriguing cyberalliance, two Estonian computer experts are scheduled to arrive in Georgia by evening to keep the country's networks running amid an intense military confrontation with Russia. http://computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&articleId=9112399 http://computerworld.co.nz/news.nsf/scrt/BEA47151896EBCEFCC2574A300717880 Russia and Georgia continue attacks--online Researchers studying botnets have reported an increase in attacks on Georgian Web sites, including that of the country's president, within the last two weeks. While the attacks--Web site defacement and denial-of-service packet floods--are reminiscent of the Internet attacks waged against Estonia in May 2007, Jose Nazario, security researcher for Arbor Networks, told CNET News that he's seeing evidence that Georgia is apparently fighting back, attacking at least one Moscow-based newspaper site. http://news.cnet.com/8301-1009_3-10015657-83.html Georgian Government, News Sites Under Cyber Attack The fierce fighting that began last week between Russia and the former Soviet republic of Georgia is being mirrored in a fierce cyber battle between the two countries, according to Georgian officials and third-party observers. http://www.darkreading.com/document.asp?doc_id=161293 Russian hacker 'militia' mobilizes to attack Georgia Security researchers on Tuesday disputed claims that a well-known Russian hacker-hosting network is responsible for cyberattacks against sites belonging to Georgia, the former Soviet republic that has been battling Russian military forces since Friday. http://computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&articleId=9112443 http://computerworld.co.nz/news.nsf/scrt/076B601C9F5F88B4CC2574A30070B0A3 Cyber attacks knock out Georgia's Internet presence Hackers, perhaps affiliated with a well-known Russian criminal network, have attacked and hijacked Web sites belonging to Georgia, the former Soviet republic now in the fourth day of war with Russia, a security researcher claimed Sunday. http://computerworld.com.au/index.php/id;1528065017 http://computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&articleId=9112201 http://computerworld.co.nz/news.nsf/scrt/6F9AC917A2298DF7CC2574A200715DAC Russian hackers continue attacks on Georgian sites [AP] Attacks by Russian hackers against Georgian Web sites, including one hosted in the United States, continued Tuesday even as Russian President Dmitri Medvedev ordered a halt to hostilities against Georgia. http://news.smh.com.au/technology/russian-hackers-continue-attacks-on-georgian-sites-20080812-3tpo.html http://news.theage.com.au/technology/russian-hackers-continue-attacks-on-georgian-sites-20080812-3tpo.html http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/T/TEC_GEORGIA_INTERNET Black Hat conference spotlights virtualization, DNS issues The 12th Black Hat conference convened at Caesar's Palace, where the 4,500 attendees (a 12.5 percent increase over last year) heard about the security problems that will plague virtualized environments, why Cisco routers are more of a hacker target than ever, and a detailed explanation of DNS attacks. http://www.infoworld.com/article/08/08/08/Black_Hat_Conference_spotlights_virtualization_DNS_issues-Network_1.html Cybersecurity lessons from the Civil War The security issues we face today in cyberspace are the same ones the country faced during the American Civil War when Abe Lincoln was relying on telegraph transmissions to help keep the country united, a top U.S. cybersecurity official said in a keynote speech at the Black Hat security conference here Thursday. http://news.cnet.com/8301-1009_3-10010081-83.html Is There A Fundamental Flaw In The Internet's Inner Workings? News that there is a flaw in the inner workings of the internet has led to widespread concern in the computer industry. The recently discovered flaw related to the internet's Domain Name System (DNS), the system which points your website name address to the correct numeric number for the computer system serving that site, e.g. www.google.co.uk redirects to 216.239.59.99. http://itvibe.com/news/4371/ DENIC Recommends Software Update Due To Safety Gap in DNS Resolvers Recently, all well-known producers of DNS software and various Incident Response Teams (CERTs) have drawn attention to a current problem with the DNS, which provides the basis for third parties to sneak in forged information to name servers. With the explications below DENIC wants to inform about the background of the situation, give its own view of the problem and point out potential measures that can be taken by operators of name servers. http://www.denic.de/en/denic/news/news_86.html FICORA's CERT-FI information security review 2/2008: Security of web services tested in many ways [news release] The usability and information security of services provided on the Internet have been tested in many ways. Attempts have been made to hack websites and to prevent them from functioning by denial-of-service attacks. http://www.ficora.fi/en/index/viestintavirasto/lehdistotiedotteet/2008/P_8.html ********************** - DOMAIN DISPUTES ********************** Typos can bedevil online political campaigns [AFP] Typos can bedevil online political campaigns by letting evil software wizards or crafty king-makers turn misspellings into opportunities for sabotage or theft, a security specialist has warned. http://news.smh.com.au/technology/typos-can-bedevil-online-political-campaigns-20080808-3s28.html http://news.theage.com.au/technology/typos-can-bedevil-online-political-campaigns-20080808-3s28.html http://www.france24.com/en/20080808-typos-can-bedevil-online-political-campaigns Typosquatting as Corporate Espionage Typosquatting, that seedy practice of registering domain names similar to legit sites but with typos in the name, has a new twist. At a Black Hat presentation last week on a Symantec long-term research on the practice as it cropped up in the 2008 election campaign, Oliver Friedrichs found an interesting tidbit. A typosquatting domain registered to someone in China had no Web page, but it did have a record that allowed it to receive e-mail. http://www.pcworld.com/article/149687/2008/08/.html Black Hat: Typosquatting the presidential election web sites Bad hackers haven’t caused much damage this year during the online-heavy presidential campaign. But the potential is there. Consider “typosquatting.” http://venturebeat.com/2008/08/07/black-hat-typosquatting-the-presidential-election-web-sites/ http://www.thestandard.com/news/2008/08/07/black-hat-typosquatting-presidential-election-web-sites Reverse Domain Name Hijacking Decision Under the UDRP: What Was The Attorney Thinking? A recent reverse domain hijacking decision in Collective Media, Inc. v. CKV / COLLECTIVEMEDIA.COM is interesting to any lawyer who practices domain dispute law. The law firm bringing the Complaint Lowenstein Sandler PC advertises as a large law firm specializing in domain name disputes as evidenced by a search of their web site for the words "domain name." Considering that the domain name was registered 5 years before Complainant's trademark application was even filed and 3 years before claimed first use of the trademark, and that it contains two generic words, it is hard to imagine whether the lawyers were thinking beyond the billable hour when they filed this one. http://tcattorney.typepad.com/anticybersquatting_consum/2008/08/reverse-domain.html ********************** - MISCELLANEOUS ********************** VeriSign Reports $68 Million Loss; 87.3 Million .com/.net Domain Names VeriSign reported a US$68 million loss this week that was made worse by the costs involved in restructuring and selling off non-core businesses. The report also noted there were approximately 87.3 million active domain names. http://technewsreview.com.au/article.php?article=5617 http://www.domainpulse.com/2008/08/08/verisign-reports-68-million-loss-873-million-comnet-domains/ http://www.domainnews.com/en/general/verisign-reports-68-million-loss-87.3-million-.com-.net-domains.html .org Registry and Noncommercial orgs warn against government misuse of IDNs by Milton Mueller Alexa Raad, CEO of Public Interest Registry, and Dr. Milton Mueller, Professor and Chair of the Noncommercial Users Constituency, released a joint statement on Internationalized domain names (IDNs) today. http://blog.internetgovernance.org/blog/_archives/2008/8/6/3827637.html Domain Pricing - Is There A Ceiling? by Michele Neylon The announcements by Verisign, PIR and Afilias of price increases in com,net,org and .info shouldn't really come as a surprise to anyone. However if the year on year price increases do leave an interesting question - is there an upper ceiling? http://www.isquattedyour.eu/2008/08/04/domain-pricing-is-there-a-ceiling/ Domain Name Lessons From iTunes by Alex Tajirian What do iTunes and a cooperative domain-name Intellectual Property (IP) regime have in common? They are market solutions to illegal activity: free downloading of music and free use of brands in domain names, respectively. The music industry tried to fight the free downloading of trademark-protected music by taking legal action against free downloaders under the pretext that their activity siphons industry revenue. http://www.circleid.com/posts/domain_name_lessons_from_itunes/ ********************** - DOMAINING & AFTERMARKET ********************** Flipping For Domains It wasn't a great school year for Steven McDonald. He didn't win a single track meet, and he was rejected or wait-listed by every college he applied to. McDonald's fiscal year, however, has been phenomenal. It started last September, when he paid $620 for the Internet domain name qsd.com and, two weeks later, sold it for $12,000 to a fellow domain trader, or "domainer." Since that first investment, McDonald has grossed $325,000 from flipping domains. http://www.forbes.com/home/2008/08/10/domains-flip-aftermarket-tech-ebiz-cz_cf_0811domains.html Action.com Commands Close to a Quarter of a Million Dollars to Lead This Week's Domain Sales Chart Moniker.com closed nine five-figure sales from recent live auctions this week, but it was a blockbuster six-figure deal that they handled away from the auction hall that tops this week domain sales leader board. Action.com did the honors stirring up $230,000 in one of the 20 biggest sales reported so far this year. http://dnjournal.com/archive/domainsales/2008/domainsales08-05-08.htm The New Real Estate Trend, Website Flips ... There is a growing wave of entrepreneurs becoming fascinated with Internet domain names, niche blogs and niche websites that they can flip to make a nice profit for all of their sweat equity they put into building up the Internet business. Largely driven by the high-profile Internet deals such as; Condé Nast’s $25 million purchase of Wired News, People.com’s acquisition of Celebrity Baby Blog, and Guardian News and Media and the owner of PaidContent for a reported $30 million. http://mosnarcommunications.blogspot.com/2008/08/new-real-estate-trend-website-flips.html Yahoo to Make Targeted Ads Optional-Lawmakers Scrutinize Impact of Data Collection on Privacy Internet giant Yahoo is set to announce today that it will allow users to shut off targeted advertising on its Web sites, a move that comes as a congressional committee continues to air concerns about consumer privacy. http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/08/07/AR2008080703104.html .Me Auctions Getting Out of Hand; Brazilian Buys Toyota.me Auctions for .me domain names continue, but we’ve already seen some eye popping sales. Even more peculiar is the number of trademarks going for big dollars. http://domainnamewire.com/2008/08/12/me-auctions-getting-out-of-hand-brazilian-buys-toyotame/ Sedo Completes Website.org Sale for 20,500 EUR It’s not often that a domain name sales venue’s top sale is a .org or .info domain name, but that was the case this week at Sedo. The company sold Website.org for 20,500 EUR (roughly $30,000 USD). The company also completed its sale of Printer.info for $21,500. That particular domain was sold at auction a while back but the transaction was just completed. http://domainnamewire.com/2008/08/12/sedo-completes-websiteorg-sale-for-20500-eur/ ********************** - NON-ENGLISH NEWS ********************** DENIC rät zu Software-Update aufgrund einer Sicherheitslücke bei DNS-Resolvern Kürzlich ist von allen namhaften Herstellern von DNS-Software sowie diversen Incident Response Teams (CERTs) auf ein aktuelles DNS-Problem hingewiesen worden, wodurch Nameservern verfälschte Informationen untergeschoben werden könnten. Die DENIC möchte nachfolgend über die Hintergründe informieren, ihre Sicht auf das Problem darstellen und Handlungsoptionen für die Betreiber von Nameservern aufzeigen. http://www.denic.de/de/denic/news/news_86.html Propagandaschlacht im Kaukasus Nicht erst seit Beginn des Krieges in Georgien wird auch ein Kampf um Informationen ausgefochten. Dabei ist den Beteiligten jedes Mittel recht: Falschinformationen, Manipulationen, Hackerangriffe im Netz und sogar ein inszenierter Anschlag, bei dem in Kauf genommen wurde, dass Menschen verletzt wurden. http://www.tagesschau.de/ausland/georgien366.html Weitere Details zum DNS-Leck im Internet Nachdem er im Februar auf einen grundlegenden schweren Fehler im Internet-Adressdienst DNS (Domain Name System) stieß, hatte Dan Kaminsky wirklich keine leichte Zeit. Trotzdem würde er im Wiederholungsfalle wieder alles genauso machen. http://www.computerwelt.at/detailArticle.asp?a=116782&n=4 Kaminsky veröffentlicht letzte Details zur DNS-Schwachstelle Dan Kaminsky hat in seinem Black-Hat-Vortrag die letzten Details zu der vom ihm entdeckten Schwachstelle im Domain Name System enthüllt. Neben dem Angriff auf einen CNAME-Record ist es offenbar möglich, einem anfragenden Nameserver eine Antwort mit gefälschten Angaben für die Anfrage bei weiteren Nameservern unterzujubeln. Damit lässt sich nicht nur ein einzelner Adress-Eintrag im Cache manipulieren, sondern alle weiteren Anfragen an den Nameserver eines Angreifers umleiten. http://www.heise.de/security/Kaminsky-veroeffentlicht-letzte-Details-zur-DNS-Schwachstelle--/news/meldung/113975 ICANN hilft beim DNS-Test Etwas spät, aber immerhin: Die ICANN, deren Hauptaufgabe in der Gewährleistung der Sicherheit des Domain Name System ist, veröffentlicht nun auch Informationen und Tests zu der von Dan Kaminsky entdeckten DNS-Sicherheitslücke veröffentlicht. http://www.intern.de/news/neue--meldungen/--200808084218.html Alle sind dumm und Google ist schuld Während manche Kollegen sich zu Aufmacher und Titelbildideen aus dem englischsprachigen Ausland inspirieren lassen ("Von Obama lernen, heißt siegen lernen!" - immerhin bin ich nicht erster), können andere zwar Google bedienen, aber nicht so ganz richtig. Google selbst, wäre zwar gern der Grund für den Niedergang des bezahlten Recherchierens, muss aber damit doch noch hinter dem Infotainment im Fernsehen anstehen. Kurz noch, ja? http://www.heise.de/tp/blogs/7/114159 Kampf der VZs: BörseVz vs. studiVZ ... Nun gibt es wieder einen neuen Fall für die Gerichte: Wie die Betreiber der Plattform BörseVz auf ihrer Internetseite berichten, wurden auch sie von den Rechtsvertretern von studiVZ wegen der Benutzung des Kürzels „VZ“ im Domainnamen abgemahnt und zur Unterlassung sowie zur Löschung der auf den Namen der Betreiber von BörseVz registrierten Wort- / Bildmarken „BOERSEVZ“ und „BÖRSEVZ“ aufgefordert. http://www.e-recht24.de/news/markenrecht/913.html Pirate-Bay-Sperre: "China auf Italienisch" Seit dem Wochenende wird der Zugang zur Torrent-Tracker-Site The Pirate Bay in Italien blockiert. Die Sperre der Site hat sich zwar weitgehend als unwirksam erwiesen, Kritiker sehen dennoch "chinesische Verhältnisse" in dem von Medienmogul Silvio Berlusconi regierten Land heraufziehen. http://futurezone.orf.at/it/stories/299607/ Georgien beklagt russische Online-Angriffe Georgien beschuldigte am Montag Russland, Cyber-Angriffe auf georgische Regierungswebsites durchgeführt zu haben. Zahlreiche Server der Regierung, darunter jene des Außenministeriums, seien Ziel solcher Attacken geworden, teilte der georgische Außenminister in einer Aussendung mit. http://futurezone.orf.at/it/stories/299586/ Online mitbieten bei Sedo Live Auktion Nachdem in der letzten Woche Sedo-Kunden fleißig für ihre favorisierten Domains abgestimmt haben, steht die finale Domainliste für die Live Auktion auf dem Domainvermarkter Forum in Berlin fest! Insgesamt werden 75 ausgewählte Domainnamen einem exklusiven Käuferpublikum live angeboten. http://www.sedo.de/links/showhtml.php3?Id=2124 L'AFNIC publie sa réponse à la consultation publique sur la gestion des extensions de l'internet français [Communiqué de presse] Le 28 avril 2008, les pouvoirs publics initiaient une consultation publique autour de la gestion des extensions françaises de l'internet : le .fr comme le .re, le .gp, le .mq etc. L'AFNIC publie aujourd'hui la réponse qu'elle a soumise aux pouvoirs publics. http://www.afnic.fr/actu/nouvelles/general/CP20080704 L'ICANN défend les enchères pour les nouveaux TLDs Une enchère est-elle le meilleur moyen de départager des candidats à une même extension ? D'après une étude commandée par l'ICANN et rendue publique, la réponse est oui. http://domainesinfo.fr/actualite/1608/l-icann-defend-les-encheres-pour-les-nouveaux-tlds.php Qui obtiendra le .SPORT ? A l’heure où se déroulent les J.O. de Pékin, un grand challenge attend les institutions sportives et l'ICANN en 2009 : désigner le futur registre du .SPORT. http://domainesinfo.fr/extension/1606/les-sports-qui-obtiendra-le-sport.php Les héritiers de Caillebotte déboutés en UDRP Enregistré par une société néo-zélandaise, les héritiers du célèbre peintre n’ont pu obtenir le transfert de caillebotte.com, faute de disposer d’un droit de marque reconnu par l’expert. http://domainesinfo.fr/chronique/209/les-heritiers-de-caillebotte-deboutes-en-udrp.php L'ICANN défend les enchères pour les nouveaux TLDs Une enchère est-elle le meilleur moyen de départager des candidats à une même extension ? D'après une étude commandée par l'ICANN et rendue publique, la réponse est oui. http://domainesinfo.fr/actualite/1608/l-icann-defend-les-encheres-pour-les-nouveaux-tlds.php Airbus récupère airbus.cn devant le HKIAC Airbus a récupéré le nom de domaine airbus.cn à l’issue d’une cnDRP introduite devant le HKIAC contre un ressortissant de Hong Kong. Un choix stratégique judicieux. http://domainesinfo.fr/actualite/1609/airbus-recupere-airbus-cn-devant-le-hkiac.php No me des gato por DNS Tras las vacaciones, uno se encuentra con que su ISP le ha roto el DNS adrede. El DNS es ese servicio imprescindible que convierte los nombres de dominio en números IP, permitiendo poner en el navegador www.pc-actual.com en vez de cifras http://www.pc-actual.com/actualidad/noticia/2008/08/12/No-me-des-gato-por-DNS Cambios en el proceso de desarrollo de políticas (PDP) de LACNIC ratificados por directorio de LACNIC En su reunión del día 5 de Agosto del 2008, el Directorio de LACNIC aprobó los cambios propuestos al proceso de desarrollo de políticas de LACNIC. http://www.latinoamericann.org/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=article&sid=1675 Nuevas Políticas Ratificadas por el Directorio de LACNIC. Siguiendo el procedo de desarrollo de políticas de LACNIC, en su reunión del día 5 de Agosto del 2008, el Directorio de LACNIC ha ratificado las siguientes propuestas de políticas[...] http://www.latinoamericann.org/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=article&sid=1674 Asignaciones a Usuarios Finales por parte de LACNIC LACNIC ha aprobado su política de asignaciones a usuarios finales IPv6. La implementación de la misma está prevista para el 1ero de Setiembre del 2008. http://www.latinoamericann.org/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=article&sid=1673 Strijd barst los rond .netnaam Er is een goldrush op komst naar nieuwe internet-domeinnamen, waarin bedrijven en particulieren binnenkort hun eigen naam achter het puntje van een webadres mogen plaatsen. De familie Jansen kan haar website straks aanduiden als familie.jansen, in plaats van het gebruikelijke jansen.nl De gemeente Amsterdam kan straks het domein .amsterdam claimen, met vele commerciële toepassingen, zoals toerisme.amsterdam, weer.amsterdam, hotels.amsterdam. http://www.parool.nl/parool/nl/40/Internet/article/detail/26523/2008/08/08/Strijd-barst-los-rond-netnaam.dhtml http://www.parool.nl/parool/nl/39/Media/article/detail/26523/2008/08/08/Strijd-barst-los-rond-netnaam.dhtml Sikret seg Fuckstatoil.com [NTB] StatoilHydro har sikret seg domenenavn som Fuckstatoil.com, Ihatestatoil.com og Dirtystatoil.com. http://www.ht.no/incoming/article173362.ece http://www.aftenbladet.no/energi/olje/article678259.ece http://www.ha-halden.no/nyheter.asp?ArtID=Sikret%20seg%20Fuckstatoil.com Hvem tror du eier Fuckstatoil.com? Hva med www.iHateStatoil.com og www.Dirtystatoil.com? http://www.hegnar.no/it/article302759.ece Az Externet bevezeti az IPv6-ot (x) A szolgáltató elso körben az alaphálózatát készíti fel az IPv6 formátumú IP-címek kezelésére, ezt követoen a saját szerverein (e-mail és tárhely szolgáltatást biztosító kiszolgálók) végzi el a szükséges elokészületeket. Az utolsó fázisban, körülbelül 1-2 hónapon belül már a végfelhasználók is igényelhetnek IPv6-os címeket - közölte a társaság. http://www.napi.hu/default.asp?cCenter=article.asp&nID=377832 Roste hrozba útoku hackeru proti internetovým doménám V poslední dobe výrazne vzrostlo riziko útoku hackeru na internetové domény. Cílem útoku je bezpecnostní díra v systému DNS, který slouží k zobrazování webových stránek. Chyba umožnuje útocníkovi podvrhnout libovolnou císelnou adresu kteréhokoliv doménového jména a díky tomu presmerovat jejího uživatele na falešnou internetovou stránku. Informovalo o tom sdružení CZ.NIC, která spravuje domény s koncovkou .cz. http://www.ctk.cz/zpravy/ekonomicke_view.php?id=327487 Story in Russian mentioning ICANN http://www.novayagazeta.ru/news/302838.html Story in Russian mentioning ICANN and .su http://www.itar-tass.com/level2.html?NewsID=12935391 Story in Russian http://www.rian.ru/announce/20080808/150182484.html Story on DNS hack in Japanese http://www.itmedia.co.jp/news/articles/0808/08/news075.html +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 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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