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********************************************************** Don't forget to check out www.auda.org.au/domain-news/ for today's edition of the complete domain news, already online! Headlines from the September 11 edition of the news include: Can Non-Western Language Internet Addresses Solve The Digital Divide? The Case Of Arabic Language | Help Define ICANN's Future by Kieren McCarthy | Threat From DNS Bug Isn't Over, Experts Say | A Superlative Scam and Spam Site Registrar | EstDomains: A Sordid History and a Storied CEO | Getting on to the virtual property ladder | Big Spenders Blast Google-Yahoo Ad Deal | U.S. hires lawyer for Google/Yahoo inquiry And see my website - http://technewsreview.com.au/ - for daily updates in between postings. *************************************************** The domain name news is supported by auDA *************************************************** ICANN Nominating Committee selections announced http://blog.icann.org/?p=350 Pentagon debates development of offensive cyberspace capabilities http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-na-cyber8-2008sep08,0,1049889.story Experts call for united global action against cyber attacks [AFP] http://news.theage.com.au/technology/experts-call-for-united-global-action-against-cyber-attacks-20080905-4a25.html How to Handle 'IHateYourCompany.com' http://online.wsj.com/article/SB122057760688302147.html VeriSign Domain Report Shows Domain Name Growth Remains Strong http://technewsreview.com.au/article.php?article=5826 ********************** DOMAIN NAMES ********************** ********************** - ICANN ********************** ICANN Formalizes Relationship with ccTLD Manager for Poland ICANN has announced today that it has signed an exchange of letters with the country code top level domain (ccTLD) manager for .pl-Poland, Naukowa i Akademicka Sièc Komputerowa (NASK). http://icann.org/en/announcements/announcement-05sep08-en.htm 2008 ICANN Nominating Committee Announces Selections The 2008 ICANN Nominating Committee (Nom Com) has completed its selections: http://icann.org/en/announcements/announcement-2-05sep08-en.htm Nominating Committee selections announced 2008 NomCom selectionsThe selections of the 2008 Nominating Committee have just been announced. They include: http://blog.icann.org/?p=350 ICANN Takes Another Step Toward Creating A Secure Domain Environment Today ICANN has announced that they have “formalized” their relationship with ccTLD manager for .pl-Poland, Naukowa i Akademicka Sièc Komputerowa (NASK) with the Accountability Framework program. http://www.namesmash.com/?p=137 ********************** - ccTLD & gTLD NEWS ********************** .ar Introduces IDNs LatinTLD is advising registrars of a sunrise period for internationalised domain names for the .ar (Argentina) ccTLD. http://www.domainnews.com/en/general/.ar-introduces-idns.html http://www.domainpulse.com/2008/09/07/ar-introduces-idns/ CZNIC issues new registration rules In connection with the DNNSEC technology implementation the association CZ.NIC issued new registration rules. http://www.nic.cz/page/505/new-registration-rules/ DNSSEC Protects the Czech National Domain CZ.NIC continues testing the DNSSEC technology in the registry of .CZ and ENUM domains. http://www.nic.cz/page/503/dnssec-protects-the-czech-national-domain/ CZ.NIC Opens a Competition for Young Programmers Participants can enter the competition until September 30. http://www.nic.cz/page/508/cz.nic-opens-a-competition-for-young-programmers/ SGNIC Revises Registrar Accreditation Framework SGNIC has revised some of its registrar accreditation criteria. Foreign registrars intending to apply to be SGNIC's accredited registrar need not set up a local presence in Singapore anymore. They will however need to be accredited with ICANN. http://nic.net.sg/newsroom/20080901162257.html uk: ENUM consultation The UK ENUM consortium (UKEC) has launched the final ENUM consultation document. This consultation addresses the issue of telephone number validation and the accreditation of Validation Agencies. http://www.nominet.org.uk/news/latest/?contentId=5566 Nominet Brand awareness research Nominet is currently using an external research agency, 2Europe, to carry out a market research project. The project is to measure awareness levels of Nominet and its role in the UK Internet industry. http://www.nominet.org.uk/news/latest/?contentId=5564 vn: New directive aims to enhance Internet management An Internet management directive issued by the government last Thursday encourages domestic enterprises to use the “.vn” country code for their websites. http://english.vietnamnet.vn/tech/2008/09/802084/ ********************** - DNS SECURITY ********************** Pentagon debates development of offensive cyberspace capabilities The current emphasis is on intelligence gathering and defending U.S. electronic security, but some officials think the military should know how to attack other nations' computer systems. http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-na-cyber8-2008sep08,0,1049889.story Experts call for united global action against cyber attacks [AFP] The world has to unite against the growing menace of cyber terrorism, IT experts said Thursday, evoking a recent "cyber war" against Georgia as the latest example of the threat. http://news.theage.com.au/technology/experts-call-for-united-global-action-against-cyber-attacks-20080905-4a25.html http://news.smh.com.au/technology/experts-call-for-united-global-action-against-cyber-attacks-20080905-4a25.html Is Rock Phish cybergang set for a comeback? Do cybergangs work on evil “product upgrades” to improve their crimeware and attack methods? That's what RSA, the security division of EMC, claims is happening with the Rock Phish gang, described as an East European cybercrime group responsible for creating botnets used in phishing attacks to steal personal information. http://www.networkworld.com/news/2008/090508-rock-phish.html Report: inside the network architecture of SPAM and malware Two websites have recently published reports on Internet security and the spread of malware across the web, and both documents examine the problem from a new perspective. Most online security coverage tends to focus on the perpetual war between the antimalware industry and the companies that earn an illicit living from selling botnets and developing new exploits. The reports from HostExploit and Knujon, however, focus on the registrars and ISPs that actually provide hosting to the black hats, and explore the various connections between the organizations. http://arstechnica.com/articles/culture/network-architecture-of-malware.ars ITU’s Global Cybersecurity Agenda housed in Malaysia [news release] ITU concluded an agreement with the International Multilateral Partnership Against Cyber-Terrorism (IMPACT) to operationalize the ITU Global Cybersecurity Agenda (GCA). IMPACT’S state-of-the-art global headquarters in Cyberjaya, Kuala Lumpur will be the home of ITU’s Global Cybersecurity Agenda. http://www.itu.int/newsroom/press_releases/2008/27.html ********************** - DOMAIN DISPUTES ********************** A popular website domain name is for sale and politicians are fighting it out in cyberspace The nationalist socialist Danish People's Party has a strong party line on tougher immigration laws. The Danish Refugee Council aims to help the less fortunate immigrants to this country. And the National Association of Danish Folk Dancers - well they just like to dance. http://www.cphpost.dk/get/108986.html How to Handle 'IHateYourCompany.com' In recent years, disgruntled consumers have launched hundreds of Web sites to air their grievances -- from starbucked.com and ihatestarbucks.com to boycottwalmart.org and againstthewal.com. http://online.wsj.com/article/SB122057760688302147.html Solidhost Saga Continues Michele Neylon mentioned the issue facing Solidhost a while back. Although the legal proceedings are still ongoing the Dutch company have managed to regain control of the domain name in the interim. http://www.isquattedyour.eu/2008/09/06/solidhost-saga-continues/ us: Coral Gables ready to sue a man over his website's domain name The city is poised to sue a Gables resident, activist and businessman to take a domain name he owns for a website about the historic Venetian Pool. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/miami-dade/coral-gables/story/674380.html ********************** - MISCELLANEOUS ********************** VeriSign Domain Report Shows Domain Name Growth Remains Strong The number of domain names continues to grow around the world with 168 million domain name registrations across all of the TLDs in the second quarter of 2008, representing a four percent increase over the first quarter of 2008 and 22 percent growth over the same quarter last year reports VeriSign's most recent Domain Report released this week. http://technewsreview.com.au/article.php?article=5826 http://www.domainpulse.com/2008/09/04/verisign-domain-report-shows-domain-name-growth-remains-strong/ http://www.domainnews.com/en/general/verisign-domain-report-shows-domain-name-growth-remains-strong.html VeriSign Reports Internet Growth VeriSign has released its Domain Report for the second quarter of 2008, reporting a continued global internet growth of four percent over the previous quarter and 22 percent growth over Q2 last year. http://www.thewhir.com/marketwatch/090408_VeriSign_Reports_Internet_Growth.cfm EuroDNS launches WHOIS.de [news release] EuroDNS, in partnership with Sedo, is glad to announce the launch of the newly created whois.de service (www.whois.de). http://www.domainnews.com/en/general/eurodns-launches-whois.de.html Domain Name Lessons from Napster by Alex Tajirian I first outline a brief history of free file-sharing technology, then draw some general and domain name lessons, then outline the what, how, and why that make your activism effective and necessary... The domain name industry is decentralized and atomic in that anyone from anywhere in the world can register a domain name, keep the ownershp name and address private, and host it from a country where the U.S. and European legal systems don't apply. Thus, legal action will only drive domain owners further underground. http://www.circleid.com/posts/domain_name_lessons_from_napster/ GoDaddy Jacks Up Domain Prices — Again Just a few days after we swallowed the news that GoDaddy increased .net and .org prices to 13.19, and a few weeks after the company claimed Yahoo “Jumped the Shark” by raising its domain prices to $35, GoDaddy has hiked prices again. http://domainnamewire.com/2008/09/05/godaddy-jacks-up-domain-prices-again/ Unreasonable ccTLD Registry Price Increases! It highly concerns me when domain registries controlling a certain Top-Level Domain (TLD) raise the wholesale prices they charge to registrars (domain retailers) without consultation to domain registrants (domain buyers). http://www.circleid.com/posts/unreasonable_cctld_registry_price_increases/ The Private Domain Registration & Google Dilemma The Search Engine Roundtable scoop has drawn our attention towards the fix situation that is faced by the majority of online marketers regarding the registration process of their domain names. Jim Boykin's Blog post is still very pertinent in this context today as the number of web scammers trying to make money out of the domain name scam seems to be ever increasing. http://www.webpronews.com/topnews/2008/09/06/the-private-domain-registration-google-dilemma Countdown to ARIN XXII There are only forty-one days left until ARIN XXII Public Policy and Members Meeting. Please join us 15-17 October 2008 in Los Angeles, California to add your voice to the community discussions! http://www.arin.net/announcements/20080904.html Crazy ccTLD Price Hikes? Jackie Liu's post on CircleID raises some very interesting questions, though whether or not any answers will be forthcoming or not is a totally different matter. http://www.isquattedyour.eu/2008/09/05/crazy-cctld-price-hikes/ ********************** - DOMAINING & AFTERMARKET ********************** .TEL Dials Up New Revenue Generating Opportunities for Domainers As plans for the launch of .Tel were unveiled at the ICANN meeting in Paris last week, it is apparent that .TEL is even more exciting than many people first envisioned—especially for those domainers who are looking for new and more innovative ways to monetize top level domain (TLD) names. http://moderndomainer.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=128 Ad trade group opposes Yahoo-Google search deal The Association of National Advertisers announced Sunday it sent a letter to the head of the antitrust division of the U.S. Department of Justice, citing its opposition to the controversial Yahoo-Google search advertising deal. http://news.cnet.com/8301-1023_3-10034530-93.html Advertiser group objects to Google-Yahoo tie up The Association of National Advertisers sent a letter objecting to the proposed Internet search advertising partnership between Yahoo Inc and Google Inc to government regulators reviewing the deal, the group said on Sunday. http://uk.reuters.com/article/technologyNews/idUKN0737470020080908 http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/09/07/AR2008090701571.html Blockbuster Sales of Printer.com and Affiliate.com Pace Another Big Week for the Domain Aftermarket The summer doldrums were sent packing again this week as a quartet of huge six-figure sales led another banner outing for the domain aftermarket. Two of those rank among the ten biggest sales of the year. http://dnjournal.com/archive/domainsales/2008/domainsales09-02-08.htm Apo.com Tops Sedo Weekly Sales List Selling for $27,000 Below is Sedo's latest weekly sales list for all the domains sold by Sedo in the week commencing 25 August. The biggest seller was apo.com, selling for US$27,000 while fight.tv was the biggest seller among the ccTLDs selling for $18,000 while open-office.de was close behind selling for €12,000 ($17,350). http://www.domainpulse.com/2008/09/05/sedo-weekly-sales-list/ http://www.domainnews.com/en/general/apo.com-tops-sedo-weekly-sales-list-selling-for-27-000.html uk: Old gov website in private hands Fears over security have been raised due to a German web marketing company purchasing the domain name of the now defunct National Hi-Tech Crime Unit. http://www.publicservice.co.uk/news_story.asp?id=6972 Editorial: How the Domain Industry Can Clean Itself Up The domain business is a good business with a bad image. What can be done about it? Earlier today I read DNJournal’s weekly sales recap. There were some good sales, including RoomDividers.com at $75,000 (congratulations, Rick). But all of the good sales were overshadowed by a couple bad sales: Mozzilla.com for $40,000 and wwwMatch.com at $11,100. http://domainnamewire.com/2008/09/04/editorial-how-the-domain-industry-can-clean-itself-up/ It’s Time For a Domainer Meetup in Austin There are a lot of domainers in Texas, and even a strong contingent in the Central Texas area, but we haven’t made the effort to all get together. Heck, one of the domain print publications is even based here. I’ve been talking about organizing an event for about a year but have procrastinated. That’s going to change. http://domainnamewire.com/2008/09/05/its-time-for-a-domainer-meetup-in-austin/ ME DOMAINS SELLS AT AUCTION FOR OVER 2 MILLION DOLLARS - Record Domains Me domains sells at auction for over 2Million dollars - Internet Record Domains online casino news. The Land-Rush me domain auction has just ended and what a amazing internet auction! http://www.onlinecasino.org/news/me-domains-sells-at-auction-for-over-2-million-dollars-record-domains-1837.php Google Says Private Registration Won't Hurt Your Search Rankings With the number of scammers who try to usurp ownership of domain increasing (I got 2 letters for 3 domains last week), it's a surprise that few people really take advantage of private registration for their domain names. However, many people don't know about WhoisGuard or Domains By Proxy and instead leave their domain names exposed with all identifying information intact. http://www.seroundtable.com/archives/018172.html ********************** - NON-ENGLISH NEWS ********************** VZ im Domainnamen - auch Anwälte sind mit dabei Abmahnungen, die im Zusammenhang mit der Nutzung des Kürzels „VZ“ in Domainnamen von den Betreibern von studiVZ ausgesprochen wurden. http://www.e-recht24.de/news/domainrecht/944.html metrosex.de – BGH rückt hOLG Hamburg zurecht In einem jahrelangen Rechtsstreit zwischen dem Metro-Konzern und einem Domainer über die Registrierung und Nutzung der Domains metrosex.de, metrosexuality.de und metro-sex.de unterlag zuletzt der Konzern vor dem Bundesgerichtshof: Der Domainer darf seine Domains behalten. http://www.domain-recht.de/magazin/domain-news-2008/metrosex-de-bgh-rueckt-holg-hamburg-zurecht-id667266.html Kampf der Konzerne um Hass-Domains Mit Homepages wie www.ihatestarbucks.com und www.boycottwalmart.org lassen Kunden ihre Wut über Großkonzerne aus. Doch viele Unternehmen kontern ihre Gegner effektiv aus: Sie reservieren sich die unliebsamsten Domains. http://www.boerse-online.de/tools/ftd/410138.html Les cyber-escrocs prennent un vent avec l'ouragan Gustav Plus d'une centaine de noms de domaine enregistrés pour tenté de récupérer l'ouragan Gustav. http://www.zataz.com/news/17747/ouragan_-twister_-gustav_-Ike_-Anna_-Josephine.html Boulette chez les cyber-policiers britanniques L'unité nationale britannique en charge de la lutte contre les crimes hi-tech oublie son ancien nom de domaine. http://www.zataz.com/news/17728/National-Hi-Tech-Crime-Unit--soca--Serious-Organised-Crime-Unit.html L'AFNIC gère une procédure de résolution des litiges du .fr Depuis le 22 juillet 2008, l’AFNIC procède elle-même à l’examen des demandes dont elle est saisie et exécute ses propres décisions dès lors qu’elle constate le non respect d’une des dispositions du décret du 6 février 2007. http://www.drakkaronline.com/L-AFNIC-gere-une-procedure-de Pourquoi le .SPORT? Par Patrick Vande Walle, VRP pour le .SPORT Il ne fait pas de doute, comme l'expérience passée l'a démontré, que de nouvelles extensions ne rencontreront pas forcément le succès escompté. Cependant, je crois que le .SPORT a un bel avenir devant lui, pour de nombreuses raisons. http://autourdesnouveauxnomsdedomaines.blogspot.com/2008/09/pourquoi-le-sport.html Nouvelles extensions de noms de domaine : une opportunité pour les entreprises Par Nathalie Dreyfus, Conseil en Propriété Industrielle, expert auprès du Centre d’Arbitrage et de Médiation de l’OMPI L’annonce de l’ouverture des nouvelles extensions à la dernière réunion de l’Icann à Paris a fait couler beaucoup d’encre et suscite de nombreuses réactions. En effet, lorsqu’on est titulaire de marque, on peut se trouver un peu désemparé face à la fois à la prospective d’ouverture de plus de 1000 nouvelles extensions TLD dans les cinq prochaines années et la possibilité de réserver et de gérer son propre TLD, tel que coca.cola. http://autourdesnouveauxnomsdedomaines.blogspot.com/2008/08/nouvelles-extensions-de-noms-de-domaine.html IPv4 e IPv6, transizione di primaria importanza Arbor Networks, in collaborazione con oltre 90 network services e content providers di tutto il mondo, ha recentemente pubblicato la più ampia e aggiornata ricerca sulla diffusione in internet del protocollo IPv6, l’Internet Protocol che succede a IPv4 e che è destinato a gestire l’indirizzamento delle reti packet-switched. http://www.megamodo.com/ipv4-e-ipv6-transizione-di-primaria-importanza/anticipazioni/ Implementación nuevas Políticas (propuestas LAC-2008-02, LAC-2008-03 y LAC-2008-04) LACNIC presenta implementación de las propuestas de políticas aprobadas. http://www.latinoamericann.org/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=article&sid=1686 Debate online Foro de Gobernanza de Internet regional Como resultado de la Reunión Regional Preparatoria del FGI realizada el pasado 20 de agosto en Montevideo, Uruguay (http://www.lacnic.net/sp/eventos/mvd2008/igf.html), se ha programado una última instancia de consulta entre los días 8 y 11 de septiembre de 2008 en la que podrán participar todos los interesados en realizar aportes finales a la discusión de los temas tratados en esta reunión. http://www.latinoamericann.org/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=article&sid=1685 Nuevo Manual de Políticas de LACNIC (versión 1.0 - 01/09/2008) Como resultado del trabajo realizado por el Grupo de Trabajo en la Edición del Manual de Políticas de LACNIC y luego de haber terminado el período de consultas a la comunidad. LACNIC anuncia un nuevo diseño de su Manual de Políticas de forma de constituir un único documento e índice. http://www.latinoamericann.org/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=article&sid=1684 .mx: Registra y/o renueva dominios .MX y obtén beneficios en Google AdWords. NIC Mexico lanza promocion con Google AdWords a los que registren o renueven nombres de dominio bajo el cctld .mx http://www.latinoamericann.org/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=article&sid=1683 Atención a clientes día miércoles 17 de septiembre de 2008 NIC Chile informa a sus clientes que el próximo miércoles 17 de septiembre la atención a clientes en nuestras oficinas y por teléfono será sólamente hasta las 12:00 horas, por razones de vísperas de feriado. http://nic.cl/anuncios/2008-09-02.html PROMOCIÓN .MX: Registra tu dominio .MX desde $ 6 USD costo por año. Date a conocer a través de Internet ¡ Registra tu dominio .MX y hazte notar! Da el primer paso para que el mundo conozca lo que haces. En Septiembre, la oportunidad de registrar tu empresa en Internet con un dominio .MX cuesta muy poco, ¡y entre más tiempo registres menos te cuesta! http://www.nic.mx/es/Noticias_2?NEWS=287 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 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/. Also see http://technewsreview.com.au/ for recent updates. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ (c) David Goldstein 2008 --------- David Goldstein address: 4/3 Abbott Street COOGEE NSW 2034 AUSTRALIA email: Goldstein_David @yahoo.com.au phone: +61 418 228 605 (mobile); +61 2 9665 5773 (home) "Every time you use fossil fuels, you're adding to the problem. Every time you forgo fossil fuels, you're being part of the solution" - Dr Tim Flannery Make the switch to the world's best email. 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