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Headlines from the edition of the news include: ICANN's 33rd International Meeting Arrives In Cairo | ICANN meeting to focus on new top-level domains | ICANN meeting: Egyptian host demands independence for network administration | ICANN touts WHOIS compliance rules, but not for registrars | New Domain Names Put Name Brands in a Bind | .hamburg joins the list of possible new gTLDs | us: Board urges full funding of cybersecurity initiative | Google Walks Away From Yahoo Ad Partnership And see my website - http://technewsreview.com.au/ - for daily updates in between postings. *************************************************** The domain name news is supported by auDA *************************************************** Amnesty criticises Global Network Initiative for online freedom of speech http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2008/oct/30/amnesty-global-network-initiative Who is Responsible in Our Cloudy World? by Bill Thompson http://www.circleid.com/posts/20081102_who_responsible_in_cloudy_world/ Principles for a better Web by Colin Maclay, Acting Executive Director, and Caroline Nolan, Research Associate, Berkman Center for Internet & Society at Harvard University http://blogs.reuters.com/great-debate/2008/10/30/principles-for-a-better-web/ Independent Reviewer's Report on the ICANN Board http://icann.org/en/announcements/announcement-3-02nov08-en.htm More Mechanisms for Transparency and Accountability http://icann.org/en/announcements/announcement-2-02nov08-en.htm ICANN Delays Shutting Down Spammy Estonian Registrar [IDG] http://www.pcworld.com/article/153042/spammy_registrar.html Dispute over .africa domain http://www.heise.de/english/newsticker/news/118223 NZRS replaces .nz name server http://www.internetnz.net.nz/media/2008/nzrs-replaces-.nz-name-server http://nzrs.net.nz/notices/news.shtml#ns_replacement Cyberattacks target UK's national infrastructure http://news.zdnet.co.uk/security/0,1000000189,39534286,00.htm Google should use its own technology to defeat typosquatting, says lawyer http://out-law.com/page-9549 ********************** GOVERNANCE ********************** Amnesty criticises Global Network Initiative for online freedom of speech The human rights campaign group has explained why it isn't part of the new industry-backed plan to protect freedom of expression online http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2008/oct/30/amnesty-global-network-initiative Who is Responsible in Our Cloudy World? by Bill Thompson A number of large technology companies, including Google, Microsoft and Yahoo!, have announced that they have signed up to a voluntary code of conduct on how they do business in countries that curtail freedom of expression like China and Singapore... It's not surprising to see this sort of self-regulation being proposed as otherwise political initiatives like the Global Online Freedom Act, passed in one US Senate committee but currently floating in legislative limbo, could actually make it into law. http://www.circleid.com/posts/20081102_who_responsible_in_cloudy_world/ Principles for a better Web by Colin Maclay, Acting Executive Director, and Caroline Nolan, Research Associate, Berkman Center for Internet & Society at Harvard University More than one billion people are online, with three times that amount connected via mobile devices, just one indication of how integrated digital technologies are with lives and livelihoods around the globe. While governments have for the most part encouraged these developments, they are increasingly aware of technology’s capacity to disrupt existing power structures and accordingly ambivalent. As governments seek to control information and online activities, private actors – information and communication technology (ICT) firms in particular – are increasingly called upon to assist in those efforts. http://blogs.reuters.com/great-debate/2008/10/30/principles-for-a-better-web/ ********************** DOMAIN NAMES ********************** ********************** - ICANN ********************** Independent Reviewer's Report on the ICANN Board ICANN's Board has been provided with the Boston Consulting Group/Colin Carter & Associates' independent review of the Board. This report will be used to inform ICANN's effort to develop detailed proposals for improving the Board's structure and processes. The Board has not had an opportunity to discuss the Report, but will consider it along with the ICANN community. As with other independent reviews of ICANN structures, the Board invites public input on the Report, and encourages the community to post their comments to the public forum that has been opened on this topic for the next 60 days. The independent evaluators will discuss the Report in a public workshop in Cairo scheduled for 1800 on Monday in Al Saraya 2,3,4. http://icann.org/en/announcements/announcement-3-02nov08-en.htm ICANN Formalizes Relationship with ccTLD Manager for Cocos (Keeling) Islands (.cc) ICANN has announced today that it has signed an exchange of letters with the ccTLD manager for .cc-Cocos (Keeling) Islands, eNIC Cocos (Keening) Islands Pty Ltd. http://icann.org/en/announcements/announcement-31oct08-en.htm More Mechanisms for Transparency and Accountability In recent years, ICANN has taken many steps to improve transparency and accountability in its operations. Most notably, a detailed budget process and disclosure process has been developed http://icann.org/en/announcements/announcement-2-02nov08-en.htm ICANN Cairo: Working Session on Single-Character Names Added to Schedule ICANN has added an open Working Session on Single-Character Second-Level Domain Names to the schedule for Wednesday 5 November 2008, from 1700-1800 Cairo Time. The working session will be in Al Saraya 2-4. http://icann.org/en/announcements/announcement-02nov08-en.htm Fast Track Receives Over 50 Responses Following the recommendation from the IDNC WG Final report, ICANN sent letters to all countries and territories requesting information about their interest in participating in the Fast Track process. http://icann.org/en/announcements/announcement-01nov08-en.htm What’s happening with Whois compliance activities? by Stacy Burnette Whois has been a complex issue within ICANN, and continues to receive attention at the policy level. While this important policy work goes on, ICANN still has the clear responsibility to enforce existing Whois provisions in the Registrar Accreditation Agreement (RAA), and to better understand the real world status of Whois accuracy and Whois related services (e.g. privacy and proxy registration services). So, what is ICANN doing for Whois compliance? Here is a recent survey of activities: http://blog.icann.org/?p=384 New level of interaction at SSAC meeting tomorrow by Kieren McCarthy We’re always trying to improve the quality of remote participation at ICANN meetings and tomorrow in Cairo will see a first trial of the most interactive session we have ever run. http://blog.icann.org/?p=393 Embed ICANN meeting chatrooms on your site by Kieren McCarthy Over the past four meetings, we have experimented with different approaches to chatrooms as a way of providing remote participants with an opportunity to interact in real time with a meeting. http://blog.icann.org/?p=387 Um.whatever Prepare for chaos when people can start adding anything they want to a Web address. Icann, the obscure group that metes out Internet addresses, has an uncanny ability to stir up controversy. The current plan of the Internet Corp. for Assigned Names & Numbers, approved in June, is to allow custom domain names to anyone who asks for one. Addresses ending in com or org will be passé. By the middle of next year applicants will be able to register everything from ".soup" to ".nuts." http://www.forbes.com/technology/forbes/2008/1117/038.html Icann opens internet to new languages Middle Eastern internet professionals are gathering in Cairo this week to discuss the most significant change to the structure of the internet since its inception. http://www.thenational.ae/article/20081102/BUSINESS/17968009/-1/NEWS ICANN Delays Shutting Down Spammy Estonian Registrar [IDG] The overseer of the Internet's addressing system said on Wednesday it will delay shutting down a dodgy Estonian domain registrar pending a review. http://www.pcworld.com/article/153042/spammy_registrar.html http://www.pcworld.com/article/153042/.html http://nytimes.com/external/idg/2008/10/30/30idg-ICANN-delays-sh.html http://computerworld.com.au/index.php/id;1511784188 ICANN tackles Estonian spamming registrar [IDG] Web overloard ICANN is to delay shutting down a dodgy Estonian domain registrar pending a review. http://www.pcadvisor.co.uk/news/index.cfm?NewsID=106353 Scandal-hit EstDomains fighting for life Scandal-hit registrar EstDomains is facing closure. EstDomains was notified by Icann that it would be stripped of its accreditation due to the legal troubles of its chief executive. Vladimir Tsastsin was convicted in February of credit card fraud, forgery and money laundering in Estonia. http://www.vnunet.com/vnunet/news/2229394/estdomains-fighting-life http://uk.news.yahoo.com/16/20081030/ttc-scandal-hit-estdomains-fighting-for-6315470.html ICANN Targeting Notorious Domain Name Seller The net's authority over domain names is set to pull the plug on an Estonia-based seller of domain names that security researchers say has been a refuge for cyber-criminals for years. http://blog.wired.com/27bstroke6/2008/10/icann-targeting.html EstDomains Challenges ICANN De-Accreditation Domain registrar EstDomains might remain an accredited domain registrar after all. http://domainnamewire.com/2008/10/30/estdomains-challenges-icann-de-accreditation/ ICANN web site is blocked in Egypt by Milton Mueller I am in Cairo for the ICANN meeting. My hotel is far away from any free internet access, so I attempted to use the ($10/day) hotel service. The first thing I did was try to access the ICANN site to check the meeting schedules. I was shocked: a page came up with the hotel logo that said, "Site blocked." http://blog.internetgovernance.org/blog/_archives/2008/11/2/3958979.html Economic analysis of Registry-registrar integration by Milton Mueller From the ICANN does good department, ICANN has released a report by Charles Rivers Associates on the economic relationship between registries and registrars. All in all the report takes a fairly cautious approach to its recommendations and its main benefits lie in the introduction of more rigorous economic analysis into the ICANN policy dialogue. In the full post, we summarize the recommendations, and will review the whole report in greater detail and report anything of note later. http://blog.internetgovernance.org/blog/_archives/2008/10/25/3946626.html ********************** - ccTLD & gTLD NEWS ********************** Dispute over .africa domain IP address registry AfriNIC has had to postpone its planned November meeting in the Ethiopian capital Addis Ababa due to disagreement over the future location of a .africa address zone. According to AfriNIC, the hosts, the Ethiopian Telecommunication Corporation, have cancelled the ninth meeting of the African address registry at short notice. The organisation has thus found itself forced to divert to Mauritius. The reason for the Ethiopian cancellation appears to be wrangling over the operation of the planned .africa TLD. http://www.heise.de/english/newsticker/news/118223 The Berlin Domain .berlin When Dirk Krischenowski, Founder and CEO says at ICANN meeting in Paris that .berlin is the mothership of all cityTLDs http://au.youtube.com/watch?v=Ux9B7lxVMUM ca: Phishing Attack Warning for Domain Name Holders The Canadian Internet Registration Authority (CIRA) received reports of phishing scam e-mails designed to collect information relating to domain name registrations. The e-mails were made to appear to be coming from various domain name Registrars. http://cira.ca/en/media-room/news/237.html CIRA Starts Domain Name System Security (DNSSEC) Implementation The Canadian Internet Registration Authority (CIRA) started the process of implementing DNSSEC, a set of extensions used to add an additional layer of security to the Domain Name System (DNS) - the service that translates domain names into Internet Protocol (IP) addresses. http://cira.ca/en/media-room/news/236.html New 12-month validity period for fi-domain names FICORA will improve its fi-domain name service by introducing a 12-month validity period for domain names as of the beginning of next year. After the change will have entered into force on 5 January 2009, it will be possible to apply for, renew or transfer a fi-domain name to another holder either for one or three years. http://www.ficora.fi/en/index/viestintavirasto/uutiset/2008/P_35.html Results of .FR public consultation published The French government has published a six page summary of the answers received to its consultation on .FR's future. Next step: an official RFP for the job of running the French registry. http://domainesinfo.fr/english/231/results-of-fr-public-consultation-published.php Publication of the synthesis of the public consultation on French TLDs AFNIC welcomes this important new stage in the process designed by the Decree of February the 6th 2007, that must lead to the formal appointment of the registries for .fr and overseas Internet TLDs. http://www.afnic.fr/actu/nouvelles/203/publication-of-the-synthesis-of-the-public-consultation-on-french-top-level-domains.html The AFNIC publishes its first decisions in regards to its specific dispute resolution procedure for obvious breaches of the stipulations of the decree of February 6th, 2007 The AFNIC published its first decisions to apply the procedure opened on July 22nd to resolve the cases of obvious breaches of the stipulations of the decree of February 6th, 2007. http://www.afnic.fr/actu/nouvelles/204/the-afnic-publishes-its-first-decisions-in-regards-to-its-specific-dispute-resolution-procedure-for-obvious-breaches-of-the-stipulations-of-the-decree-of-february-6th-2007.html .IS Registration rules changed. Registering .IS domains no longer requires the domain's administrative contact to be icelandic. The registration steps are simple: First you need a username (NIC- handle) from ISNIC. To create your "NIC-handle" select "Contacts/register" from the menu (left). Once you have verified your username you can login, and then select "Domains/register" from the menu. Further explanations can be found in the FAQ. http://www.isnic.is/news/index.php NZRS replaces .nz name server New Zealand Registry Services (NZRS) is pleased to announce that the authoritative name server for the .nz Domain Name System (DNS) has been replaced. http://www.internetnz.net.nz/media/2008/nzrs-replaces-.nz-name-server http://nzrs.net.nz/notices/news.shtml#ns_replacement Huge demand for .tel from registrars as 100 sign up with Telnic Today at SYSTEMS 08, Telnic Limited, the Registry Operator for the new .tel TLD announced that one hundred ICANNaccredited registrars had signed an agreement to sell .tel domain names well in advance of its launch. http://telnic.com/downloads/100_Registrars_Announcement.pdf uk: Independent Corporate Governance Review In response to a letter from the Department for Business Enterprise and Regulatory Reform (BERR), we are announcing an independent review of our current corporate governance structure, to be benchmarked against established best practice corporate governance standards. http://www.nominet.org.uk/news/latest/?contentId=5701 http://www.nominet.org.uk/news/releases/?contentId=5702 Nominet reviews corporate governance structure UK domain name registrar Nominet has launched an independent review of its existing corporate governance structure. http://telecompaper.com/news/article.aspx?cid=643195 ********************** - DNS SECURITY ********************** Tech industry group battles botnets [IDG] Several ISPs and Internet companies will meet in San Francisco early next year to adopt a common strategy for combating botnets, the remotely controlled networks that are used to carry out distributed denial-of-service attacks and massive spam campaigns. http://nytimes.com/external/idg/2008/10/30/30idg-Tech-industry-g.html http://www.pcworld.com/article/153121/group_battles_botnets.html Cyberattacks target UK's national infrastructure Sustained cyber-espionage attacks are being waged on companies that play a key role in the Britain's national infrastructure, a UK cyber-defence chief has warned. http://news.zdnet.co.uk/security/0,1000000189,39534286,00.htm New Phishing Attacks Target Legitimate Web Domain Owners A new brand of phishing attack now under way and aimed at legitimate Web site domain owners could be the result of efforts to shut down a notorious domain registrar popular among spammers and malware writers, security experts say. http://www.darkreading.com/security/attacks/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=211800362 New guide launched to beat the phishers The anti phishing working group (APWG) launched a new best practice guide for registrars today, aimed at making it more difficult for online criminals to register domains for purposes such as creating phishing sites. http://www.vnunet.com/vnunet/news/2229526/guide-launched-beat-phishers http://www.techcentral.ie/article.aspx?id=12752 http://www.itnews.com.au/News/88115,new-guide-launched-to-beat-the-phishers.aspx Web Domain Owners targetted by New Phishing Attacks Legitimate Web Site domain owners are being prone to a new brand of phishing attack and could be the result of efforts to shut down a notorious domain registrar popular among spammers and malware writers, security experts say. http://www.webhostdir.com/news/showNews.aspx?ID=28734 Network Solutions Proactive in Fighting Recent Phishing Attack Emails from NetworkSolutions to their client base reveal that Network Solutions is taking measures to alert and keep customers informed on the recent NSI phishing scam. It appears as well that NSI is taking necessary defensive measures to combat any unauthorized access to customer domain names resulting from the phishing attempts. http://www.domainnamenews.com/registrars/network-solutions-proactive-in-fighting-recent-phishing-attack/3046 Anti-phishing best practices recommendations for domain registrars The Anti-Phishing Working Group (APWG), in consultation with the ICANN Registrar Constituency and several domain name registrars, has published a "best practices" advisory for registrars to help them implement mechanisms to make it more difficult to register and use domains for illicit uses such as phishing, a confidence scheme used to dupe consumers out of personal financial information. http://www.net-security.org/secworld.php?id=6702 eNom Phishing Attacks Continue and Morph Domain registrar eNom, the second largest domain registrar in the world, continues to be hit with phishing attacks. The first attack resembled an inaccurate whois report. The new one is a routine maintenance reminder. http://domainnamewire.com/2008/11/01/enom-phishing-attacks-continue-and-morph/ Phishers Attempting to Steal Domain Names. In recent days, a number of bogus emails from what appears to come from several Domain Registrars have been received in email inboxes. http://chatmag.com/news/110108_phishing_stealing_domain_names.html ********************** - DOMAIN DISPUTES ********************** Google should use its own technology to defeat typosquatting, says lawyer Google should use its own search engine technology to identify typosquatters and cut off their advertising income, a US lawyer has said. He said that Google had the technical know-how to tell typosquatted domain names from genuine ones. http://out-law.com/page-9549 Net gaming sites appeal domain name seizures Internet gambling companies and online commerce groups want the state Court of Appeals to toss the state's lawsuit that resulted in the seizure of 141 online gambling Web site domain names by the state. http://www.kentucky.com/181/story/576327.html iMEGA Calls The Kentucky Sentence A Judiciary Mistake The highly esteemed Interactive Media Entertainment & Gaming Association (iMEGA) recently appealed against the decision of the Kentucky court to seize 141 domains of online gaming sites. http://www.pokerstrategy.com/news/world-of-poker/iMEGA-Calls-The-Kentucky-Sentence-A-Judiciary-Mistake_11393 Boycott Kentucky: Internet Community Expresses Outrage Over Domain Seizures A website calling itself www.boycottkentucky.com orchestrated a campaign Friday to have angry Web users call Kentucky Governor Steve Beshear's office en masse. http://www.gambling911.com/gambling-news/boycott-kentucky-internet-community-expresses-outrage-over-domain-seizures-110108.html ********************** - IPv4/IPv6 ********************** Last IPv4 blocks are given out The last remaining IPv4 address blocks have been allocated. IP address administrators (the Regional Internet Registries or RIR) of all five regions (AfriNIC, APNic , ARIN, LacNIC and RIPE) have agreed on how the Internet Assigned Numbers Authority (IANA) should allocate them. The last five blocks available are to be allocated one each to the five RIRs. This was the conclusion reached by the specialists meeting in Dubai at the 57th session of Réseaux IP Européens (RIPE), which is responsible for Europe and parts of Asia. The existing stock of IPv4 addresses held by the IANA will probably only last until January 2011. The individual registries can continue issuing their remaining addresses to internet service providers until December 2011. http://www.heise.de/english/newsticker/news/118224 ********************** - MISCELLANEOUS ********************** Going Offshore? Watch Out for Australia, Too. Last week I wrote about a growing movement for transferring domain names away from United States registrars to other countries. I argued that: http://domainnamewire.com/2008/10/30/going-offshore-watch-out-for-australia-too/ Netcraft October 2008 Web Server Survey In the October 2008 survey we received responses from 182,226,259 sites, which reflects growth of 948 thousand since last month. http://news.netcraft.com/archives/2008/10/29/october_2008_web_server_survey.html "NRO Regrets the Lost Opportunity for Ethiopia to Host an AfriNIC Training and Meeting Event " The Number Resource Organisation (NRO), is an organization formed by the five Regional Internet address Registries which are responsible for the management of IP address space (IPv4 and IPv6) around the world. http://www.nro.org/documents/press_release_301008.html ********************** - DOMAINING & AFTERMARKET ********************** Media General Purchases Richmond.com Media General, an independent communications company and parent of the Richmond Times-Dispatch, has purchased Richmond.com for an undisclosed amount of money. http://www.domainnamenews.com/domain-sales/media-general-purchases-richmondcom/3067 Domainer Mardi Gras Schedule: Risk Management for the Modern Domainer The Domainer Mardi Gras will be held from 19 to 21 February in New Orleans. Following dramatic changes in 2008 in the life of a domainer in 2008, today’s Modern Domainer is being feeling the effects of rising domain name registration fees, approval of new TLDs, changes in monetisation rules by advertising network providers, new tax implications and by an increase in domain name related lawsuits. http://www.domainpulse.com/2008/11/01/domainer-mardi-gras-schedule-risk-management-for-the-modern-domainer/ Back on Track - $300,000 Country Code Sale Leads a Solid Week in the Domain Aftermarket With the domain aftermarket coming off its slowest week of the year there was a lot of interest in whether or not it would snap back this week. It did - with one of the year's five biggest ccTLD sales leading the way. Nokta sold FreeCreditReport.co.uk through the AfternicDLS for a whopping $300,000 to take the top spot on our new chart and Nokta also nailed down the #5 spot with a $70,000 sale of the plural version, FreeCreditReports.co.uk, also through the AfternicDLS. http://dnjournal.com/archive/domainsales/2008/domainsales10-21-08.htm Domain Industry Growth amidst the Recession Surprising as it may seem, the domain industry seems to be unfazed by the recent economic turmoil that has been plaguing the world. Proof of this can be seen in the increase of industry blogs related to domaining. More and more domainers, it seems, are finding the need to communicate their “secrets” to the world. http://domainersmagazine.com/20080917134/domainer-s-magazine-news/domain-industry-growth-amidst-the-recession.html US Justice Department Investigates $164 Million Domain Portfolio Sale At the Beverly Hills office of criminal defense lawyer Edward M. Robbins Jr., anxious new clients are showing up with an unexpected problem. The clients put money in Swiss bank accounts, where it was supposed to stay secret. But now those depositors fear the U.S. Internal Revenue Service and the Justice Department will gain access to their bank records, Robbins said. http://fragerfactor.blogspot.com/2008/11/justice-department-investigates-164.html SarahPalin.com Lands on Afternic An auction for SarahPalin.com has started on domain name aftermarket Afternic.com. The auction will end November 7 and is currently $501 with three bids. http://domainnamewire.com/2008/11/02/sarahpalincom-lands-on-afternic/ ********************** - NON-ENGLISH NEWS ********************** .hansi: Eigene TLD ab 185.000 Dollar Der Domain-Verwalter ICANN diskutiert in Kairo unter welchen Vorraussetzungen individuelle TLDs vergeben werden sollen. Der Bewerbungs-Prozess ist zurzeit noch sehr kompliziert. http://diepresse.com/home/techscience/internet/427303/index.do Eigene TLD für 185.000 Dollar Neues Spielfeld für Unternehmen und Juristen: Die ICANN plant TLDs mit frei wählbaren Buchstabenkombinationen. http://www.computerwoche.de/index.cfm?pid=3146&pk=1877660 Spam-Domains suchen ein neues Zuhause Die zentrale Internet-Verwaltung ICANN hat dem estnischen Domain-Registrar EstDomains die Zulassung entzogen, weil der Präsident der Firma wegen Betrugs verurteilt wurde. EstDomains hat inzwischen Widerspruch gegen die ICANN-Entscheidung eingelegt. http://www.pcwelt.de/start/sicherheit/firewall/news/186911/spam_domains_suchen_ein_neues_zuhause/ ICANN droht Cybercrime-freundlichem Registrar Bereits seit einiger Zeit rumort es in der estnischen Internetzone, denn dem Präsidenten des Domain-Registrars EstDomain wird die Nähe zu Cyberkriminellen nachgesagt. http://www.computerwoche.de/knowledge_center/web/1877483/ Icann droht Cybercrime-freundlichem Registrar Die oberste Internetverwaltung Icann hat dem Präsidenten des Domain-Registrars EstDomain mit einer außerordentlichen Kündigung des Vertrages gedroht. Ihm wird eine Nähe zu Cyberkriminellen nachgesagt. Im vergangenen Februar wurde Vladimir Tsastsin zudem von einem Gericht wegen Kreditkartenbetrugs, Urkundenfälschung und Geldwäsche verurteilt. http://www.silicon.de/lifestyle/web/0,39038976,39198344,00/icann+droht+cybercrime_freundlichem+registrar.htm IP-Adressverwaltung empfiehlt rasche Einführung von DNS Security Die Mitglieder der IP-Adressverwaltung Reseaux IP Europeens (RIPE) befürworten eine rasche Signierung der Rootzone des DNS mittels DNSSEC (DNS Security Extension). http://www.heise.de/newsticker/IP-Adressverwaltung-empfiehlt-rasche-Einfuehrung-von-DNS-Security--/meldung/118185 ICANN diskutiert über frei wählbare TLDs ICANN wird vom 2. bis 7. November in Kairo erneut über frei wählbare TLD diskutieren. Auf der Website der ICANN ist ein sechsteiliges Applicant Guidebook zu finden, das Informationen zu den neuen TLDs enthält. Darüber hinaus besteht bis 8. Dezember in einem Forum die Möglichkeit, die beschriebenen Neuerungen zu kommentieren. http://www.zdnet.de/news/tkomm/0,39023151,39198274,00.htm Eigene TLD für 185.000 Dollar Heute startet in Kairo das internationale ICANN-Meeting, auf dem unter anderem die weitere Vorgehensweise bei der Vergabe von generischen TLD diskutiert werden soll. "Das ist sicherlich das bestimmende Thema auf dem Meeting", sagt Richard Wein, Geschäftsführer Nic.at, der selbst in Kairo an den Beratungen teilnehmen wird. http://www.pcwelt.de/start/dsl_voip/online/news/187217/eigene_top_level_domain_fuer_185000_dollar/ http://www.news.ch/Eigene+Top+Level+Domain+fuer+185+000+Dollar/323821/detail.htm ICANN nimmt Estland TLD weg Der US-Domain-Verwalter ICANN entzieht einer Registrierungs-Stelle in Estland das Recht TLDs zu vergeben. 281.000 Domains sind von dem Schritt betroffen. http://diepresse.com/home/techscience/internet/426632/index.do Generische TLDs ante Portas Im Juni 2008 hatte die gemeinnützige Organisation für die Verwaltung des Domainnamen-Systems im Internet ICANN bekannt gegeben, neue TLDs freizugeben. http://www.computerwelt.at/detailArticle.asp?a=118090&n=5 ICANN nimmt Estland TLD weg Der US-Domain-Verwalter ICANN entzieht einer Registrierungs-Stelle in Estland das Recht TLDs zu vergeben. 281.000 Domains sind von dem Schritt betroffen. http://diepresse.com/home/techscience/internet/426632/index.do?_vl_backlink=/home/techscience/index.do ICANN droht Cybercrime-freundlichem Registrar Bereits seit einiger Zeit rumort es in der estnischen Internetzone, denn dem Präsidenten des Domain-Registrars EstDomain wird eine Nähe zu Cyberkriminellen nachgesagt. http://www.pressetext.com/pte.mc?pte=081030037 Registrar von ICANN aus dem Vertrag entlassen Der estnische Domain-Registrar EstDomains wurde von der Internet-Verwaltung ICANN "de-akkreditiert". Hintergrund ist offenbar, dass der Unternehmenschef wegen Kreditkartenbetrugs, Urkundenfälschung und Computer-Kriminalität verurteilt wurde. http://www.intern.de/news/neue--meldungen/--200810304659.html Google-Hack für mehr IPv6-Peerings Suchmaschinenriese Google macht die nächsten Schritte bei IPv6. Einem IPv6-Eintrag für die zentrale Suchseite www.google.com hält man zwar noch für zu gewagt, sagte Lorenzo Colitti, Entwickler und IPv6-Experte bei Google, beim RIPE-Treffen in Dubai. Noch könne rund einer von 10.000 Nutzern im Fall einer Dual-Stack IPv4/IPv6 Variante die Google-Seite gar nicht mehr erreichen. Zwar sei die Zahl, die Google in einer eigenen Studie mit Nutzern ermittelt hat, niedriger als erwartet, sagte Colitti. "Trotzdem ist das nicht akzeptabel," sagte Colitti. http://www.heise.de/newsticker/Google-Hack-fuer-mehr-IPv6-Peerings--/meldung/118269 Domains in Österreich günstiger... Die Aktion des Nic.at für billige .at-Domains lauft gut und sie lauft nicht mehr lange. Wer sich einen der begehrten Namen sichern will, sollte schnell handeln. http://www.tripple.net/contator/news.asp?nnr=34424 EuroDIG – Frankreich rüttelt an ICANNs Thron Zur Vorbereitung des dritten Internet Governance Forum (IGF) fand letzte Woche in Strassburg der "European Dialogue on Internet Governance (EuroDIG)" statt. Eines der Ergebnisse: in Sachen Internetverwaltung sieht man weiter Gesprächsbedarf. http://www.domain-recht.de/magazin/domain-news-2008/eurodig-frankreich-ruettelt-an-icanns-thron-id667310.html eMails - LG Köln untersagt Veröffentlichung Das Landgericht Köln nahm in einem Urteil (vom 28. Mai 2008, Az.: 28 O 157/08) im Rahmen eines einstweiligen Verfügungsverfahrens zur Störerhaftung und zur Verletzung des allgemeinen Persönlichkeitsrechts durch Veröffentlichung von eMails Stellung. Die Veröffentlichung von eMails Dritter sollte man besser unterlassen. http://www.domain-recht.de/magazin/domain-news-2008/emails-lg-koeln-untersagt-veroeffentlichung-id667309.html ICANN et extensions personnalisées : le prix comme garde-fou Disposer d'une extension Internet générique personnalisée ne sera pas à la portée de toutes les bourses. Rien que 185 000 dollars pour les frais de candidature. http://www.generation-nt.com/icann-extension-personnalisee-prix-domaine-internet-actualite-179291.html L'ICANN se réunit au Caire Le 33ème meeting ICANN aura lieu du 2 au 7 novembre 2008 en Egypte. L’enjeu clef de cette réunion : l’évaluation du ''manuel du candidat'' pour la création des nouveaux gTLD. http://domainesinfo.fr/actualite/1685/l-icann-se-reunit-au-caire.php Comment juger si un nouveau gTLD porte atteinte à la morale ou à l’ordre public Dans un document publié aujourd’hui, l’ICANN répond à cette question en précisant le contexte juridique international sur lequel le régulateur s’appuiera en cas de gTLDs moralement litigieux. http://domainesinfo.fr/actualite/1688/comment-juger-si-un-nouveau-gtld-porte-atteinte-a-la-morale-ou-a-l-ordre-public.php Comment seront résolues les objections à la création de nouveaux gTLDs Le ''manuel du candidat'' pour la création de nouvelles extensions gTLD vient d’être publié. Le chapitre 3 explique comment les litiges nés de l’objection de certains dossiers visant à la création de nouveaux TLD seront réglés. Analyse. http://domainesinfo.fr/actualite/1687/comment-seront-resolues-les-objections-a-la-creation-de-nouveaux-gtlds.php Consultation sur le .FR, la synthèse publiée Le ministère de l’Economie, de l’industrie et de l’emploi publie une synthèse des réponses reçues dans le cadre de la consultation menée sur la gestion des extensions françaises. http://domainesinfo.fr/extension/1689/france-consultation-sur-le-fr-la-synthese-publiee.php L'ICANN condanna, ma deve ritrattare Lo strano caso di EstDomains, registrar che ha contribuito alla registrazione di decine di migliaia di domini utilizzati in maniera maligna, la cui attività è stata sospesa dall'ICANN salvo poi essere congelata per inconsistenza delle prove http://business.webnews.it/news/leggi/9480/licann-condanna-ma-deve-ritrattare/ .cl: Conferencia OpenNIC 2008 NIC Chile tiene el agrado de invitar a la comunidad de profesionales y técnicos de redes e informática a participar del evento OpenNIC 2008, organizado con la finalidad de compartir las experiencias y mejores prácticas que ha desarrollado el equipo técnico de NIC Chile durante sus más de 20 años de servicio, con el objetivo de ayudar a mantener una Internet más sana, ágil y segura. http://nic.cl/anuncios/2008-10-28.html http://www.latinoamericann.org/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=article&sid=1716 PHISHING A ENTIDADES REGISTRANTES: ¿NECESITAN LOS ATACANTES NUEVOS DOMINIOS? Desde ayer se está produciendo una verdadera avalancha de correo basura que simula ser de registrantes reputados como Enom y Networksolutions. Bajo la excusa de que el domino está a punto de caducar, su objetivo es robar las contraseñas de clientes de registrantes y por tanto adueñarse de sus dominios. Ayer además se dio a conocer que ICANN ha retirado la licencia a Estdomains, uno de los registrantes supuestamente aliados con el mundo del malware... ¿Será que los atacantes andan escasos de dominios? http://informativos.net/tecnologia/phishing-a-entidades-registrantes-necesitan-los-atacantes-nuevos-dominios_51114.aspx Ojo con la conectividad a Internet Internet se basa en un protocolo que permite que la información fluya por el ciberespacio en forma organizada, eficiente y sin problemas. Parte de este protocolo lo forma una dirección IP, la que equivale a la de una casa, que se usa principalmente para ubicar el predio dentro de una ciudad, para poder llegar a él. Estas direcciones en su formato actual, que es la versión 4 -IPv4-, se componen de cuatro grupos de números, cada uno de tres dígitos, separados por un punto, así: 200.173.025.001. Cada equipo que se conecte al ciberespacio debe tener asignada una dirección IP, que la información que se le envíe por Internet llegue a su destino. http://www.eltiempo.com/opinion/columnistas/guillermosantoscaldern/ojo-con-la-conectividad-a-internet_4640816-1 Ökänd domänregistrator utreds av ICANN ICANN utreder just nu om domänregistratorn Estdomains ska få fortsätta registrera domäner. Det estländska företaget anklagas för att tjäna pengar på bland annat penningtvätt och kontokortsbedrägerier. http://sakerhet.idg.se/2.1070/1.189334/okand-domanregistrator-utreds-av-icann "De som vill ha öppenhet ser att ipv6 behövs" Nät & kommunikation Ip-adresserna tar snart slut. Men övergången till protokollet ipv6 har körts i diket. Bakom misslyckandet ligger starka affärsintressen som hellre ser stängda nät än ett växande internet. Det säger Patrik Fältström, internetexpert på Cisco. http://www.idg.se/2.1085/1.189556/de-som-vill-ha-oppenhet-ser-att-ipv6-behovs IP-numren tar slut om två år Görs inget drastiskt blir det snart problem för nya användare att ansluta sig till nätet. http://www.metro.se/se/article/2008/11/02/17/0906-57/index.xml Internet får växtvärk Görs inget drastiskt blir det snart problem för nya användare att ansluta sig till nätet. De IP-nummer som datorerna använder för att prata med varandra i nätverket håller på att ta slut. Lösningen riskerar att bli mycket dyr. http://www.dn.se/DNet/jsp/polopoly.jsp?d=147&a=846972 IPV4 Mulai Habis, IPV6 Mulai Dilirik Semakin terbatasnya jumlah ketersediaan sistem pengalamatan jaringan internet IPV4 (internet protocol versi 4) membuat Department Komunikasi dan Informasi mulai melirik keberadaan IPV6 yang menyediakan sistem pengalamatan yang lebih besar dan banyak. http://www.kompas.com/read/xml/2008/10/30/17060584/ipv4.mulai.habis.ipv6.mulai.dilirik Äripäev valis arvutikelmi firma aasta edukaimaks Ligi 281 000 kliendi domeeninimed ohtu seadnud Estdomains.com presidendi Vladimir Tšaštšini teine ettevõte Rove Digital pälvis möödunud aastalt Äripäevalt edukaima IT- ja arvutifirma tiitli. http://www.postimees.ee/?id=45288 Fienden har endret taktikk Virusjegeren Mikko Hyppönen advarer mot ondsinnet kode som overlever «blue screen of death». http://www.digi.no/php/art.php?id=792571 Story mentioning ICANN in Japanese http://www.itmedia.co.jp/enterprise/articles/0810/31/news017.html Story in Russian mentioning ICANN http://rus.delfi.ee/computers/internet/article.php?id=20230657 Story in Vietnamese mentioning ICANN and gTLDs http://www32.24h.com.vn/news.php/55/205129 http://vn.news.yahoo.com/vne/20081031/ttc-185-000-usd-gia-cho-moi-ten-mien-ca-23a85a1.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. 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