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Headlines from today's edition of the news include: ICANN Nairobi Meeting Gets Board Go Ahead | Landmark Step in ICANN’s Use of Accountability Mechanisms by Rod Beckstrom | Sex.com renews search for a sugar daddy And see my website - http://GoldsteinReport.com/ - for daily updates in between postings. *************************************************** The domain name news is supported by auDA *************************************************** Wolfgang Kleinwachter: Don't move backwards on Internet governance http://blog.internetgovernance.org/blog/_archives/2010/2/14/4455885.html ICANN Update On Nairobi Meeting Security Issues http://goldsteinreport.com/article.php?article=10405 ICANN Increases Nairobi Meeting Security and Investigates Enhanced Remote Participation http://goldsteinreport.com/article.php?article=10389 Pre-Nairobi ICANN Policy Update Briefing Meeting Details and How to Participate http://icann.org/en/announcements/announcement-17feb10-en.htm Public Comment: Draft Report on WHOIS Accuracy http://icann.org/en/announcements/announcement-3-15feb10-en.htm 77% of domain registrations stuffed with rubbish http://www.theregister.co.uk/2010/02/17/domain_name_problems/ ICANN Study Finds Three-Quarters of Whois Data Inaccurate http://goldsteinreport.com/article.php?article=10400 Non-Lawyers' Guide to the 2009 RAA http://icann.org/en/announcements/announcement-15feb10-en.htm DNS.BE Passes One Million Domain Name Registrations After Another Record Year in 2009 http://goldsteinreport.com/article.php?article=10393 In a doomsday cyber attack scenario, answers are unsettling http://www.latimes.com/news/nation-and-world/la-na-cyber-attack17-2010feb17,0,305928.story Dengate-Thrush appointed to Copyright Tribunal http://www.nzherald.co.nz/technology/news/article.cfm?c_id=5&objectid=10626303 Poker.org sold for $1 Million, Most Ever For .org Domain http://techcrunch.com/2010/02/17/poker-org-sold-for-1-million-most-ever-for-org-domain/ ********************** GOVERNANCE ********************** Wolfgang Kleinwachter: Don't move backwards on Internet governance IGP note: This is a comment Professor Wolfgang Kleinwachter made regarding the future of the Internet Governance Forum (IGF). At the recent Geneva consultations of the IGF, there was a disagreement over whether the UN Secretary-General's recommendations on the continuation of the IGF should be delivered through the UN Department of Economic and Social Affairs (UNDESA) or the Committee onScience and Technology for Development (CSTD) prior to the UN General Assembly receiving it to make a final decision. This seemingly obscure bureaucratic disagreement reflects a larger debate over how open and "multistakeholder" the IGF should be. http://blog.internetgovernance.org/blog/_archives/2010/2/14/4455885.html ********************** DOMAIN NAMES ********************** ********************** - ICANN ********************** ICANN Update On Nairobi Meeting Security Issues ICANN has given an update on the situation with their planning to deal with the security issues at the upcoming meeting in Nairobi in March. While they continue to monitor the situation, there will also be increased access to remote participation and there is a board meeting scheduled for 19 February to “give the Board a final opportunity to review the situation and plans.” http://goldsteinreport.com/article.php?article=10405 http://www.domainpulse.com/2010/02/18/icann-update-on-nairobi-meeting-security-issues/ ICANN Increases Nairobi Meeting Security and Investigates Enhanced Remote Participation There has been an enhanced, on the ground commitment for additional security by local members of the Kenyan security committee in preparation for the upcoming ICANN meeting to be held in the country’s capital, with the group working closely with the on-site security experts that ICANN has under contract, ICANN has announced in a security update on the upcoming meeting. http://goldsteinreport.com/article.php?article=10389 http://www.domainnews.com/en/icann-increases-nairobi-meeting-security-investigates-enhanced-remote-participation.html http://www.domainpulse.com/2010/02/16/icann-increases-nairobi-meeting-security-and-to-investigate-enhanced-remote-participation/ Pre-Nairobi ICANN Policy Update Briefing Meeting Details and How to Participate Whether you plan to participate in the upcoming Nairobi meeting remotely or in person, you're invited to a quick reminder of the background and current status of each major policy issue currently under discussion in ICANN. http://icann.org/en/announcements/announcement-17feb10-en.htm 15 February 2010 Nairobi Update ICANN's internal team – including staff from the US (California, Texas, New Jersey), France and Niger - continued to meet daily over the weekend to discuss and share information regarding the ICANN Nairobi meeting. Today and last night, we had direct contact with the local Kenyan members of the security planning committee, and there has been an enhanced, on the ground commitment for additional security and this group will work closely with the on-site security experts that ICANN has under contract. ICANN's security team thinks these are strong, positive steps. http://nbo.icann.org/meetings/security-information-15feb10-en.htm Remote Participation for Nairobi: Details Available As some of you will have already noticed, remote participation details are in the process of being posted on the ICANN Nairobi site. Work on the remote participation for Nairobi began for me on the first day of December when I took up the post of Senior Director for Participation and Engagement, as the Board’s Public Participation Committee asked me to propose the suite of remote participation options for Nairobi. They, and the staff, clearly understood that we would likely see a considerable increase in the use of remote participation in Nairobi. http://blog.icann.org/2010/02/remote-participation-for-nairobi-details-available/ Security Scare Hits City Meeting Plan Kenya's security forces have stepped up anti-terrorism surveillance ahead of a landmark Internet conference scheduled for next month in Nairobi that has been hit by delegates' withdrawal over security fears. http://www.businessdailyafrica.com/Company Industry/-/539550/864086/-/t3e86kz/-/index.html http://allafrica.com/stories/201002171076.html Public Comment: Draft Report on WHOIS Accuracy The National Opinion Research Center (NORC) recently completed a study commissioned by ICANN to determine the percentage of domain names registered under the top 5 gTLDs (i.e., .com, .net, .org, .biz, and .info) that contain accurate WHOIS data. Today, the draft report is being posted for review and comment through 15 April 2010. http://icann.org/en/announcements/announcement-3-15feb10-en.htm 77% of domain registrations stuffed with rubbish An incredible 77 per cent of internet domains - nearly 90 million internet addresses - are registered with false, incomplete, or unverifiable information. http://www.theregister.co.uk/2010/02/17/domain_name_problems/ ICANN Study Finds Three-Quarters of Whois Data Inaccurate More than three-quarters (77%) of all Whois records for five of the generic Top Level Domains (.COM, .ORG, .NET, .INFO and .BIZ) are filled with at least partially inaccurate information, according to a survey by the National Opinion Research Center (NORC) for ICANN. http://goldsteinreport.com/article.php?article=10400 http://www.domainpulse.com/2010/02/17/three-quarters-of-whois-data-inaccurate-finds-icann-study/ http://www.domainnews.com/en/three-quarters-of-whois-data-inaccurate-icann-study.html ICANN fails to control Internet, 77% of domains have no valid information A recent report revealed that 77% of Internet domains, which is about 90 million Internet addresses, are registered with false, incomplete, or unverifiable information. http://www.ecommerce-journal.com/node/26970 ICANN admits domain holders impossible to find More than three-quarters of Internet domain registrants have incomplete, invalid or false names. And 22 percent of website owners proved to be impossible to trace. http://news.techworld.com/networking/3212964/icann-admits-domain-holders-impossible-to-find/ ICANN: Most web domain registrations are faulty A new report on the accuracy of domain registrations has found 77 per cent of records have information that is missing, incorrect or deliberately falsified. http://www.itpro.co.uk/620599/icann-most-web-domain-registrations-are-faulty Non-Lawyers' Guide to the 2009 RAA ICANN has produced a Non-Lawyers' Guide to the May 2009 Registrar Accreditation in response to the At-Large Advisory Committee's (ALAC) request for such a guide. http://icann.org/en/announcements/announcement-15feb10-en.htm New gTLD Program Makes Available New Documents for Community Discussion ICANN is publishing today several materials related to the New gTLD Program. These materials have been grouped below in categories to facilitate understanding. http://icann.org/en/announcements/announcement-4-15feb10-en.htm Fiscal Year 2011 Operating Plan and Budget Framework Posted for Community Review The release of ICANN's Proposed Framework for the Fiscal Year 2011 (FY11) Operating Plan and Budget kicks off the operational planning process for ICANN, providing the community the first look at the planned work and financial resources required for FY11. The framework will be discussed with members of the ICANN community at the Nairobi meeting in March, through online public comment areas, and through conference calls with ICANN constituencies. A more detailed draft FY11 Operating Plan and Budget will be posted by 17 May 2010. After more public comment and feedback, the budget is expected to be adopted by the ICANN Board at its Brussels meeting in June 2010. http://icann.org/en/announcements/announcement-2-15feb10-en.htm Experts Predict 100-1500 New TLDs by 2011-2012 Last Friday I had the opportunity to moderate a panel on new top level domain names during Domainer Mardi Gras in New Orleans. http://domainnamewire.com/2010/02/16/experts-predict-100-1500-new-tlds-by-2011-2012/ ********************** - ccTLD & gTLD NEWS ********************** Drop in number of .az domains Azerbaijan had 9,228 domains in the national .az Internet domain zone as of 17 February, a fall of 50 since 11 January. http://www.news.az/articles/9365 1,000,000th .be domain name registered This weekend, DNS BE registered the 1 millionth .be domain name for an end-user. The domain name in question is boekee.be, registered by Erwin Boekee. By way of gift the domain name registration with his present registrar will be paid by DNS BE for the next 25 years. http://www.dns.be/en/home.php?n=441 DNS.BE Passes One Million Domain Name Registrations After Another Record Year in 2009 A record number of domain name registrations in 2009 have led to the registration of the one millionth .BE domain name last weekend. http://goldsteinreport.com/article.php?article=10393 http://www.domainpulse.com/2010/02/17/dnsbe-one-million-registrations-record-2009/ ********************** - DNS SECURITY ********************** In a doomsday cyber attack scenario, answers are unsettling What if a crippling attack struck the country's digital infrastructure? Experts including current and former officials tackle the question. The results show that the peril is real and growing. http://www.latimes.com/news/nation-and-world/la-na-cyber-attack17-2010feb17,0,305928.story Simulation shows government lacks policies needed to respond to cyberattack A simulation of a widespread cyberattack against the nation's critical infrastructure on Tuesday demonstrated the cascading effects an attack can have on networks and the difficulty the government would have in quickly responding, including dealing with civil liberties and how to work with corporations. http://www.nextgov.com/nextgov/ng_20100216_5378.php Group Simulates Cyber Attack Intelligence experts playing a cyber war game Tuesday to test America's readiness for a nationwide hack faced a simulated crisis that crippled America's power grid - trouble that started with a cell phone virus. http://techdailydose.nationaljournal.com/2010/02/group-simulates-cyber-attack.php War game reveals U.S. lacks cyber-crisis skills Scene: The White House Situation Room. Event: A massive cyber attack has turned the cellphones and computers of tens of millions of Americans into weapons to shut down the Internet. A cascading series of events then knocks out power for most of the East Coast amid hurricanes and a heat wave. http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/02/16/AR2010021605762.html U.S. Fails Test In Simulated Cyberattack A large-scale simulated cyberattack on the U.S. yesterday proved one thing, according to organizers: The country isn't prepared for a real attack. http://www.darkreading.com/security/cybercrime/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=222900775 Malicious Software Infects Corporate Computers A malicious software program has infected the computers of more than 2,500 corporations around the world, according to NetWitness, a computer network security firm. http://www.nytimes.com/2010/02/19/technology/19cyber.html Broad New Hacking Attack Detected: Global Offensive Snagged Corporate, Personal Data at nearly 2,500 Companies; Operation Is Still Running Hackers in Europe and China successfully broke into computers at nearly 2,500 companies and government agencies over the last 18 months in a coordinated global attack that exposed vast amounts of personal and corporate secrets to theft, according to a computer-security company that discovered the breach. http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704398804575071103834150536.html More than 75,000 computer systems hacked in one of largest cyber attacks, security firm says More than 75,000 computer systems at nearly 2,500 companies in the United States and around the world have been hacked in what appears to be one of the largest and most sophisticated attacks by cyber criminals discovered to date, according to a northern Virginia security firm. http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/02/17/AR2010021705816.html ********************** - DOMAIN DISPUTES ********************** BofA wins judgment over cybersquatter on Web names Bank of America Corp has won a court judgment barring a self-described cybersquatter from using the "bofaml.com" and "mlbofa.com" Internet domain names following the bank's acquisition of Merrill Lynch & Co. http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE61F3Y420100216 Measuring Typosquatting Perpetrators and Funders by Tyler Moore and Benjamin Edelman For more than a decade, aggressive website registrants have been engaged in 'typosquatting' -- the intentional registration of misspellings of popular website addresses. Uses for the diverted traffic have evolved over time, ranging from hosting sexually-explicit content to phishing. Several countermeasures have been implemented, including developing policies for resolving disputes. Despite these efforts, typosquatting remains rife. But just how prevalent is typosquatting today, and why is it so pervasive? http://www.circleid.com/posts/20100217_measuring_typosquatting_perpetrators_and_funders/ ********************** - MISCELLANEOUS ********************** Dengate-Thrush appointed to Copyright Tribunal Commerce Minister Simon Power has announced the appointment of lawyer Peter Dengate-Thrush to the Copyright Tribunal for a five year term. http://www.nzherald.co.nz/technology/news/article.cfm?c_id=5&objectid=10626303 nz: Top tech lawyer joins Copyright Tribunal Commerce Minister Simon Power has appointed Peter Dengate-Thrush to the Copyright Tribunal for a term of five years. http://www.sharechat.co.nz/article/a1691d7b/top-tech-lawyer-joins-copyright-tribunal.html Registration of Generic Names: Advocate General's Opinion Before the Court of Justice of the EU One of the most debated questions at the time of the opening of the .eu Top-Level Domain (TLD) was whether or not it was possible to register names on the basis of prior rights on signs which include special characters, such as an ampersand. The Advocate General of the Court of Justice of European Union has just published his opinion (4 years later...). http://www.circleid.com/posts/registration_of_generic_names_advocate_generals_opinion_court_eu/ Domain Registry Locking Program: It Is There for a Reason, So Why Not Use It? by Elisa Cooper At the beginning of last year, MarkMonitor participated in VeriSign's beta program to test server-level protections which were designed to mitigate the potential for unintended domain name changes, deletions and transfers. When VeriSign finally released their Registry Locking Program to all registrars, I expected to see the owners of highly trafficked sites flocking to this new offering. However, after a review of the top 300 most highly trafficked sites, I was shocked to uncover that less than 10% of these valuable domains were protected using these newly available security measures. http://www.circleid.com/posts/domain_registry_locking_why_not_use_it/ ********************** - DOMAINING & AFTERMARKET ********************** Poker.org sold for $1 Million, Most Ever For .org Domain Sedo, a domain marketplace, has brokered the largest sale of a .org domain to date. Brokered on behalf of National A-1 Advertising, the domain poker.org was sold to PokerCompany.com for the sum of $1 million. http://techcrunch.com/2010/02/17/poker-org-sold-for-1-million-most-ever-for-org-domain/ ‘Halvarez’ Caused $2M Loss to SnapNames Customers A document filed today in a lawsuit against Oversee.net and Snapnames shows that the total loss to U.S. customers from the bidding scandal was about $1 million, including interest. The total damages for all customers can be extrapolated to be about $2.0 million. http://domainnamewire.com/2010/02/16/halvarez-caused-2m-loss-to-snapnames-customers/ Report: Google May Earn $497 Million a Year from Typosquatting A new study suggests that Google may earn $497 million a year from typosquatters targeting the 100,000 most popular .com sites on the web. http://domainnamewire.com/2010/02/17/report-google-may-earn-497-million-a-year-from-typosquatting/ ********************** - NON-ENGLISH NEWS ********************** ********************** - German News ********************** Hohe Anzahl von Domains fehlerhaft registriert Die Internet-Adressverwaltung ICANN hat in einer Studie die im DNS registrierten Angaben der fünf häufigsten gTLDs überprüfen lassen. Bei lediglich 23 Prozent waren die Daten vollständig korrekt. http://futurezone.orf.at/stories/1639586/ Dem Internet gehen die Adressen aus ICANN, international für die Vergabe von Domain-Namen und -Adressen zuständig, hat die Warnung herausgegeben, dass dem Internet die Adressen ausgehen, und zwar jene Adressen, die dem Internet-Protokoll Version 4 zur Verfügung stehen. Das Ende des Internet-Wachstums wurde bereits für 1998, dann wieder für 2010 und jetzt für 2012 prognostiziert. http://futurezone.orf.at/tipps/stories/1639510/ Internet Governance Forum: Ein steiniger Weg zur Meinungsfreiheit? Ägyptens Kommunikationsminister Tarek Kamel hat Fragen nach einem harten Vorgehen gegen Blogger im Gastland des diesjährigen Internet Governance Forum der UN (IGF) zurückgewiesen. Auf der ersten Pressekonferenz des IGF sagte Kamel in Sharm El Sheik, in Ägypten herrsche Meinungsfreiheit. "Wäre sonst das IGF hierher gekommen?" fragte Kamel. Die Organisation Reporter ohne Grenzen (RoG) hatte zuvor auf kurzfristige Inhaftierungen und Misshandlungen von Bloggern hingewiesen. http://www.heise.de/newsticker/meldung/Internet-Governance-Forum-Ein-steiniger-Weg-zur-Meinungsfreiheit-860170.html Globale Netzregulierung am Scheideweg In den Büros der Vereinten Nationen wird derzeit über die Zukunft des Internet Governance Forum (IGF) verhandelt. Nichtregierungsorganisationen (NGOs), Industrievertreter und einige westliche Regierungen befürchten, dass dabei auch neu erkämpfte Mitspracherechte für nicht-staatliche Akteure auf dem Spiel stehen. Wolfgang Kleinwächter, IGF-Experte und Sonderberater des IGF-Vorsitzenden, sagte gegenüber heise online, die globale Internetpolitik der kommenden Jahre stehe an einem Scheideweg – ob sie nun allein von Regierungen oder unter Beteiligung der verschiedenen gesellschaftlichen Gruppen betrieben wird. http://www.heise.de/newsticker/meldung/Globale-Netzregulierung-am-Scheideweg-932226.html http://www.heise.de/ct/meldung/Globale-Netzregulierung-am-Scheideweg-932226.html eco – Studie zur Internetwirtschaft 2009–2012 Die deutsche Internetwirtschaft entwickelt sich rasant – zu diesem nicht wirklich überraschenden Ergebnis kommt eco eV, der Verband der deutschen Internetwirtschaft in Kooperation mit der Managementberatung Arthur D. Little. Doch der Verband warnt: ohne IPv6 gibt es kein weiteres Wachstum. http://www.domain-recht.de/magazin/domain-news-2010/eco-studie-zur-internetwirtschaft-20092012-id667661.html nTLDs – was tun, wenn neue Endungen kommen? Wie berichtet, naht eine Entscheidung ICANNs über den "expression of interest"-Prozess (EOI) und den Starttermin für das vorgeschaltete Bewerbungsverfahren um neue generische Top Level Domains. Worauf kann man als Unternehmen jetzt achten, um von den Prozessen nicht überrascht zu werden? http://www.domain-recht.de/magazin/domain-news-2010/ntlds-was-tun-wenn-neue-endungen-kommen-id667662.html TLDs – Neues von .rf, .lu und .music Angesichts der Winterstürme kann man es sich kaum vorstellen, doch die ersten Sunrise Periods des Jahres 2010 laufen: sowohl in Russland als auch in Luxemburg ist dabei Zeit für internationalisierte Adressen. Bei .music macht man sich dagegen erst noch Hoffnung auf möglich viele Registrierungen – hier unsere Kurznews. http://www.domain-recht.de/magazin/domain-news-2010/tlds-neues-von-rf-lu-und-music-id667663.html Eilmeldung – DENIC gibt Kurzdomain br.de frei! Die deutsche Domain-Verwaltung DENIC eG gibt am heutigen Donnerstag, den 18. Februar 2010 um 15.00 Uhr (MEZ) die Domain br.de zur allgemeinen Registrierung frei. http://www.domain-recht.de/magazin/domain-news-2010/eilmeldung-denic-gibt-kurzdomain-br-de-frei-id667664.html ********************** - French News ********************** Nouvelles extensions: la protection des droits détaillée L'ICANN publie aujourd'hui plusieurs documents sur les méthodes de protection des droits qui seront proposées dans le cadre du programme de création des nouvelles extensions. http://domainesinfo.fr/actualite/2089/.php Record de nouveaux noms de domaine « .be » en 2009 Une nouvelle augmentation record de 4,4% des nouveaux noms de domaine « .be » a été enregistrée en 2009, selon DNS, l’organisme chargé officiellement de la gestion des noms de domaine « .be ». http://news.namebay.com/nom-domaine/francais/commerciale/record-de-nouveaux-noms-de-domaine-be-en-2009.htm Erwin Boekee entre dans l'histoire (belge) Le week-end dernier, Erwin Boekee a enregistré le nom de domaine boekee.be. Il s'agit du millionième nom de domaine en .BE. Pour marquer l'événement, DNS.BE, le gestionnaire de l'extension belge, a décidé de couvrir les frais d'enregistrement durant un quart de siècle. http://domainesinfo.fr/extension/2090/.php ********************** - Spanish News ********************** Los dominios .es se vendieron un 41% más en 2009 El año pasado se vendió un 41 por ciento más de dominios .es, según un estudio del mercado de compra-venta de dominios Sedo, la mayor del mundo en su sector. http://www.baquia.com/noticias.php?id=15885 ********************** - Norwegian News ********************** Introduksjon av nye toppdomener Samferdselsdepartementet har nedsatt en nasjonal arbeidsgruppe som skal vurdere om det skal åpnes for flere toppdomener av norsk nasjonal interesse - slik som f.eks www.navn.oslo. Arbeidsgruppen ledes av Post- og teletilsynet (PT) og skal levere sin rapport innen utgangen av 2010. http://www.npt.no/portal/page/portal/PG_NPT_NO_NO/PAG_NPT_NO_HOME/_PAG_NPT_NO_VIS_NYHET?p_d_i=-121&p_d_c=&p_d_v=115600 Det kan bli flere norske toppdomener En nasjonal arbeidsgruppe nedsatt av Samferdselsdepartementet skal vurdere som det skal åpnes for flere norske toppdomener. http://www.digi.no/835495/det-kan-bli-flere-norske-toppdomener .oslo kan bli nytt toppdomene I Norge har vi i dag kun ".no" som toppdomene. Dette kan det bli slutt på. Samferdselsdepartementet har satt ned en nasjonal arbeidsgruppe som skal vurdere om det bør åpnes for flere toppdomener. Et eksempel Post- og teletilsynet (PT) drar frem er ".oslo". http://www.idg.no/computerworld/article158737.ece Åpner for nye toppdomener DinSide Synes du det blir for upersonlig med en .com eller .no-adresse på nettstedet ditt? 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