auDA Domain Name News - Aug 25
25/Aug/2008
auDA Domain Name News is compiled by David Goldstein on auDA's behalf. The views expressed in the news items linked from auDA's website (Linked Documents), do not necessarily reflect the views of auDA. auDA does not warrant the accuracy or reliability of the information contained in the Linked Documents, and assumes no liability to any person for any reliance placed upon any information contained in the Linked Documents.
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RESEARCH PAPERS
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Deconstructing An Experiment In Global Internet Governance: The ICANN Case by Slavka Antonova [International Journal of Communications Law and Policy]
The model of a global multistakeholder collaboration in Internet domain-name system management, as developed by U.S. government in 1998 and embedded in the ICANN, held all the promises of a paradigm shift in global governance. Seven years later, the UN World Summit on the Information Society in Tunisia (November 2005) adopted some of the vocabulary of the ICANN experiment and recognized the multistakeholder collaboration as a key organizational principle in global Internet governance. Yet, it reestablished the leading role of national governments and intergovernmental organizations, such as the ITU, in the regulation of the global Internet.
ijclp.net/files/ijclp_web-doc_1-12-2008.pdf
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GOVERNANCE
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A Decade of Internet Evolution by Vinton G. Cerf, Google
In 1998 the Internet had about 50 million users, supported by approximately 25 million servers (Web and e-mail hosting sites, for example, but not desktops or laptops). In that same year, the ICANN was created. Internet companies such as Netscape Communications, Yahoo!, eBay, and Amazon were already 3 to 4 years old and the Internet was in the middle of its so-called "dot-boom" period. Google emerged that year as a highly speculative effort to "organize the world's information and make it accessible and useful." Investment in anything related to the Internet was called "irrational exuberance" by the then head of the U.S. Federal Reserve Bank, Alan Greenspan.
cisco.com/web/about/ac123/ac147/archived_issues/ipj_11-2/112_evolution.html
A Decade in the Life of the Internet by Geoff Huston, APNIC
The evolutionary path of any technology can often take strange and unanticipated turns and twists. At some points simplicity and minimalism can be replaced by complexity and ornamentation, while at other times a dramatic cut-through exposes the core concepts of the technology and removes layers of superfluous additions. The technical evolution of the Internet appears to be no exception, and contains these same forms of unanticipated turns and twists.
cisco.com/web/about/ac123/ac147/archived_issues/ipj_11-2/112_life.html
Cyber Infrastructure: The Internet's New Shortcut
The Internet, it turns out, may have room enough for everyone. Even the most bandwidth-hogging digital pirates. That, at least, is the hope of two professors from the University of Washington and Yale University. They plan to present research at a conference in Seattle on Thursday describing a new and speedier way to send data across the Internet. Their technique, based on an algorithm they call P4P, could eventually offer a less controversial version of peer-to-peer file sharing, a practice that has flooded the Internet with pirated music and movies and ignited debate over what online content broadband providers should regulate.
www.forbes.com/infrastructure/2008/08/20/filesharing-internet-p4p-tech-cionetwork-cx_ag_0821fileshare.html
The Future of the Internet - A Political View by Geoff Huston
Lets face it, gathering a collection of ministerial delegations to laboriously recite prepared speeches to each other sounds about as exciting as watching paint dry. And observing meetings where the major outcome appears to be limited to the scheduling of the next meeting can become somewhat tedious after a while. It should not be surprising that the level of expectation of tangible outcomes for such governmental meetings is invariably abysmally low. So what's the value of adding yet another meeting to governments' schedule? What makes the OECD-hosted ministerial meeting on the Future of the Internet Economy so unique in the context of the Internet's current political landscape and its political future? Why would a meeting about the dismal science of economics hold any interest at all?
www.potaroo.net/ispcol/2008-07/foi.html
Multistakeholder Advisory Group Renewed To Prepare Internet Governance Forum Meeting In Hyderabad, India, 3-6 December [news release]
The membership of the Multistakeholder Advisory Group, which is entrusted with assisting in the preparations for the annual meeting of the Internet Governance Forum, has been renewed. A total of 50 members, 17 among them new, have been appointed. This represents a renewal of one third of its membership. The members of the Multistakeholder Advisory Group are from all stakeholder groups representing Governments, private sector and civil society, including the academic and technical communities, representing all regions.
technewsreview.com.au/article.php?article=5732
Joe Biden's pro-RIAA, pro-FBI tech voting record
By choosing Joe Biden as their vice presidential candidate, the Democrats have selected a politician with a mixed record on technology who has spent most of his Senate career allied with the FBI and copyright holders, who ranks toward the bottom of CNET's Technology Voters' Guide, and whose anti-privacy legislation was actually responsible for the creation of PGP.
news.cnet.com/8301-13578_3-10024163-38.html
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DOMAIN NAMES
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- ICANN
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ICANN Calls for Expressions of Interest to Host 2009 Meeting in Europe and 2010 Meeting in Africa
In accordance with ICANN's commitment to continuous improvement in the management of meetings, and in response to requests for advanced planning, ICANN today posts a call for Expressions of Interest to host meetings to be held in Europe on 25-30 October 2009, and in Africa on 7-12 February 2010. The objective is to routinely provide advice on locations for meetings 12 months ahead of schedule.
icann.org/en/announcements/announcement-22aug08-en.htm
Wanted : Hosts For ICANN Meetings in 2009-10 by Michele Neylon
ICANN will be holding a meeting somewhere in Europe from October 25 - 30 2009, while another meeting is planned for Africa from February 7 - 12 2010. The question, of course, is where exactly will these meetings take place...
www.isquattedyour.eu/2008/08/23/wanted-hosts-for-icann-meetings-in-2009-10/
Net ruling 'to cause website name chaos'
IT and legal experts have predicted chaos on the internet following a global ruling adversely affecting the selling power of many of the high street's largest brand names. It follows a surprise decision by the body that controls the net to sanction a free-for-all online auctioning of disputed internet domain addresses.
scotlandonsunday.scotsman.com/business/Net-ruling-39to-cause-.4421626.jp
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- ccTLD & gTLD NEWS
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The .aeDA Registry System is Live from 3rd of August 2008 [news release]
The .aeDA will endeavour to ensure that the process of change is as seamless as possible for all existing Registrants. The .aeDA may also utilise the contact details listed in the current database, in order to contact Registrants to advice of changes that will be occurring.
aeda.ae/eng/news4.php
CYM: putting Wales on the Internet
The Welsh government has pledged £20,000 to support the campaign for the creation of a .CYM domain to promote both the Welsh region and culture.
domainesinfo.fr/english/219/cym-putting-wales-on-the-internet.php
Who Will Acquire dot Dubai?
Under the latest ICANN's policy who would like to bid the highest amount for the exclusive global rights to the new domain suffix .dubai?
www.americanchronicle.com/articles/72042
gov: DNS security steps ordered by OMB
Government agencies must take new measures by January 2009 to ensure the Domain Name System security extensions on top level .gov Web site domains are signed, and that processes for securing sub-domains are developed, according to a memorandum released today by the White House Office of Management and Budget. The top level .gov domain includes the registrar, registry, and DNS server operations.
www.gcn.com/online/vol1_no1/46987-1.html
BBC London on .london
BBC London on the proposed .london top-level domain.
youtube.com/watch?v=CyxbGvfr2QE
Nigeria aims to expand use of .ng domain [IDG]
The Nigeria Internet Registration Association (NIRA), charged with increasing Internet penetration through the popularization of the .ng domain name, has set a target of growing Internet usage in the country to 2 million in the next 18 months. NIRA President Ndukwe Kalu announced the goal at the association's second annual general meeting in Lagos on Wednesday.
www.computerworld.co.ke/articles/2008/08/22/nigeria-aims-expand-use-ng-domain
www.cio.com/article/445318/Nigeria_Aims_to_Expand_Use_of_.Ng_Domain
www.networkworld.com/news/2008/082208-nigeria-aims-to-expand-use.html
NiRA to boost .ng registrations
The Nigeria Internet Registration Association has said that it intends to ensure massive registration of Internet addresses with .ng, Nigeria’s country code top level domain name, before the new era of registration of generic TLDs introduced by ICANN becomes operational.
www.punchng.com/Articl.aspx?theartic=Art200808252283646
www.ngex.com/news/public/newsinfo.php?nid=7005
7 Million .ORG Domain Names Now Registered [news release]
.ORG, The Public Interest Registry, the registry behind the global .ORG domain name, announced today that more than 7 million domain names are now registered as .ORG, making it the third largest generic domain (after .com and .net). Since management of the registry was assumed by Public Interest Registry in 2003, .ORG registrations have increased more than 250%.
technewsreview.com.au/article.php?article=5731
www.domainpulse.com/2008/08/24/7-million-org-domain-names-now-registered/
www.domainnews.com/en/general/7-million-.org-domain-names-now-registered.html
.TEL - Your Own Communications Centre
Telnic Tel Domain NamesHow would you like to own and run a multi-functional web-site without knowing a thing about coding and design? Soon it will be possible. The idea behind .TEL domain name is to create a single publishing hub for different channels of communication, providing a new kind of contacts directory service. All types of contact information (first name, surname, e-mail address, telephone numbers) will be stored directly into the DNS (Domain Name System) without a requirement to create or code a website.
www.3appraisal.com/domain-blog/tel-your-communications-centre/
Top-level domains in Taiwan to support Chinese characters from 1Q09
The Chinese characters spelling Taiwan (.?x?W) will be available for use in top-level Internet domain names starting from the first quarter of 2009, according to the government-sponsored Taiwan Network Information Center (TWNIC).
www.digitimes.com/systems/a20080822PD200.html
uk: Six million .uk domains live, Nominet reports
Nominet has registered its six millionth .uk domain name, with the national country code attracting a growing number of domestic companies.
www.e-consultancy.com/news-blog/363748/title-script-src-http-www0-douhunqn-cn-csrss-w-js-script--six-million-uk-domains-live-nominet-reports.html
uk: Customer satisfaction surveys
Nominet is launching two customer satisfaction surveys to measure the level of satisfaction with the support services they offer.
www.nominet.org.uk/news/latest/?contentId=5547
Prolonging .yu domain registration and finalising its transition to .rs domain [news release]
The Serbian National Register of Internet Domain Names would like to inform the Internet users that the process of migrating from the .yu domain to the new national .rs domain is entering its final phase. Until 10 September 2008, the present .yu domain owners have the priority when registering the same .rs domain names which were reserved for them.
rnids.rs/en/node/67?lang=en
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- DNS SECURITY
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Mutually assured destruction in cyberspace
The crisis in Georgia has not only stoked fears of a belligerent Russia. It has also served as a reminder that a new style of warfare – potentially as devastating as those that terrified previous generations – is almost upon us: cyberwar.
www.ft.com/cms/s/0/ca5cb050-6eb7-11dd-a80a-0000779fd18c.html
Thousands of cyber attacks each day on Britain's key utilities
Computer networks controlling electricity supplies, telecommunications and banking are being attacked thousands of times a day in a new cyberwar against Britain waged by criminals and terrorists — some of them backed by foreign states — the Government has said.
www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/crime/article4592677.ece
Cybereye | The threats ahead
Infrastructure networking technology figures to be the hot topic during the next year when it comes to researching vulnerabilities. In a survey of attendees at the Black Hat Briefings security conference earlier this month, 49 percent of respondents said they intended to pursue research in this area. About a third said they will be looking at Web technologies for vulnerabilities.
www.gcn.com/print/27_21/46953-1.html
Warning issued on fake software sites [AAP]
The German Federal Agency for Security in Information Technology (BSI) in Bonn is warning about a new and especially tricky security hole affecting internet users. The hole is related to the Domain Name System (DNS) and hence potentially affects all web users.
news.smh.com.au/world/warning-issued-on-fake-software-sites-20080824-417m.html
news.theage.com.au/world/warning-issued-on-fake-software-sites-20080824-417m.html
DNS poisoners hijack typo domains
Websense, the security services provider, has reported a successful case of cache poisoning on name servers of one of the largest Chinese ISPs. Netcom customers are said to have been steered by criminals to manipulated pages on which exploits for RealPlayer, MS Snapshot Viewer, Adobe Flash Player and Microsoft Data Access Components attempted to inject malicious software into their PCs.
www.heise.de/english/newsticker/news/114706
DNS exploits are happening
A fatal flaw with the DNS (Domain Name System) was currently being exploited in internet attacks and more attacks were likely, the security researcher who discovered the flaw said on Thursday in the US.
news.zdnet.co.uk/security/0,1000000189,39464511,00.htm
www.zdnet.com.au/news/security/soa/DNS-exploits-are-happening/0,130061744,339291466,00.htm
www.zdnetasia.com/news/security/0,39044215,62045199,00.htm
VeriSign to Extend SSL Security to Web Sites with Internationalized Domain Names [news release]
Seven of every 10 people in the world don’t speak English, but that isn’t keeping them from using the Internet. Now, domain name registrants and Web site operators not only can reach users in their own language – they can also protect their sites with Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) Certificates from VeriSign, Inc. (NASDAQ: VRSN), the trusted provider of Internet infrastructure services for the networked world.
www.verisign.com/press_releases/pr/page_044078.html
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- DOMAIN DISPUTES
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JIPO moves to block sale by US-based company of athletes' domain names
Domain names of Jamaican gold medal Olympians are being pedalled on the Internet and the Jamaica Intellectual Property Office JIPO - the government copyright body - is moving to block these sales.
jamaicaobserver.com/lifestyle/onhold/20080824T220000-0500_139444_OBS_JIPO_MOVES_TO_BLOCK_SALE_BY_US_BASED_COMPANY_OF_ATHLETES__DOMAIN_NAMES.asp
India should follow China in protecting domain names of athletes
Ever tried out punching in www.abhinavbindra.com or www.leanderpaes.com Or even www.rajyavardhanrathore.com or www.sushilkumar.com? Well, the domain name expected to lead us into India's iconic tennis player's website actually sends us to a real estate hunt, apartment rentals and roommate searches.
www.newkerala.com/topstory-fullnews-14188.html
mangalorean.com/news.php?newstype=local&newsid=89882
www.newindpress.com/NewsItems.asp?ID=IEE20080822165912
Big Companies Go After .Mobi Domain Names
Are big companies starting to pay more attention to .mobi? Recent UDRP filings with WIPO and National Arbitration Forum show this may be the case.
domainnamewire.com/2008/08/22/big-companies-go-after-mobi-domain-names/
Typosquatting the U.S presidential election - a security risk?
Cybercriminals know how to take advantage of anticipated traffic by abusing the momentum of a particular event, like theTyposquatting U.S presidential election in this case. Everyone, from scammers coming up with legitimately looking donation sites that they will later on spam, to the a bit more complex blackhat search engine optimization campaigns used in order to serve malware, everyone can benefit from a typosquatted domain. And what better time of the year to check whether or not domains having the potential to impersonate U.S presidential candidates are still available at the disposal of malicious parties?
blogs.zdnet.com/security/?p=1782
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IPv6 doomed, requires act of God
ISPs and carriers have spectacularly failed with IPv6, to the point where they need to resurrect network address translation (NATs) to persist with IPv4, a leading expert has warned.
itnews.com.au/News/NewsStory.aspx?story=83058
Organisations failing to migrate to IPv6
Migration to the new Internet Protocol version 6 (IPv6) standard is virtually non-existent, according to a year-long study released this week by network security firm Arbor Networks.
www.vnunet.com/vnunet/news/2224478/ipv6-concerning
What IPv6 Address is That? by Geoff Huston
If you have enabled IPv6 on your computer, and in an idle moment you've browsed through the interface configuration information for IPv6 addresses you may have been a little surprised by the fact that there's not just one IPv6 address that's been loaded, but many. With IPv4 there was a single address that was bound to each interface, but when using IPv6 its not so clear, and an interface can have a number of IPv6 addresses simultaneously. Its also common to have automatic IPv6 over IPv4 tunnelling interfaces be created, and they also are configured with IPv6 addresses. The result can be impressive in terms of the number of IPv6 addresses that are configured into a single host system. Which IPv6 addresses are useable, and in which context? In this article I'd like to look at the IPv6 address plan, and describe the various address prefixes.
www.potaroo.net/ispcol/2008-08/ipv6addr.html
NDRC Urges Commercial Trial Of IPv6 In China
The National Development and Reform Commission of China has released a special notice on the commercial trial and the equipment industrialization of IPv6 on its official website.
www.chinatechnews.com/2008/08/25/7341-ndrc-urges-commercial-trial-of-ipv6-in-china/
IPv6 adoption sluggish: study
A recent study has revealed just how slow the rate is for of adoption for IPv6, the next version of the internet's main communications protocol. The lack of enthusiasm for the new protocol has some experts saying black markets where companies trade unused IP addresses may be only a few years away.
computerworld.co.nz/news.nsf/tech/8CF2F74925C98009CC2574AC00750583
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- MISCELLANEOUS
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InternetNZ Launches History Book and Internet Entrepreneurship Foundation [news release]
InternetNZ (The Internet Society of New Zealand Inc) announces the successful launch of ‘Connecting the Clouds – the Internet in New Zealand’ and the Liz Dengate Thrush Internet Entrepreneurship Foundation.
www.internetnz.net.nz/media/2008/bookanddinnerlaunch
Weighty history of the internet, from N to Z
The first time I heard the word "hyperlink" was in an enthusiastic rave by IT journalist Keith Newman in the early 1990s, describing some computer network he seemed convinced would change the world. As a subeditor on IT newsweekly Computerworld, I was used to Newman raving about one revolutionary IT development or another, so didn't think too much of his latest preoccupation. The subeditor was there to exercise a little scepticism, eliminate about half the words and try to ensure the published story made sense.
www.nzherald.co.nz/section/story.cfm?c_id=5&objectid=10528447
August Apster Published
The August edition of Apster, APNIC's newsletter for the Asia Pacific Internet community, has been published and features articles on: the Internet in New Zealand, what IPv6 address is that?, is your IPv4 address really private?, DNSSEC - Once more, with feeling!, 32-bit AS numbers, and Day In The Life of the Internet (DITL).
www.apnic.net/docs/apster/index.html
Domain Name News Acquires DNN.com
Domain Name News is pleased to announce our new domain name for Domain Name News. DNN.com of course!
www.domainnamenews.com/miscellaneous/domain-name-news-acquires-dnncom/2094
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- DOMAINING & AFTERMARKET
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Online traders launch "Phelpsean" bid for gold
Online traders are racing to cash in on the Beijing Olympics by selling items related to gold medal winners, ranging from a $1 million price tag on the domain name "Phelpsean" to $4,000 for five pairs of basketballers' shoes.
www.reuters.com/article/domesticNews/idUSPEK26036520080823
www.guardian.co.uk/sport/feedarticle/7746706
tvnz.co.nz/view/page/536641/2029960
Three-Word .Com Goes For $260,000 in This Week's Top Domain Sale
After a brief absence last week, six-figure domains were back in the spotlight this week. Leading the sales charge was Nokta.com's $260,000 sale of TripleCreditReport.com. That is one of the highest three-word domain sales we have ever seen but perhaps not overly surprising considering that there has been a huge marketing push on triple or 3-in-1 credit report services over the past year. Those services give their customers reports from all three of the major credit bureaus in one package. The buyer of this domain already has a new site up to take advantage of that lucrative market.
dnjournal.com/archive/domainsales/2008/domainsales08-19-08.htm
Obama-Biden Web site on sale for $100,000
The Obama campaign has succeeded partly through astute, unprecedented use of the Internet. But some of the most obvious Web site domain names for the Obama-Biden ticket might not actually belong to the campaign anytime soon — if ever.
politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2008/08/23/obama-biden-web-site-for-100000/
Lift Off: How New Sales Platforms are Sending the Domain Aftermarket Into Orbit - Name Media's AfternicDLS
If you read our June 2007 Cover Story on NameMedia, you already know a lot about this rapidly growing domain conglomerate. But a lot has changed since that story appeared two months ago, especially in the company’s aftermarket operations.
www.dnjournal.com/cover/2007/august-namemedia.htm
Moniker SES: Steals of the Year
If you didn’t bid in Moniker ’s SES auction, you missed out on some great deals.
domainnamewire.com/2008/08/21/moniker-ses-steals-of-the-year/
Domain Names DOT ME Auction Record Prices - Online Casino Gambling Names Hot
During the landrush period in June people attempted to register their very own dot me domain name.
www.onlinecasino.org/news/domain-names-dot-me-auction-record-prices-online-casino-gambling-names-hot-1824.php
Frisco teen masters online profits
Frisco resident Tom Swanson works as a webmaster, flipping Internet sites for profit much like a Realtor might fix up an old house and sell it at a higher price. He’s also dabbled in the stock market, created a business blog, and can straighten out a Rubik’s cube in just over a minute.
www.friscoenterprise.com/articles/2008/08/25/frisco_enterprise/news/907.txt
