internet news - Nov 11

[David Goldstein <goldstein_david@yahoo.com.au>]

VeriSign Moves to Protect Key Internet Servers 
Experts have made an important change to two of the 13
computer servers that manage global Internet traffic,
separating them to help better defend against the type of
attack that occurred last month. 

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A18796-2002Nov6.html

http://australianit.news.com.au/articles/0,7204,5441043%5e16123%5e%5enbv%5e,00.html

http://www.nandotimes.com/technology/story/609017p-4702120c.html

http://www.chicagotribune.com/technology/chi-0211070313nov07,0,7388033.story
(reg req'd)

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A18796-2002Nov6.html

MelbIT announces new chief
MELBOURNE IT'S group general manager Theo Hnarakis will
replace Adrian Kloeden as chief executive of the listed
domain name company.

http://australianit.news.com.au/articles/0,7204,5434828%5e16123%5e%5enbv%5e,00.html

http://www.itnews.com.au/storycontent.cfm?ID=1&Art_ID=11196

'Domain slamming' surfaces on the Web
An aggressive marketing tactic known as "domain slamming"
is confusing many e-business owners, causing some to
unwittingly switch Internet service providers and risk
bringing their on-line operations to a halt, according to
Mark Jeftovic, co-founder and president of Toronto-based
easyDNS Technologies Inc.

http://rtnews.globetechnology.com/servlet/ArticleNews/tech/RTGAM/20021106/wxwslam/Technology/techBN/

New use for net.uk domain suggested
Wireless LAN users should get their own domain name. That's
the view of one leading player in the UK Internet arena.
 http://www.internet-magazine.com/news/view.asp?id=2877

Two character .aero domains now available
SITA, provider of .aero generic top level domains, has
announced they are to introduce two character domains for
the aerospace industry.
 http://www.demys.net/news/02_nov_06_aero.htm

When Domain Names Expire
A filtering company says that a high rate of domain name
turnover means that today's portal could become tomorrow's
pornography site.
 http://www.isp-planet.com/news/2002/names_021104.html

Complainants Win .ro Decisions (from UDRP.net)
Over the past two years, WIPO has issued six decisions
involving Romania's .ro ccTLD and complainants have won
every case. Last week, Pizza Hut and Paradox Security
Systems became the latest successful complainants to win
.ro domain names through the UDRP. As Romania waits to join
the European Union, it will be interesting to see if more
disputes are filed against .ro domain name registrations.

http://arbiter.wipo.int/domains/decisions/html/2002/dro2002-0003.html

http://arbiter.wipo.int/domains/decisions/html/2002/dro2002-0005.html

.US Policy Council Proposes Changes to Nexus Policy (from
UDRP.net)
The .us Policy Council has announced proposed changes to
the Nexus Policy for .us. A copy of the revised policy is
available here. 
On October 8, 2002, the Policy Council voted to publish the
proposed changes, and public comment is invited through
Nov. 20, 2002. 
 http://www.neustar.us/policies/nexus_changes.html

http://www.neustar.us/policies/docs/ndp_proposed_changes.pdf

Preventing Future Attacks: Alternatives In DNS Security
Management - Part I
By critically analyzing the DNS system itself and the
recent security threats, we are, in effect, searching for
best practices and putting the Internet in a better
position to fend against future attacks. Why should we be
acting proactively as opposed to reactively? What are the
problems with DNS? Where is improvement needed in DNS
system security?
 http://www.circleid.com/articles/2546.asp

Invalid WHOIS Data: Who Is Responsible?
The FTC reports that law enforcement agencies consistently
rely on WHOIS data, and the House Committee on the
Judiciary has held multiple hearings on the subject. A
series of advisories, committees, surveys, and task forces
have further considered the problem, but until recently
these efforts produced little progress. Why does the WHOIS
data continue to have invalid data? How can this problem be
solved?
 http://www.circleid.com/articles/2547.asp

Privacy Matters: Is It Time To Abolish The WHOIS Database?
ICANN, it seems, actually requires registrars to expose
personal information about registrants as part of a
perceived need to provide public access to personal domain
name registration information to safeguard the interests of
Intellectual Property holders. Yet, to date, ICANN has done
nothing when faced with increasing evidence that public
access WHOIS is often abused, and the privacy interests of
those for whom the database exists are violated.
 http://www.circleid.com/articles/2548.asp

ICANN at Large 'Shanghais' The At-Large Conversation
On October 28, as ICANN met in Shanghai, China for its
regular board meeting, ICANN at Large held a lengthy
meeting to address user concerns, particularly the
disenfranchisement of the At-Large by ICANN, and the
At-Large's self-organizing in response. The meeting was
chaired by YJ Park, one of our Executive Panel Members, and
was well attended.
 http://www.circleid.com/articles/2549.asp

A Closed And Secret Process Is Not The Answer To Reform
The recent meeting of the Internet Corporation for Assigned
Names and Numbers (ICANN) in China demonstrates a serious
dilemma for Internet users around the world. In the name of
reforming and making it more responsive, ICANN ended the
seats of the At-Large directors on its board. Instead of
any efforts on it's part to respond to a problem, they have
done the opposite.
 http://www.circleid.com/articles/2550.asp

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Europeans Outlaw Net Hate Speech 
The measure, which bans the publication of material that
promotes racism and violence online, clashes directly with
U.S. laws protecting such speech.
 http://www.wired.com/news/business/0,1367,56294,00.html
 http://www.europemedia.net/shownews.asp?ArticleID=13579

A net to catch unwary editors
Where should the line be drawn between the public's right
to know and prurient media interest?
Fleet Street editors and magazine publishers with online
versions should be very scared. Some may regard these
ventures as irksome and boring offshoots — but up until now
they have been relatively trouble-free. But things are
changing and electronic publishing is becoming dangerous in
a way that has caught the media, politicians and judges by
surprise.  
 http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,200-466681,00.html

Vietnam jails internet dissident
A Vietnamese dissident has been jailed for four years for
publishing criticism of the Communist government on the
internet.
 http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/2418791.stm
  http://sg.news.yahoo.com/021108/1/34jiu.html

From Quicklinks - International Conference about Child
Pornography on the Internet - 2002-12-02 BR, Salvador de
Bahia
2 - 3 December 2002, Salvador, Bahia, Brazil The first
international conference in Latin America against child
pornography on the Internet is organised by the ECPAT
representative in Brazil CEDECA-BA. The conference is a 2
day event bringing stakeholders together to create work
groups and action plans.
 http://www.violenciasexual.org.br/porninf/

EFA slams Australian Internet censorship
Electronic Frontiers Australia (EFA), an online civil
liberties organisation, has described the Federal
Government’s online censorship legislation as a failure,
and recommended that Internet censorship legislation "…be
repealed and the costly and failed Internet regulatory
apparatus be dismantled."  

http://www.zdnet.com.au/newstech/ebusiness/story/0,2000024981,20269835,00.htm

http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2002/11/11/1036308625342.html

Author arrested for trying to arrange tryst over the Net
A man who has written two books on stupidity was arrested
for allegedly trying to arrange sex with a 15-year-old girl
over the Internet. The girl turned out to be an undercover
male detective.

http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2002/11/11/1036308616347.html

Microsoft Names Committee to Oversee Orders by Court
Microsoft announced Friday that it had appointed a
three-member committee of its board to make sure the
company carries out the court-ordered antitrust rules.
 http://www.nytimes.com/2002/11/09/technology/09SOFT.html

France: The Responsibilities Of Computer Service Providers
Under French Law
Unlike in other economic sectors, bugs seem to be generally
tolerated by businesses and consumers in the computing
world. This may seem surprising, as computers have grown to
become the economy's cornerstone in so-called industrial
countries. As a consequence, it is reasonable to wonder if
those anomalies are inevitable. Are computer service
providers incapable of implementing methods leading to
efficient results?

http://www.mondaq.com/article_preview.asp?a=18425&p=5&c=1119&e=on

French encyclopedia ordered to remove offensive Holocaust
passage
A French court on Wednesday ordered the publishers of
France's leading reference book to remove from its next
edition a revisionist historian's claim that the figure of
6 million deaths during the Holocaust was grossly
exaggerated.

http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?pagename=JPost/A/JPArticle/ShowFull&cid=1036555292426

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