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domain name & governance news - 27 April
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China domain tampering feared
INTERNET experts have warned that China is
"manipulating" the domain name system in an attempt to
censor its citizens' access to the web.
http://australianit.news.com.au/articles/0,7204,18914802%5e15306%5e%5enbv%5e,00.html
How Domain Name Traffic Testing/Tasting Works by Frank
Michlick
Starting from an old article (dated July 21st, 2005)
published at Computer Business Review, (and following
a more recent entry on GoDaddy?s Bob Parson?s blog) I
would like to touch a bit more on the topic of
?traffic testing? or ?traffic tasting? of domains.
This topic has been discussed at ICANN meetings since
last year and is also referred to by the name of
?add/delete? or ?add/drop? storms.
http://www.circleid.com/posts/how_domain_name_tasting_works/
How millions of .COM names are used but never paid for
We Americans have a big problem ? actually it?s
everybody?s problem ? and it has something in common
with the .EU Landrush abuse I just finished writing
about ? no one wants to talk about it. The problem I?m
talking about is abuse of the ADD Grace Period (AGP)
by a number of key registrars right here in the good
ole U.S.A.
http://addict3d.org/index.php?page=viewarticle&type=news&ID=21313
The end of legit .com registrations
GoDaddy.com founder and CEO, Bob Parsons, openly
attacked a growing trend he called the ?add/drop
scheme?, where millions of domain names are registered
but never paid for thanks to a loophole in the ICANN
regulations.
http://www.webhostdir.com/news/articles/shownews.asp?id=15474
City Identifiers on the Net: A Closer Look by Dirk
Krischenowski
Cities are among the largest regional authorities and
natural human communities we know. Of course there are
countries like China, India or the USA which count
some hundred million or even a billion inhabitants.
But there are also countries with far less than
100,000 inhabitants, like Tuvalu, Andorra or Barbados.
If city communities are ranked by the number of
inhabitants as independent entities among country
communities, cities like Tokyo, New York, Shanghai or
London head the ranking because they have more
citizens than many countries. London for instance has
more inhabitants than the Netherlands and Tokyo
outpaces Canada in that respect. Interestingly, there
are only around 400 cities worldwide with more than 1
million inhabitants. Population wise, the average
metropolis outranks 50% of all countries.
http://www.circleid.com/posts/city_identifiers_net_tld/
Top countries for .eu registrations: Germany, UK,
Netherlands, Italy, Cyprus
ipWalk issued a report on top countries with .eu
domain registrations. Among 1,595,192 domain names
registered since April 7, 2006, 514,984 are registered
to German addresses.
http://blogs.zdnet.com/ITFacts/index.php?p=10703
Borat's unexpected ally
Following having his website banned in Kazakhstan,
Comedian Sacha Baron Cohen, who has angered many
Kazakhs with his satirical portrayal of their nation,
has found an unexpected ally in the Central Asian
state - the President's daughter.
http://smh.com.au/news/world/borats-unexpected-ally/2006/04/24/1145730839482.html
ca/eu: Sibername Sees .eu Domain Success (news
release)
Canadian domain registrar and Web hosting provider
Sibername announced on Tuesday that since the April 7
.eu launch, it has registered more than 3,000 .eu
domain names for customers.
http://www.thewhir.com/marketwatch/042506_Sibername_Sees_eu_Domain_Success.cfm
http://www.prweb.com/releases/2006/4/prweb376599.htm
'Rettet das Internet!'
Der Streit um die "Netz-Neutralität" scheint sich
seinem ersten Höhepunkt zu nähern. Heute wird der
Kongress-Ausschuss für Energie und Handel (vorläufig)
über einen Gesetzesentwurf entscheiden, der das WWW
und andere Dienste des Internet maßgeblich beeinflußen
könnte.
http://www.intern.de/news/7895.html
Icann bastelt angeblich an .tel-Domain
Bei der Internetbehörde Icann plant man offenbar, eine
weitere Endung für Internet-Adressen einzuführen.
http://www.silicon.de/enid/0,26fb346d6f6465092d09093a09636f6e5f6964092d093138393136/storage_und_network_38.html
Münchner "Domain-Greifer" unterliegt erneut vor
Gericht
Vor Gericht hat ein Münchner, dem die
"Zwischennutzung" fremder, bei der
Registrierungsbehörde DENIC frei gewordener
Domainnamen kürzlich im Rahmen einer einstweiligen
Verfügung verboten worden war, nun in einem
Gerichtsverfahren(Az.: 33 O 15828/05) mit ähnlicher
Gemengelage verloren.
http://golem.de/0604/44892.html
El domini '.cat' s'obre al públic general després del
període de llançament
La Fundació PuntCAT ha obert avui al públic general la
possibilitat de demanar un domini '.cat' a la xarxa
després de finalitzar el període de llançament
reservat a institucions de promoció de la llengua i
cultura catalana, entitats amb presència en català i
els adherits a la campanya de suport a la candidatura
del '.cat'.
http://www.europapress.es/europa2003/noticia.aspx?cod=20060424180710&tabID=1&ch=59
Un libro, una rosa y un dominio ?.cat? por el día de
Sant Jordi
El catalán triunfa en Internet con 9.000 dominios
".cat" registrados en tres meses, antes de abrir la
campaña al público
http://www.informativos.telecinco.es/Sant_Jordi/rosa/libro/dominio/dn_24155.htm
L?administration Bush veut réguler le porno sur le web
L?administration Bush, qui refuse bec et ongles que le
domaine .XXX soit adopté, vient de solliciter
l?adoption d?une nouvelle législation en matière de
site porno. La proposition consisterait à prévenir
l?arrivée par inadvertance sur ce type de sites.
http://www.pcinpact.com/actu/news/28256-Ladministration-Bush-veut-reguler-le-porno-s.htm
Les transferts de .EU sont maintenant possibles
Le gestionnaire du .EU annonce l'activation des
fonctions de transferts et changements de propriétaire
pour les noms en .EU
http://www.domainesinfo.fr/vie_extensions.php?cahier=eu&vde_id=904
Nom de domaine: un bureau d'enregistrement condamné
pour "typosquatting"
L'histoire débute comme un classique détournement de
nom de domaine par typosquatting. Cette technique
consiste à modifier très légèrement l'orthographe
d'une marque connue pour détourner les internautes qui
commettent une faute de frappe sur leur clavier. Dans
le rôle de la victime, le site marchand Rueducommerce
découvre que deux noms très proches -
"rueducommerc.com" et "rueducommrece.com"- orientent
les internautes vers des sites concurrents, comme
Mistergooddeal ou Grosbill.
http://permanent.nouvelobs.com/multimedia/20060424.ZDN9342058.html
Uso indevido de cláusula complica registro de domínios
Uma cláusula do regulamento de registro de novos
domínios na internet envolvendo período de devolução
foi indevidamente utilizada em 92% dos registros de
sites em 2006. A cláusula, conhecida como AGP (Add
Grace Period = período adicional de cortesia), é uma
janela de cinco dias durante a qual um nome de domínio
recém-registrado pode ser apagado ou descartado, sendo
a taxa de registro devolvida pela empresa responsável
pela liberação dos domínios. A intenção original por
trás da AGP era providenciar um mecanismo para que
empresas de registro e proprietários dos domínios
pudessem corrigir erros e reverter registros
fraudulentos entre outros.
http://br.news.yahoo.com/060425/7/13yl8.html
Nuovo Dominio .Tel? Solo Una Futilita'
Negli ultimi tempi sono cresciute notevolmente le
modalita' per poter contattare un soggetto. Oltre ai
classici numeri telefonici fissi, oggi ci sono due o
piu' numeri di cellulare, indirizzi e-mail, numeri di
fax, identita' elettroniche come instant messaging,
ecc. Un modo per avere sempre a disposizione i
contatti aggiornati potrebbe essere quella di creare
un suffisso .tel.
http://www.studiocelentano.it/newsflash_dett.asp?id=20055&opt=ict
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