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domain name & governance news - 16 October
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UN Forum Focuses on Internet's Future
http://www.techweb.com/wire/ebiz/193300316
Internet panel: "Balkanization" looms
http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20061012-7973.html
The Mystery of .KP by Bret Fausett
http://blog.lextext.com/blog/_archives/2006/10/13/2414208.html
ICANN refuses to pull Spamhaus domain
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/10/12/icaan_spamhuas_dispute_latest
.nz Registrations hit 250,000 (news release)
http://dnc.org.nz/story/30263-29-1.html
au: Cybersquatter takes site
http://www.news.com.au/sundaymail/story/0,,20551434-5003418,00.html
Half of domain-name servers are open to attack
http://www.computerweekly.com/Articles/2006/10/11/219071/Half+of+domain-name+servers+are+open+to+attack.htm
Rooney wins his fight for website
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/wales/north_east/6048958.stm
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UN Forum Focuses on Internet's Future
The UN's Internet Governance Forum will hold its first meeting Oct. 30. Participants met this week to prepare for the forum, which will take place in Athens, with online Webcasts and participation through blogs. Access, control, diversity, combating child pornography, spam, phishing, freedom of speech, Internet control and network protocols. Nitin Desai, who will chair the meeting, said the technology is young and people have not really sorted out how the Internet should be treated. He compared debates about the Internet to those about the chemical composition of ink and the design of the paper when the printer was invented, which missed the point.
http://www.techweb.com/wire/ebiz/193300316
Internet panel: "Balkanization" looms
At a meeting in London this week, various experts on Internet development around the globe gathered to discuss challenges facing the 'Net. The most provocative claim was that, unless certain situations are quickly addressed, the world faces a "Balkanization" of the Internet.
http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20061012-7973.html
La governance di internet passa ai privati
Oltre un miliardo di navigatori, un terzo dei quali in Asia. Quasi cento milioni i siti registrati. Ma anche censura e problemi di accesso. La crescita della Rete ha bisogno di regole: se ne parla in un incontro organizzato dal Ministero per l’Innovazione con la partecipazione di esperti dell’Istituto di informatica e telematica (Iit) del -Cnr
http://www.areapress.it/vediarticolo.asp?id=14430
http://www.giornaletecnologico.it/news/200610/13/452e356f00224/
Chi controllerà Internet?
Quale futuro per Internet? È una domanda a cui si tenterà di dare (almeno parziale) risposta ad Atene dal 30 ottobre nel Forum sulla governance della Rete. Nelle sue fasi iniziali di vita, il web aveva fornito “l’illusione – si legge nel libro di Tim Wu e Jack Goldsmith Who Controls the Internet? – di un mondo senza frontiere, auto-gestito e indipendente dai governi nazionali”. Niente di tutto questo.
http://www.rai.it/news/articolonews/0,9217,1067300,00.html
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North Korea: the future of SEO?
Yet North Korean isolation in the internet world may not be a complete product of its own doing. For example, the state has persistently asked ICANN to authorise the domain ".kp" for the country - but to no avail. Furthermore, the only country in which Naenara is banned is South Korea, where the state fears that its material will "brainwash" South Korean citizens.
http://www.bigmouthmedia.com/live/articles/north-korea-internet.asp/3251/
The Mystery of .KP by Bret Fausett
Bret Fausett further asks "Does anyone know anything about these "persistent" requests to ICANN? I'd like to see one. Shouldn't the requests be public anyway? Here's where it gets a bit more interesting. .KP is on the IANA Root Zone Whois index, but the specific entry does not list any delegee. And .KP is not in the root zone. So why carry an entry in the Whois for a TLD that has not been delegated?"
http://blog.lextext.com/blog/_archives/2006/10/13/2414208.html
ICANN refuses to pull Spamhaus domain
ICANN has said it does not have the authority to suspend the website of The Spamhaus Project. The Register further reports "ICANN's stance of declining authority on the affair passes the onus onto Tucows, the Spamhaus.org registrar. Since Tucows is based in Canada, and not the US, it's in a much better position to decline to apply the court's request. So the threat of the loss of Spamhaus's domain appears to have receded, at least for now."
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/10/12/icaan_spamhuas_dispute_latest
http://out-law.com/page-7389
http://www.channelregister.co.uk/2006/10/12/icaan_spamhuas_dispute_latest
CDT Statement on e360Insight LLC v. The Spamhaus Project (news release)
The Center for Democracy & Technology has been tracking developments in a case filed by an Illinois-based e-mail marketing company -- e360Insight, LLC -- against London-based anti-spam group Spamhaus. After winning a default judgment against Spamhaus -- which apparently did not fully participate in the court proceedings -- e360 asked the federal court in Chicago to order ICANN to suspend Spamhaus's web address, spamhaus.org.
http://www.cdt.org/press/20061012press.php
ICANN refuses to crush Spamhaus
ICANN has said it cannot comply with a proposed court order to suspend the Web site of Spamhaus.
http://news.zdnet.co.uk/business/legal/0,39020651,39284034,00.htm
http://news.com.com/2061-10796_3-6124737.html
Spamming the News Cycle: Spamhaus Non-Story Goes Viral
Google News now shows more than 300 stories about Spamhaus, most about a proposed court order following a district court default judgment. To me, the most interesting is the meta-story -- why the non-event of a proposed order has the blogs scrambling with claims of constitutional crisis and even the notoriously close-lipped ICANN issuing an announcement "in response to community interest expressed on this topic."
http://www.circleid.com/posts/spamming_news_spamhaus_non_story_viral/
ICANN Won't Delete Spamhaus Domain
ICANN has reviewed the Spamhaus-e360 case, according to a statement from the domain-name agency, and noted that it has no knowledge as to the merits of e360's claim against Spamhaus and why Spamhaus did not appear in court to defend itself. However, ICANN did say that it would be unable to comply with a court order to suspend the spamhaus.org domain, if one is handed down.
http://www.enterprise-security-today.com/story.xhtml?story_id=46950
http://www.newsfactor.com/story.xhtml?story_id=030002R930FO
Spamhaus case could cause ICANN crisis (IDG)
Internet experts are worried that a court decision against antispam blacklister The Spamhaus Project Ltd. could trigger a "constitutional crisis" for the Internet.
http://computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&taxonomyName=security&articleId=9004111
Spamhaus risks losing .org domain name
Spamhaus are in a bit of legal hot water, it seems. e360 Insight has made a legal challenge to Spamhaus, claiming that their blacklisting of them has caused it lost business and jobs. An Illinois court awarded e360 Insight damages against Spamhaus to the amount of $11,715,000, and also placed a permanent injunction to prevent Spamhaus from blacklisting the firm in the future. Spamhaus, however, did not even turn up in court. They contended that, since they are a UK company, they are beyond US jurisdiction.
http://www.techspot.com/news/23171-spamhaus-risks-losing-org-domain-name.html
http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/9389.html
http://www.technologynewsdaily.com/node/4803
.nz Registrations hit 250,000 (news release)
InternetNZ through the Office of the Domain Name Commissioner is pleased to announce that the number of registrations of domain names under the .nz top level domain reached 250,000 late yesterday, showing continued strong growth in the Internet space in New Zealand.
http://dnc.org.nz/story/30263-29-1.html
http://www.telecom.paper.nl/news/article.aspx?id=144507&nr= (sub req'd)
au: Cybersquatter takes site
A SERIAL cybersquatter who caused outrage last week after he registered a domain name after Steve Irwin's daughter Bindi has come under fire for doing the same thing to a string of Australian politicians. Wayne Smith may have relinquished control of www. bindiirwin.com, but he still owns more than 60 other domain names, many linked to anti-Jewish hate sites. Over a dozen of them are named after Liberal and National politicians.
http://www.news.com.au/sundaymail/story/0,,20551434-5003418,00.html
IPv6 Worldwide Summit - November 2006 Cannes, France
The main theme of the Summit will be the deployment and use of IPv6 technology. Keynote speakers include officials from the European Commission, France, Japan, Korea, Taiwan, North America, India and China. The participants of the Summit will be able to dialogue with IPv6 equipment manufacturers, application providers and system integrators. The event is organised by the IPv6 Task Force France in cooperation with ETSI and EU-funded projects GO4IT and EuroLabs. It is supported by IPv6 Forum, European IPv6 Task Force and the French Ministry of Industry.
http://www.v6summit.com/home2.htm
ICANN Allocates IPv6 Address Blocks to the Five Regional Internet Registries (news release)
On Tuesday October 3, ICANN through its IANA allocated large blocks of IPv6 address spaces to each of the five Regional Internet Registries (RIRs) to promote the efficient assignment of those address spaces to the RIRs' customers.
http://icann.org/announcements/announcement-12oct06.htm
Half of domain-name servers are open to attack
Half of the web's domain name servers are wrongly configured, leaving companies and large sections of the internet infrastructure open to attack. The survey found that 50% of DNS servers allow recursive name services - a form of name resolution that often requires a name server to relay requests to other name servers.
http://www.computerweekly.com/Articles/2006/10/11/219071/Half+of+domain-name+servers+are+open+to+attack.htm
http://www.techworld.com/news/index.cfm?NewsID=7069
Web breakthrough 'could bring cheap calls for all'
The price of phone calls is set to fall dramatically thanks to a groundbreaking development that will enable any regular phone to make calls using the internet using a technology called ENUM.
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,2-2400579,00.html
Rooney wins his fight for website
England football star Wayne Rooney has won a legal battle against a Welsh TV actor for the ownership of a website in the player's name.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/wales/north_east/6048958.stm
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/10/13/rooney_wins_dotcom/
http://msn.foxsports.com/soccer/story/6057918?CMP=OTC-K9B140813162&ATT=177 (AP)
http://english.pravda.ru/news/sports/13-10-2006/85049-rooney-0
Another soccer star wins his cybersquat case (Reuters)
British international striker Wayne Rooney, among 30 players on a short list for the Federation Internationale de Football Association's World Player of the Year Award, has won ownership of a Web site in his name, a United Nations agency said.
http://news.zdnet.com/2100-9588_22-6125693.html
http://news.com.com/2100-1028_3-6125693.html
Actor loses battle to keep control of Wayne Rooney internet names
A WELSH actor who bought the website domain names waynerooney.com and waynerooney.co.uk was yesterday forced to hand them over to the Manchester United star after an internet legal tussle.
http://icwales.icnetwork.co.uk/0100news/0200wales/tm_headline=actor-loses-battle-to-keep-control-of--wayne-rooney-internet--names-&method=full&objectid=17929783&siteid=50082-name_page.html
Netcraft October 2006 Web Server Survey
In the October 2006 survey we received responses from 97,932,447 sites, an increase of 1.08 million from last month. That moderate growth follows four straight months of blockbuster gains, guaranteeing that 2006 will surpass 2005 in the record books for largest single-year hostname growth. The survey has added nearly 23.9 million sites in the first 10 months of 2006, well above the previous record for annual numerical site growth of 17.1 million from last year. At its current 2006 growth rate of 2.3 million-plus sites per month, the Web Server Survey could top 100 million sites before the end of the year.
http://news.netcraft.com/archives/2006/10/06/october_2006_web_server_survey.html
ccNSO ICANN Regions Questionnaire (news release)
During 2006, ICANN will conduct its third review of ICANN's regions. This will be the first time the ccNSO has had an opportunity to be involved in the review. In an effort to establish whether the current composition of ICANN's regions is a concern for ccTLD managers, a questionnaire has been prepared. It would be appreciated if ccTLD managers could complete this questionnaire. The responses will assist the ccNSO determine the type of advice it provides to the review of ICANN's regions.
http://survey.icann.org/cgi/ccnso/
ICANN Board Receives Responses to Request for Information (news release)
The ICANN Board has agreed to consider the responses to its inquiry relating to the four pending gTLD agreements for .ASIA, .BIZ, .INFO and .ORG during their meeting on 18 October 2006. The link to the posted agenda for this meeting is located at http://icann.org/minutes/.
http://icann.org/announcements/announcement-1-12oct06.htm
us: Domain woes pain in the head
John Kolesinski operates myflorida411.com, a Web directory listing for businesses and the state government uses myflorida.com. After more than six months of operation, the state has notified Kolesinski by letter that myflorida.com is a trademark and contends his "activity is an infringement" of the state's property rights and "unfair competition." The letter also states use of the myflorida411.com domain name is "generating confusion." Kolesinski has asked the 7th Judicial Circuit County Mediation Services to intervene although a volunteer mediator said mediation under the county's program is voluntary, but a state spokeswoman said that probably wouldn't work because when it comes to domain name disputes, specific arbitration is required.
http://www.news-journalonline.com/NewsJournalOnline/Business/Headlines/bizBIZ02101306.htm
us: 'Little guy' takes on a banking giant
Steve Woodin says he racked up about $1,300 in fees when Wachovia held up a deposit. He’s not taking that lying down.
http://www.sptimes.com/2006/10/11/Business/_Little_guy__takes_on.shtml
Additional .COM Domain Name Transfer Requirement by October 28
Registrars who support .com domain names will use the Extensible Provisioning Protocol (EPP) system by October 28.
http://www.circleid.com/posts/additional_domain_name_transfer_requirement/
Chinese Domain Name Sells For $160,000
A sale of Chinese Internet domain names netted more than $160,000 on Friday in what organizers said was the biggest such auction yet in the computer-crazy country. A pair of sites named for ultra-mobile personal computing (umpc.cn and umpc.com.cn), one of the hottest technologies around, fetched an eye-popping 390,000 yuan ($49,000).
http://www.trendhunter.com/trends/chinese-domain-name-sells-for-160000/
Google will Domain Youtube.de
Nach der Übernahme des Online-Video-Anbieters YouTube will Google rechtliche Schritte gegen die Inhaber der Internet-Adresse Youtube.de unternehmen. "Wir schützen unsere Marken", sagte Google-Sprecher Stefan Keuchel am Mittwoch der dpa. Die Thüringer Allgemeine berichtet in ihrer Donnerstag-Ausgabe, der Domain-Name verweise derzeit auf ein Videoportal eines Konkurrenzanbieters. Die Adresse Youtube.de gehört einem britischen Unternehmen.
http://www.heise.de/newsticker/meldung/79341
Spamhaus: US-Gericht droht mit Domain-Enteignung
Das US-Gericht in Nord-Illinois verschärft die Gangart gegen das Anti-Spam-Projekt Spamhaus http://www.spamhaus.org.
http://www.pressetext.com/pte.mc?pte=061011003
ICANN verweigert sich
Wie am Montag beschrieben, will ein US-Gericht per Beschluss von ICANN verlangen, eine außerhalb der USA registrierte .-org Domain zu löschen. Jetzt geht die Internet-Verwaltung vorauseilend auf diese Forderung ein und weist sie zurück.
http://www.intern.de/neue_meldungen/icann_verweigert_sich_617.html
ICANN verweigert Spamhaus.org-Sperre
Das Anti-Spam-Projekt Spamhaus hat im Streit mit der US-Justiz Schützenhilfe von der Internet-Verwaltung ICANN bekommen.
http://futurezone.orf.at/it/stories/143359/
Spamhaus : le cri d'alarme d'un agonisant
Depuis le tournage des Blues Brothers, la justice de l'Illinois ne semble pas avoir trop changé. A la seule différence que, cette fois, il s'agit de la réalité : Spamhaus, LE seul organe britannique de lutte contre le spam véritablement efficace, vient de tomber sous les coups de boutoir de la justice américaine, à force de procès engagés par les « diffuseurs de courriels de prospection commerciale qui ne sont pas des spams ».
http://www.lemondeinformatique.fr/actualites/lire-spamhaus-le-cri-d-alarme-d-un-agonisant-20721.html
http://www.faq-mac.com/mt/archives/019645.php
http://solutions.journaldunet.com/breve/international/5488/affaire-spamhaus-la-lutte-antispam-mise-a-mal.shtml
Spamhaus per ora graziata. Dall'ICANN
Qualora un giudice decidesse di chiedere all'organizzazione che sovraintende i domini Internet, l'ICANN, di "sospendere" un dominio, si troverebbe dinanzi ad un muro di gomma. ICANN infatti, dinanzi all'ipotesi che questa richiesta venga avanzata per fermare l'organizzazione antispam Spamhaus, ha fatto sapere di non avere alcuna intenzione di procedere.
http://punto-informatico.it/p.aspx?id=1693362
Confirmado: III Torneo de Futbol ICANN durante la reunion de Sau Paulo
El Comite Organizador local nos ha confirmado la fecha: 05 de Diciembre. Esta es la tercera vez que se realiza este campeonato, que se esta volviendo tradicional.
http://www.latinoamericann.org/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=article&sid=1380
Creador de listas negras de correo puede perder su dominio si prospera petición de empresa de marketing online
SpamHaus, localizada en el Reino Unido, es un grupo que elaborar listas negras que son utilizados por los administradores de sistemas para bloquear correo no deseado. Miles de sitios usan estas listas de las que es muy facil entrar pero casi imposible salir, señalan muchos que se han visto perjudicados por la actuación de este u otros grupos semejantes.
http://www.latinoamericann.org/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=article&sid=1379
LACNIC: Nuevas tarifas a partir del 1 de octubre del 2006
Una nueva reducción de tarifas en el monto anual de membresía fue anunciada hoy por el Registro de Direcciones de Internet para America Latina y el Caribe (LACNIC). Las reducciones de tarifas que van del 5 al 15 % comenzaron a regir a partir del 1 de octubre de este año y surgieron como una iniciativa propuesta por el Directorio de este organismo internacional.
http://www.latinoamericann.org/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=article&sid=1378
Información Elecciones Directorio de LACNIC
De acuerdo al calendario aprobado por la comisión Electoral de LACNIC, el martes 10 de octubre a las 20.00 hs. UTC, se efectuó el cierre del Padrón Electoral y venció el plazo para nominar candidatos para la elección de dos cargos en el Directorio de LACNIC.
http://www.latinoamericann.org/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=article&sid=1377
Icann vägrar stänga antispamsajt
En domstol i Illinois hotade i fredags antispamtjänsten Spamhaus med nedstängning och på 11,7 miljoner dollar. Men Icann vägrar stänga företagets domännamn.
http://www1.idg.se/2.1085/1.78786
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