Don't forget to check out http://auda.org.au/domain-news/ for today's edition of the complete domain news, including an RSS feed - already online!Headlines from the 30 July edition include:
Call for Domain Owner Code of Rights and Responsibilities by Robert A.
Connor | How to battle of the botnets: Why we're losing the fight
against botnets | ICANN Starts Consultation on How to Protect
Registrants | Defending the Typosquatter by Bret Fausett
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Podcaster loses cybersquat of 'Simpsons Movie' site (Reuters)
http://tvnz.co.nz/view/page/488120/1255116WIPO Rules for 'The Simpsons' (AP)
http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2007/07/26/1185339107185.htmlInternet Core Neutrality: Drawing a Line in the Sand at ICANN by Dan Krimm
http://towardfreedom.com/home/content/view/1085/1/Users urged to patch serious hole in BIND 9 DNS server
http://www.pcworld.com/article/id,135053-c,techindustrytrends/article.htmlA revamp of ICANN?s public comment process
http://blog.icann.org/?p=167ICANN NomComm: Leave It Alone by Bret Fausett
http://blog.lextext.com/blog/_archives/2007/7/24/3115433.htmlnz: UK internet defamation case resonates here
http://nbr.co.nz/home/column_article.asp?id=18562Dot TK cleans up Tokelau's web domain
http://computerworld.co.nz/news.nsf/scrt/AFD9EFFEFCDF949BCC25731D0082485BWhy Is Uncle Sam Dictating .Us Policy? by Larry Seltzer
http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1895,2162720,00.aspCoalition Against Domain Name Abuse to combat cybersquatting [news release]
http://cadna.org/pdf/CADNA_Press_Release_7_24_2007.pdfGayCalifornia.com acquired for a Cool Quarter Million Dollars
http://send2press.com/newswire/2007-07-0725-008.shtml**********************
GOVERNANCE
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Vint Cerf on Google spectrum and the new "Die Hard"
The Internet can sometimes feel intimidating and even dangerous, but I'm glad to report that the guy who got the thing started is very nice and approachable. Vint Cerf is also funny -- early on he had a T-shirt made that said "IP on everything." Cerf, a key architect of the network and its military predecessor, now works at Google as a telecom policy expert and traveling sage who regularly visits the company's offices around the world. (Technically, he's vice president and "chief
Internet evangelist.") Vint Cerf was speaking at Google's Kirkland office before heading north to Vancouver for the GeoWeb conference on the intersection of the Web and geographic information systems. Brier Dudley was one of the local reporters Google invited to meet with Cerf before his talk. (Interestingly, Google also invited Microsoft blogger Dare Obasanjo to interview him.)
http://blog.seattletimes.nwsource.com/brierdudley/2007/07/vint_cerf_on_google_spectrum_a_1.htmlInternet Core Neutrality: Drawing a Line in the Sand at ICANN by Dan Krimm
Dan Krimm writes on ICANN mission-creep saying "ICANN has expanded its reach well beyond that narrow technical realm and into the world of general public policy. Current policy deliberations at ICANN are increasingly touching upon broad issues like personal
privacy, crime-fighting, trademark enforcement, and morality and public order in general."
Noting ICANN's budget has "ballooned exponentially", he then goes on to discuss ICANN's debate on policy, namely, a new policy to approve many more new gTLDs. While Dan approves of more gTLDs, he has concerns about parts of the proposed policy "such as a trademark holder could contest a gTLD application if it is not in the trademark holder's commercial interests. Governments or other institutions could contest a gTLD application if they feel that the new gTLD is "immoral" or threatens "public order" or is politically
unacceptable for some reason. In fact, if some group of institutions claim a community connection to the gTLD under application, they could oppose the application without being required to give any specific reason at all." Dan describes this as censorship.
Dan wants people to join the Keep The Core Neutral campaign and to sign their petition
in the hope they will be able to influence ICANN.
http://towardfreedom.com/home/content/view/1085/1/http://keep-the-core-neutral.org/Information Security Governance Framework: 7 Key Questions for Audit Committees
The Information Security Governance Framework is a holistic, enterprise risk management model for a Board of Directors. It measures governance, compliance, and operational (legal) risks on identity theft and consumer protection. Boards of Directors of financial firms have a fiduciary and regulatory obligation to prevent corporate identity theft. The model: synchronizes relevant regulations for the banking industry. These include GLBA, FDICIA Section 112, FTC ACT, Lanham Act, Sarbanes-Oxley, California?s AB 1950 and FINCEN?s Identity Theft Suspicious
Activity Report requirements, plus Basel and CAMELS, within 3 security layers per GLBA 501(b), 521 and 523, i.e., IT or Information Technology Governance, Network Vulnerability and IP or Intellectual Property Governance. IP Governance addresses corporate identity theft, a root source of rampant federal crimes against consumers per President?s Identity Theft Task Force. Fraudulent domain names used within phishing, email spam and fake web sites are Unfair and Deceptive practices that attack trade secrets or sensitive customer information, inside and outside of bank IT networks, resulting in operational losses, operational risks and reputational harm for corporations and consumers.
http://www.webwire.com/ViewPressRel.asp?aId=42964**********************
DOMAIN NAMES
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How Big Is Your Cloud? by Bret Fausett
On Monday, I
talked about "name clouds." A "name cloud" consists of all the names registered around your principal name. For example, once upon a time, if you were starting a new online business, you'd register a name in .COM as your principal name (the dark blue square) and depending on the location of your business, you might have picked up your ccTLD as well (the red square). If you wanted to ensure that no one used a similar name in commerce, you'd register your name in .NET, .ORG, .BIZ and .INFO as well.
http://namebrief.com/content/view/17/1/**********************
- DOMAIN SECURITY
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Users urged to patch serious hole in BIND 9 DNS server
A security researcher has reported a serious vulnerability in BIND 9, the software widely used in the Internet's DNS addressing system.
http://www.pcworld.com/article/id,135053-c,techindustrytrends/article.htmlhttp://www.infoworld.com/article/07/07/25/serious-hole-in-BIND-9-DNS-server_1.htmlDNS: Definitely Not Safe?
Unfortunately, for all its success, DNS is one area in which what you don't know can hurt you -- badly. Despite well-publicised attacks on domain name servers in 2000 and 2001, evidence suggests that many companies simply have not taken the steps necessary to protect this vital part of their networks. Experts differ on just how much danger companies generally face. However, they seem to agree that, depending on the circumstances and the company, the results could include electronic attacks and unknowingly providing confidential information to
competitors. Some companies aren't just leaving the back door unlocked -- they're taking out the hinge pins and removing the door entirely.
http://cpilive.net/v3/inside.aspx?scr=n&NID=1457Trusteer Warns ISPs and Enterprises to Protect Consumers from New Pharming Attack [news release]
Trusteer announced its CTO and security researcher Amit Klein has cracked BIND's random number generator and demonstrated a new attack affecting most Internet users. In this "DNS Forgery Pharming" attack fraudsters can remotely force consumers to visit fraudulent websites without compromising any computer or network device.
http://www.prweb.com/releases/2007/7/prweb542082.htmSerious flaw affects BIND Internet server software
BIND, the dominant DNS server
software on the Internet, is vulnerable to a serious cache-poisoning attack that could enable an attacker to fool users rather easily into visiting a malicious Web site.
http://www.computerweekly.com/Articles/2007/07/25/225765/serious-flaw-affects-bind-internet-server-software.htmNew Report Warns Against ?DNS Forgery Pharming? on BIND 9
In a recent report released by Trusteer, security researcher Amit Klein has cracked BIND's random number generator and demonstrated a new attack affecting most Internet users. In this "DNS Forgery Pharming" attack fraudsters can remotely force consumers to visit fraudulent websites without compromising any computer or network device.
http://www.circleid.com/posts/dns_server_bind_9_configuration/**********************
- ICANN
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A revamp of ICANN?s public comment process
A vital part of ICANN?s processes is the opportunity for there to be public comment on each substantial piece of work before it is put forward for final approval.
http://blog.icann.org/?p=167ICANN NomComm: Leave It Alone by Bret Fausett
If there's one part of ICANN that is working well, it's the Nominating Committee. It's time for the NomComm's periodic review though, but my input is rather simple: leave it alone. It's working.
http://blog.lextext.com/blog/_archives/2007/7/24/3115433.html**********************
- (cc)TLD NEWS
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.Asia sets Industry Benchmark in the launch of the
DotAsia announced the launch of the .Asia Pioneer Domains Program, offering businesses and entrepreneurs the ultimate first-mover advantage for e-commerce in Asia. DotAsia is the first global TLD headquartered in Asia, and the Pioneer Domains Program marks the first time ever a domain registry is opening its doors for domains based on the quality of proposals received for any domain name of choice.
http://pioneer.domains.asia/press/2007-07-11-DotAsia-PR.htmlauDA chooses Resolve as its complaints handling software
auDA has chosen the Resolve software from Beethoven
Computer Services to support the growing demand on its enquiries, feedback and complaints handling activities.
http://computerworld.com.au/index.php/id;549674208Chinese Domain Name Registrars Sign Agreement
More than 40 domain name registration service providers in China have jointly signed a self-discipline convention, the first of its kind in the industry in China, in order to help the solve the problems resulting from the unbalanced and non-standard service in the domain name service market.
http://www.chinatechnews.com/2007/07/26/5681-chinese-domain-name-registrars-sign-agreement/nz: UK internet defamation case resonates here
A recent case in the UK has again raised the issue of who is responsible
for information available on the internet - and its outcome could reach as far as New Zealand. London businessman Brian Retkin is bringing a claim against Google for defamation, alleging that Google is responsible for not removing links to defamatory information posted on the internet by anonymous sources. Mr Redkin has reportedly spent years trying to get Google to remove links to the defamatory content about his internet domain name business Dotworlds from its search results.
http://nbr.co.nz/home/column_article.asp?id=18562Dot TK cleans up Tokelau?s web domain
Dot TK, the company managing the Tokelau internet domain, is cleaning up, after .tk was named the riskiest country-level domain in the world.
Joost Zuurbier, the registry?s chief executive, says the March report was very damaging.
?We saw a decline of approximately 10% of new
registrations in the countries where this report hit the press,? says Zuurbier.
http://computerworld.co.nz/news.nsf/scrt/AFD9EFFEFCDF949BCC25731D0082485BWhy Is Uncle Sam Dictating .Us Policy? by Larry Seltzer
Opinion: This is a case study in how bad the government can be at some things, especially when it's uninterested in public input. It's not often that the registry for a major top-level domain changes. It might be about to happen with the .us domain though. Some people care, but very few.
http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1895,2162720,00.aspza: Fifa threatens legal action over local website
The world's football governing body, Fifa, has ordered a popular KwaZulu-Natal 2010 Soccer World Cup website to shut down or
face legal action. ... In the letter to Vosloo, Murray said: "We appreciate that you may not have been aware that companies such as yours, which do not have a formal licence to Fifa, cannot use the infringing signs. For this reason, we are writing to explain this to you and to politely request that you immediately refrain from using the domain name and the infringing signs."
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- DOMAIN DISPUTES
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Podcaster loses cybersquat of 'Simpsons Movie' site (Reuters)
A U.S. podcaster on Wednesday lost the right to operate a Web site using the name of The Simpsons Movie to attract fans of the cartoon series to sites related to his own Internet output.
http://news.zdnet.com/2100-9588_22-6198701.htmlhttp://tvnz.co.nz/view/page/488120/1255116http://www.nzherald.co.nz/section/story.cfm?c_id=5&objectid=10453943http://www.usatoday.com/tech/webguide/internetlife/2007-07-19-simpsons-movie-podcaster_N.htmhttp://uk.reuters.com/article/technologyNews/idUKL2583450520070725WIPO Rules for 'The Simpsons' (AP)
Woo-hoo! "The Simpsons Movie" has won its name back on the Internet.
WIPO ruled that ownership of the domain name thesimpsonsmovie.com must be handed to News Corp.'s Twentieth Century Fox, which owns the rights to the film and the popular TV series.
http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2007/07/26/1185339107185.htmlhttp://film.guardian.co.uk/apnews/story/0,,-6805257,00.htmlhttp://www.thestar.com/entertainment/article/239718Simpsons Movie Masters Its Own Domain
All it took was for 20th Century Fox to have a cow, man, and the unthinkable occurred: Homer J. Simpson came out a winner. WIPO has restored the domain name thesimpsonsmovie.com to the studio after Fox bigwigs filed a complaint that a cybersquatter had
taken over the Web address and was redirecting users to sites of a blue, rather than yellow, nature.
http://www.eonline.com/news/article/index.jsp?uuid=016b6446-4776-4162-bf61-8d36cfd80570http://www.rte.ie/news/2007/0725/simpsons.htmlhttp://chroniclejournal.com/CP_stories.php?id=55942Coalition Against Domain Name Abuse to combat cybersquatting [news release]
The Coalition Against Domain Name Abuse is announcing the launch of its national campaign against Internet fraud. A non-profit organization based in Washington D.C., CADNA is leading the way in confronting cybersquatting ? the fraudulent abuse of domain name
registration that threatens the future viability of Internet commerce.
http://cadna.org/pdf/CADNA_Press_Release_7_24_2007.pdfhttp://www.nbc26.com/news/tech/8685802.htmlhttp://www.circleid.com/posts/cadna_against_domain_typosqatting_cybersquatting/http://www.ksbitv.com/technology/8685802.htmlhttp://blog.searchenginewatch.com/blog/070725-142028http://dmwmedia.com/news/2007/07/25/cadna-launching-campaign-against-cybersquattinghttp://domainnamewire.com/2007/07/24/cadna-steps-up-assault-on-domain-name-owners/Brand Owners on Web Offensive
Owners of domain names c0ca-cola.com, yahooemail.com, and hilt0n.com, beware. A group of copyright holders?including Coca-Cola, Yahoo, and Hilton?has formed a coalition to push for stiffer financial penalties for so-called cybersquatters. The group, launched on Tuesday, calls itself the Coalition Against Domain Name Abuse, and it aims to put sketchy domain name owners out of business.
http://redherring.com/Article.aspx?a=22955&hed=Brand+Owners+on+Web+OffensiveCoalition Takes Run At Cybersquatters
More than 22,000 domain names are in use today that incorporate Apple's iPhone brand name -- though few belong to Apple. That's how bad fraudsters' practice of "cybersquatting" has gotten, says Josh Bourne. He's president of a new group -- the Coalition Against Domain Name Abuse (CADNA).
http://money.cnn.com/news/newsfeeds/articles/newstex/IBD-0001-18411393.htmuk: Victory for witches in £350m shops fight
"A coven of elderly witches has claimed victory in a bizarre battle to have the name of a £350 million shopping centre changed" reports The Daily Telegraph. The objection was that a shopping centre
developer had named a huge addition to Leicester's Shires mall Highcross Quarter. "That is the name given by witches to the four most important periods in the "wicca" calendar. Once the name was announced, the witches, wizards and gnomes immediately registered several internet domain names using the term. Then they set up a website that they have used to discuss their beliefs." Hammerson then took action, first through a request, and then through a complaint to WIPO, to get the domain names back. But it appears they've given up, saying the redevelopment name has "evolved" to Highcross Leicester.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2007/07/24/nwitches124.xmlhttp://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/news/news.html?in_article_id=470378&in_page_id=1770http://www.ananova.com/news/story/sm_2432102.htmlus: Dover firm sues over domain name
A Dover sporting goods outlet is eNom in federal court for using a similarly named Web site to direct Internet users to competitors as well to as online pornography sites peddling sex toys.
http://nh.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070724/BUSINESSREVIEW30/70723019uk/in: UK firm to give up 22 Airtel sites
Cable and Wireless Guernsey Ltd has surrendered 22 internet sites to Bharti Airtel Ltd, which convinced the
Channel Island Domain Name Registry (CIDNR) to rule against the domain-squatting by the UK company.
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Business/India_Business/UK_firm_to_give_up_22_Airtel_sites/rssarticleshow/2231638.cmsus: Terre Haute gives up ?Hyte Center? domains
Terre Haute officials forfeited 35 domain names earlier this month to which they had bought rights during a dispute over the Charles T. Hyte Community Center name.
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Go Daddy, Miss America & Congress Find Ways to Protect Our Kids Online [news release]
Miss America, the president
and CEO of the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children, a well-known researcher of crimes against children, and a top GoDaddy.com executive were among the key figures who testified today before Congress about how to protect our kids from online predators. The business of child pornography over the Internet is estimated to be worth as much as $20 billion.
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Domain Name Parking Companies Gear Up for Fall
Domain parking companies tuning up services in time for fall traffic increase. It?s the doldrums of summer and that historically means a drop in internet traffic and domain parking revenue. My revenue is holding strong this summer, in part because the parking companies are doing a
good job adding new features and optimization techniques in time for the fall. The article outlines the parking services the author uses:
http://domainnamewire.com/2007/07/23/domain-name-parking-companies-gear-up-for-fall/Domain Roundtable Hits Seattle August 12-15
Hundreds of domain industry participants to attend Name Intelligence event; event focused on networking.
http://domainnamewire.com/2007/07/25/domain-roundtable-hits-seattle-august-12-15/**********************
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The World's First Domain Name Barter Trading Portal [news release]
Swapnames.com is the industry's free and safe marketplace for everyone to literally trade
their domain names or websites in return for other, more valuable domain names.
http://www.prweb.com/releases/2007/7/prweb541737.htmGayCalifornia.com acquired for a Cool Quarter Million Dollars
Hammerberg & Associates, Inc. recently acquired the domain name, GayCalifornia.com, for a price tag of $250,000. According to the purchaser and "technoprenuer," Jeffery Hammerberg, it was a bargain.
http://send2press.com/newswire/2007-07-0725-008.shtmlPoker.de Rakes in Massive Pot in the Year's Biggest ccTLD Sale
It took a while to complete, but the ?695,000 sale of Poker.de was wrapped up this week, finalizing the biggest country code sale of 2007.
http://dnjournal.com/archive/domainsales/2007/domainsales07-24-07.htmMaster of Domain: Business.com Gets Big Payday, Again
Telephone-directory company R.H. Donnelley Corp. clinched a deal for Web-based marketing directory Business.com Inc. for between $340 million and $360 million, according to a person familiar with the transaction.
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB118541740110378568.htmlRH Donnelley buys Business.com domain name-WSJ (Reuters)
Telephone-directory company R.H. Donnelley clinched a deal for Web-based marketing directory Business.com Inc. for between $340 million and $360 million, The Wall Street Journal Online reported on Thursday.
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- NON-ENGLISH NEWS
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Sedo versteigert chinese.com für 1,1 Millionen US-Dollar
Der Domain-Vermarkter Sedo hat eigenen Angaben zufolge den bislang höchsten Verkaufspreis bei einer Domain-Versteigerung auf der eigenen Auktionsplattform erzielt.
http://www.heise.de/newsticker/meldung/93143Neue BIND-Version schließt Cache-Poisoning-Lücke
Das Internet Systems Consortium hat eine Sicherheitslücke in seinem weit verbreiteten Nameserver BIND beseitigt, die es einem Angreifer erheblich erleichterte, den Cache eines Nameservers zu manipulieren (Cache Poisoning). Damit wäre es möglich gewesen, eigene Einträge einzuschleusen und Namen gegen
beliebige IP-Adressen aufzulösen. Dies wird auch bei so genannten Pharming-Attacken genutzt, um Anwender mit ihrem Browser auf gefälschte Webseiten zu führen.
http://www.heise.de/newsticker/meldung/93253L?ICANN met à jour sa charte d?intégration des IDN
Suite à un appel à commentaire ouvert jusqu'au 31 juillet 2007, l?ICANN a actualisé sa proposition d?activation des IDN sur la racine de l?Internet.
http://domainesinfo.fr/extension/1267/idn-l-icann-met-a-jour-sa-charte-d-integration-des-idn.phpLe .TK veut assainir le contenu de ses sites
Le registre du TK lance un nouveau logiciel de filtrage des contenus de sites. Une opération destinée à renforcer la fiabilité du .TK, extension
désignée en 2006 par MacFee comme risquée.
http://domainesinfo.fr/extension/1269/tokelau-le-tk-veut-assainir-le-contenu-de-ses-sites.phpVers une concurrence des institutions de règlement ?
Dans une lettre adressée à l?ICANN, l?OMPI conteste le projet de candidature de la Czech Court Arbitration. Se pose en filigrane la question de savoir comment et jusqu?à quel point les institutions de règlement des litiges relatifs aux noms de domaine peuvent rivaliser de nouveautés pour conquérir des parts de marché?
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