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us: Web address bill by Sen. Little will become law - prevents cybersquatting personal/business names | Estonian Cyber-War Highlights Civilian Vulnerabilities | ICANN spreads love, opens bosom to all | Aussie Labor party sparks cyber land grab | He sells employer's Web name, takes off with stripper | Cybersquatting: Global problem, local solutions | CitizenHawk TypoAlert: Cybersquatting on Celebrity Names is Big Business | ICANN Takes a Lick at Domain Tasting by Larry Seltzer | Pharmacy.com for Sale, for
US$50m?
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Close down the internet? Think again, Sir Elton
http://www.guardian.co.uk/g2/story/0,,2139696,00.htmlFellowships to Ensure Global Voices Heard at ICANN
http://icann.org/announcements/announcement-02aug07.htmNew Monthly Magazine Provides the Inside Scoop on ICANN
http://icann.org/announcements/announcement-03aug07.htmARIN Confirms IP Address Distribution Practices; Policies Do Not Encourage Profit-driven Speculation [news release]
http://arin.net/media/releases/200701August_Release.pdfARIN Statement on the Future of Addressing Policy by Patrik Fältström
http://www.circleid.com/posts/arin_statement_addressing_policy/ca: CIRA Launches Search for New CEO
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Close down the internet? Think again, Sir Elton
Sir Elton
John has seen the internet, and he wants to turn it off. "I do think it would be an incredible experiment," he says, "to shut down the internet for five years and see what sort of art is produced in that span." While this statement demonstrates an admirable grasp of the way the whole thing works, it is just possible that Sir Elton has not considered all the implications of his daring five-year plan. Doesn't he realise what would happen?
http://www.guardian.co.uk/g2/story/0,,2139696,00.htmlElton John Blasts the Internet
Rocket Man Elton John is wading into waters he doesn't admit to knowing much about -- the Internet. As reported in the London tabloid, The Sun, Sir Elton suggests that the Internet is destroying music. "The Internet has stopped people from going out and being with each other, creating stuff," wrote John in a bylined story in The
Sun.
http://www.pcworld.com/article/id,135455-c,internetnetworking/article.htmlhttp://www.smh.com.au/articles/2007/08/02/1185648044623.htmlhttp://www.vnunet.com/vnunet/news/2195512/elton-john-calls-closurePublic internet threatened by private telcos
What will the internet look like in 20 years? No one knows. But this morning at the Stanford Summit, an annual tech industry conference in Palo Alto, a panel of Silicon Valley experts laid down a few guesses.
The trio of big-name panelists - Sun Microsystems co-founder Andy Bechtolsheim, HP personal systems group CTO Phil McKinney, and Stanford University
electrical engineering and computer science professor Nick McKeown - refused to make any bold predictions, as big-name panelists so often refuse to do. But they did highlight what they see as the obvious internet trouble spots sure to spark major change over the next several years.
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2007/08/02/internet_government_regulated_monopoly/RIPE NCC Awarded Special Status from United Nations [news release]
The RIPE NCC has been awarded Special Consultative Status by the Economic and Social Council of the United Nations. With this consultative status, the RIPE NCC can designate official representatives to help advise the United Nations on issues related to Internet number resource management and the technical coordination of the Internet.
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Web Browser Attack Skirts Corporate Firewall
A 10-year-old security problem has come back to haunt corporate IT, a security researcher told an audience at the Black Hat conference in Las Vegas Wednesday. Dan Kaminsky, director of penetration testing for IO Active Inc., showed how problems in the way browser software works with the Internet's domain name system could be exploited to give attackers access to any resources behind the corporate firewall.
http://www.pcworld.com/article/id,135383-pg,1/article.htmlhttp://computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&articleId=9028726Understanding and Combating Rock Phishing
In 2005, a particularly nefarious group of phishers came to be known as the "Rock Phish Gang." The name comes from the fact that early versions of their phishing attacks included the word "rock" in the URL. The text is no longer present in their attacks, but the rock phish gang is still out there and continues to be a formidable menace to banks and other organizations.
http://technewsworld.com/story/58648.htmlhttp://crmbuyer.com/story/MmH9YcBLkvF8eQ/Understanding-and-Combating-Rock-Phishing.xhtmlThe Coalition Against Domain Name Abuse seeks to disable Cybersquatting
... Well-known companies such as Dell Inc., Yahoo Inc. and Marriott International Inc. are lobbying Congress for tougher laws targeting online scammers who profit from their brand names.
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Fellowships to Ensure Global Voices Heard at ICANN
More voices from across the globe will be heard at ICANN's 30th International Public Meeting in Los Angeles later this year thanks to the global fellowships program being launched
today.
http://icann.org/announcements/announcement-02aug07.htmNew Monthly Magazine Provides the Inside Scoop on ICANN
ICANN launched a new magazine that will provide all the latest news and developments within the organization to online subscribers. Produced monthly, each issue will review recent developments in policy topics, provide details of recent Board meetings, the latest news from around the world, and other developments within the organization, complete with links to further resources.
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ARIN Confirms IP Address Distribution Practices; Policies Do Not Encourage Profit-driven Speculation [news
release]
The American Registry for Internet Numbers Board of Trustees released a statement today that assures ARIN will continue to facilitate the policy development process that defines how Internet Protocol (IP) addresses are distributed in its region, and also reaffirms that ARIN?s policies do not encourage profit-driven speculation in IP addresses.
http://arin.net/media/releases/200701August_Release.pdfStatement of ARIN's Board of Trustees regarding future Internet address policy in the ARIN region
The global Internet requires numeric addresses for the routing of communications traffic. These addresses are necessarily finite in nature and have been defined in two groups. One group, called ?Internet Protocol version 4,? or IPv4, was defined in 1979 as a pool of approximately 4,300,000,000 addresses. In anticipation of the Internet
growing larger than can be accommodated by the IPv4 pool, a second group, called ?Internet Protocol version 6,? or IPv6, was defined in 1995 as a pool of approximately 340,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 addresses, an address space billions upon billions of times larger.
http://arin.net/media/200701August_Statement.pdfARIN Statement on the Future of Addressing Policy by Patrik Fältström
ARIN has just released a statement on the future of addressing policy. Specifically addressing the future of IPv4 addressing. What ARIN does is to emphasize the current policies and say they will be enforced even stronger than today if needed. I.e. there is no announcement of a change in policy.
http://www.circleid.com/posts/arin_statement_addressing_policy/IP address shortage to limit Internet access
The seemingly boundless Internet is running out of a key resource: new IP addresses. The evaporating supply of new addresses ? which some estimates say could dry up in about three years ? could drive up the price of Internet access as well as disrupt the growth and performance of the network, warn some experts. Worried that opportunists will hoard addresses to speculatively sell them, the organization responsible for handing out addresses in North America announced Wednesday that it would try to regulate the emerging trade.
http://www.csmonitor.com/2007/0803/p02s01-ussc.htmlhttp://www.usatoday.com/tech/webguide/internetlife/2007-08-03-ip-shortage_N.htmInternet addresses will soon run out
The internet is running out of a key resource: new IP addresses. IP addresses allow machines in homes and offices to locate and communicate with one another over the global network.
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auDA publishes interim policy on use of wildcard DNS records in .au
auDA has published an Interim Policy on Use of Wildcard DNS Records in .au. The interim policy is based on the findings and recommendations of the ICANN Security and Stability Advisory Committee (ICANN SSAC), contained in its report ?Redirection in the Com and Net Domains?,
9 July 2004. The interim policy will apply pending advice to the auDA Board from the auDA Stability and Security Advisory Committee (auDA SSAC).
http://auda.org.au/news.php?newsid=379Berlin senate will not support the Berlin domain .berlin
The Berlin senate will not support the TLD .berlin, which is being promoted and planned by the company dotBerlin GmBH. The new TLD is designed to provide a home for Berlin-based companies, associations and citizens of the metropolis. "With the new namespace .berlin we'll create a regional identity for the Berlin community," the initiators of the campaign write in English on their homepage. The Mayor of Berlin Klaus Wowereit (Social Democratic Party; SPD) fears that this might lead to an undue blurring of the public and private realms. In his response to a parliamentary question by the parliamentary group of the opposition
Free Democratic Party he is, according to the German news agency dpa, said to have stated that the senate did not intend to promote competition to berlin.de, which the senate supports.
http://www.heise.de/english/newsticker/news/93776ca: CIRA Launches Search for New CEO
The Canadian Internet Registration Authority (CIRA) announced today that founding CEO Bernard Turcotte will leave CIRA later this year and that CIRA is launching a nation-wide search for the best candidate to succeed him.
http://cira.ca/news-releases/206.htmlAllen & Overy represent EURid in all .eu conflicts
Allen & Overy Belgium advised EURid to manage the registration of ".eu" domain names. After having assisted EURid in the drafting of the regulatory framework (registrar
agreements, .eu terms and conditions, Sunrise Rules etc), we are representing EURid in all conflicts resulting from the successful launch of the .eu top level domain.
http://www.allenovery.com/AOWEB/Knowledge/Editorial.aspx?contentTypeID=1&itemID=33494fr: The AFNIC Articles of Association will change starting January 1st, 2008 [news release]
During the extraordinary General Assembly that was held on the 15th of June 2007, the members of the AFNIC have voted that the Articles of the association should be modified. This change will affect the membership and/or collaboration modalities for persons and organizations that wish to participate to the life of the association, work to develop ccTLDs it manages or offer specific partnerships.
http://www.afnic.fr/actu/nouvelles/general/NN20070730?PHPSESSID=8d4a81e560517542bf5f434a3edaae69no: Introduction of numeric domains: Evaluation (in Norwegian)
http://www.norid.no/regelverk/forslag/nummer-2006/evaluering-nummer.htmlnz: The Browser - July 2007
The July 2007 edition of The Browser, InternetNZ's monthly magazine, is now available. Topics include update on AGM, InternetNZ on NZ's banking code and highlights from the Domain Name Commissioner's annual report.
http://internetnz.net.nz/media/browser/.SE launches domain names in Swedish minority languages [news release]
.SE (the Internet Infrastructure
Foundation) launches the possibility to register domain names in all the official minority languages, as stated by Swedish law. In addition to the minority languages Finnish, Meänkieli, Sami, Romani and Yiddish, it will be possible to use the special characters of all the other Nordic countries, i.e. Danish, Norwegian, Faroe and Icelandic, in .se domains. The sunrise period for the new IDN (Internationalised Domain Names) starts July 4, 2007.
http://iis.se/english/nyheter/news/2007-05-14?lang=enuk: Nominet Second Governance Consultation
Nominet is now starting their second Governance consultation, which will last 3 months, from 31 July to 31 October.
http://www.nominet.org.uk/news/latest/?contentId=4264Scottsdale's Go Daddy going for
'.us' contract
Now that Go Daddy Group Inc. has made a name for itself among millions of Internet users, it thinks it can do the same for ".us."
http://www.azcentral.com/business/articles/0803biz-godaddy0804-ON.htmlusTLD should realize its pent up potential
Brian Cute, Director of usTLD Development for Alliance Registry summarizes the press conference from July 31, 2007 and discusses why usTLD, America's sovereign space on the Internet, should benefit from renewed competition and a new administrator.
http://dnalliance.us/archives/000036.htmlWorkshop to launch of publication consultation for.za policy & procedures
The .za Domain Name Authority has organised a workshop to launch the public consultation process for the .za
domain policy & procedures.
http://zadna.org.za/Proposed amendments to .za DNA memo & articles
.za DNA has recently completed discussions with the Department of Communications about amendments proposed to its current memo and articles of association. The amendments are intended amongst other things to more clearly define .za DNA powers and align them to the provisions of the Chapter X of the ECT Act. The final document has recently been submitted to the Minister of Communications for her approval, as per the Act.
http://zadna.org.za/policy.htmlBringing a New Top-Level Domain to Life by Michele Neylon
One of the key elements in any domain space is usage. It doesn't matter how potentially "cool" or "interesting" a TLD is if nobody is actually using it to provide content. It may be
overused and totally abused, but "content is king"! The guys in dotMobi posted yesterday about some of the more interesting domains that they had come across recently. What did that lead to? Well I actually got out my phone and browsed the sites to see what all the fuss was about and I was truly impressed.
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WIPO Advanced Workshop on Domain Name Dispute Resolution: Update on Practices and Precedents - October 2007
Encouraged by the success of the previous two editions, the Center plans to hold its third Advanced Workshop on Domain Name Dispute Resolution in Geneva on Thursday, October 18 and Friday, October 19, 2007. ... The Advanced Workshop will focus mainly on the trends of UDRP
decisions with regard to the most important substantive and procedural issues. Thus, in addition to those wishing to gain insight into the UDRP mechanism, this Advanced Workshop is of particular interest to those who have been or who may become involved in UDRP proceedings. The Advanced Workshop also represents an opportunity for registrars and ccTLD administrators to increase their knowledge of UDRP decisions.
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Social Operating System: Connecting Domains and Social Media
Wired Magazine defines ?social operating system? as a platform for online living; a social network such as MySpace that seamlessly integrates activities including entertainment and shopping. But Jon Udell points
out that MySpace is not Your Space. He envisions a future in which each child would receive his or her own chunk of managed storage at birth. These virtual containers would be home to everything from baby pictures to grown-up blog posts. Of course, we?d want the ability for Bob?s Space to connect with Jane?s Space - suppose they are siblings starring in the same family vacation video, or co-authors of a research report?
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Why Is There No Transparency for Domain Parking Ads?
Google Adwords placement reports are purposely vague about ads on parked domain names, but why?
http://domainnamewire.com/2007/08/03/why-is-there-no-transparency-for-domain-parking-ads/Domain name gold rush hits cyberland [originally in The Boston Globe]
The web addresses businesses and people online call home have spawned the equivalent of a real estate boom in the real world with speculators, appraisers, developers and brokers turning the names typed in navigation bars into hefty profits.
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Moniker Internext Expo
Live Domain Auction Results
Moniker's Internext Expo Live Domain Auction for adult domains has concluded with the top sale going to LatinPussy.com for US$135,000. Other $50,000+ sales included Spicy.com ($81,000), Chubby.com ($65,000), GayBondage.com ($60,000) and SexMachine.com ($55,000).
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