[APPLe list] domain name news - 14 April

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

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Nanyang Technological University, Singapore
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Don't forget to check out http://www.auda.org.au/domain-news/ for today's edition of the complete domain news, already online!


Headlines from today's edition of the news include:
Community Comment Invited on Petition To Form A New GNSO Consumers Constituency | Australian registrar's accreditation revoked in security scare | BrisConnections 'ransom' takes family toll on Boltons | Bottle Domains wins injunction against auDA | Red Faces All Round At Wikipedia Over Wikileaks.de | Germany not a hard-line censor after all | What Europeans Do with Domains by Joe Palombo, Sedo Transfer Specialist


And see my website - http://technewsreview.com.au/ - for daily updates in between postings.


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The Continued Expansion Of Trademarks In Cyberspace by Paul Keating
http://www.domainnamenews.com/featured/continued-expansion-trademarks-cyberspace/4757

ICANN and the Hyper-Aggressive Trademark Owners: The "Monster Test" by Philip S Corwin
http://www.circleid.com/posts/20090410_icann_aggressive_trademark_owners/

A Dot-Pol of Their Own
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/04/10/AR2009041002955.html

Olympics bullies ICANN with legal action threat over new gTLDs
http://technewsreview.com.au/article.php?article=7797
http://www.domainpulse.com/2009/04/13/olympics-bullies-icann-with-legal-action-threat-over-new-gtlds/

uk: Nominet CEO:'My vision for the future of the internet'
http://www.computerweekly.com/Articles/2009/04/09/235598/nominet-ceomy-vision-for-the-future-of-the-internet.htm

Conficker, the Internet's No. 1 threat, gets an update [IDG]
http://www.computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&articleId=9131341

Conficker cashes in, installs spam bots and scareware and reveals its business model
http://www.computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&articleId=9131380

'Ghostnet' and the New World of Espionage
http://www.spiegel.de/international/world/0,1518,618478,00.html

Jennifer Lopez wins cybersquatting case
http://technewsreview.com.au/article.php?article=7798
http://www.domainpulse.com/2009/04/13/jennifer-lopez-wins-cybersquatting-case/

Bill Clinton Wants His Domain Names Back
http://gawker.com/5209000/bill-clinton-wants-his-domain-names-back

WebCam.com Sells for $1.02 Million
http://domainnamewire.com/2009/04/12/webcamcom-sells-for-102-million/


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Net neutrality in the United States and the future of information policy by Bruce Harpham
The Internet has played a significant role in improving commerce, deepening social connections, stimulating scholarship and affording greater opportunities for leisure and activism. Increasingly, the set of computer systems commonly referred to as the Internet plays a critical role in connecting people with the information they need to work, live and access government. In light of the importance of the Internet in American life, government should play a role in ensuring that it suits the needs of society as a whole, rather than a single group. The first decade of the 21st century has witnessed a great burst of interest in developing Internet regulation, in contrast to the laissez-faire government approach of the 1990s when the Internet offered seemingly unlimited potential to revolutionize commerce and made some people billionaires in short order. As the Internet increasingly became a platform for market activity, the ownership and regulation of the
 system became politically important. The common assumption of the 1990s that the Internet was too revolutionary to govern or that it is impossible to govern is quickly fading. The U.S. government needs to implement Net neutrality regulation as part of a new unified communications strategy for the modern era, replacing the patchwork of policies currently in place.
http://fiq.ischool.utoronto.ca/index.php/fiq/article/view/30/84

Candidates, Squatters, and Gripers: A Primer on Political Cybersquatting and a Proposal for Reform by Matthew T. Sanderson [Election Law Journal]
During last year's election, were you hoping to read-up on Barack Obama’s abortion stance? Too bad, if you went to Obama ForPresident.com. It featured crossword puzzles and fantasy football rather than public-policy papers. Were you looking to volunteer for U.S. Senate candidate John Sununu? If you visited JohnSununu.com, it allowed you to sign up for a free online dating service but not to sign on to a political campaign. Did you want to help finance John McCain’s bid for the presidency? During much of the 2008 campaign season, a contribution submitted through the official-looking JohnMcain.com would have supported a man in Houston, Texas, without one nickel funding McCain’s run for the White House.
http://www.liebertonline.com/doi/pdf/10.1089/elj.2008.0013

The Good and the Bad of Top-Level Domains nu B. Leiba [sub req'd]
Abstract: ICANN has recently announced an "open season" on top-level domains, to start some time in 2009. This will dramatically expand the namespace for Internet domain names, and will allow cities, industries, and companies to register specific top-level domains for themselves. What effect will that have on the companies involved, and on the Internet users? In this column, the author explores that question and gives his opinion on the answer.
http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/xpl/freeabs_all.jsp?arnumber=4747631

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Expressions of Interest Sought for Bulk Transfer of Registrations
As the result of the pending de-accreditation of Parava Networks, Inc. dba 10-Domains.com ("Parava" IANA ID 94), ICANN is seeking Statements of Interest from ICANN-accredited registrars that are interested in assuming sponsorship of the gTLD names that are currently managed by Parava.
http://icann.org/en/announcements/announcement-09apr09-en.htm

Public Comment: Proposed Registrar Disqualification Procedure
Updated on 9 April 2009 to extend the public comment period closing date: The Statement of Registrar Accreditation Policy establishes the standards applied by ICANN in granting gTLD registrar accreditation. In addition to setting minimum qualifications, the policy describes "matters potentially leading to ineligibility" for accreditation, including disqualification of a "registrar or registry administrator, or any officer, director, manager, employee, or owner (including beneficial owners) from being an ICANN-accredited registrar or registry administrator" in accordance with procedures established by ICANN.
http://icann.org/en/announcements/announcement-3-27feb09-en.htm

Initiation of IDN ccPDP by ccNSO Council
At its meeting on 7 April 2009 the ccNSO Council initiated the IDN country code Policy Development Process (IDN ccPDP). The purpose of the IDN ccPDP is to develop and recommend to the ICANN Board a policy for the selection and delegation of IDN ccTLDs and identify, and if any recommend such, changes needed to Article IX and annexes in connection with such policy. The IDN ccPDP Issue Report, including the PDP timeline is available here.
http://icann.org/en/announcements/announcement-13apr09-en.htm

Responses to Mexico City Question Box Published
Responses to just under 100 questions asked through an online question box in February and March have been published today. The question box went live two-and-a-half weeks prior to the start of ICANN's 34th international public meeting in Mexico City. Its aim is to give members of the community an opportunity to ask questions of ICANN's staff and Board without having to be physically present at the various public forum.
http://icann.org/en/announcements/announcement-10apr09-en.htm

Mexico City question box responses published
Two-and-a-half weeks prior to the start of the Mexico City meeting, we opened an online Question Box, where community members could very simply ask questions of ICANN’s staff and Board without having to be physically present at the various public forum and speaking into a microphone.
http://blog.icann.org/2009/04/mexico-city-question-box-responses-published/

The Continued Expansion Of Trademarks In Cyberspace by Paul Keating
A panel of respected WIPO arbitrators recently issued their decision in Airborne Systems North America and Airborne Systems Group, Ltd. v. Virtual Point, Inc. (“airbornesystems.com”). The decision represents a further erosion of fairness in the UDRP procedure and highlights the alarming tendency among panelists to ignore both the clear language of the UDRP and the applicable laws governing the validity of trademark rights.
http://www.domainnamenews.com/featured/continued-expansion-trademarks-cyberspace/4757

ICANN and the Hyper-Aggressive Trademark Owners: The "Monster Test" by Philip S Corwin
We read and hear a lot of complaints from trademark interests about allegedly rampant cybersquatting and other forms of trademark infringement, but it's rare to see a story about reverse domain name hijacking and other abuses committed by them. That's what made it so refreshing to see an article in the Saturday, April 4th Wall Street Journal titled "The Scariest Monster of All Sues for Trademark Infringement—Fancy Audio-Cable Outfit Defends Its Brands; A Mini Golf Course Fights Back".
http://www.circleid.com/posts/20090410_icann_aggressive_trademark_owners/

A Dot-Pol of Their Own
Long before she began forming her campaign for governor of California, Meg Whitman got cybersquatted. Media speculation in early 2008 that the billionaire former chief executive of eBay would seek the state's highest office prompted a Santa Monica man to nab rights to several Web sites that evoke Whitman's name, including WhitmanForGovernor.com and MegWhitman2010.com.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/04/10/AR2009041002955.html

New Top Level Domains .mobi and .xxx Considered Harmful by Tim Berners-Lee
In 2004 there were proposals to create new top-level domains which included .mobi and .xxx. There are major problems with these proposals. There are costs in general to creating any new top level domain. There are specific ways in which the ".mobi" breaks the Web architecture of links, and attacks the universality of the Web. At their 14 May 2004 face-to-face meeting, the W3C Technical Architecture Group resolved to support this document, with Norman Walsh abstaining, and Paul Cotton recusing himself.
http://domainnamewire.com/2009/04/10/tim-berners-lees-thoughts-on-new-top-level-domain-names/

Olympics bullies ICANN with legal action threat over new gTLDs
The International Olympic Committee (IOC) is the latest organisation to express its displeasure with ICANN over the proposal to introduce new generic Top Level Domains, saying they are concerned about the possibility of a proliferation in cybersquatting of domains names related to the IOC.
http://technewsreview.com.au/article.php?article=7797
http://www.domainpulse.com/2009/04/13/olympics-bullies-icann-with-legal-action-threat-over-new-gtlds/

Olympic Committee's strong arm tactics on new gTLDs
In a threatening letter posted as a comment on ICANN's Draft Applicant Guidebook V2 comment page, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) says that "it reserves its right to take action against ICANN for damages resulting to the IOC or the Olympic Movement from the implementation of the gTLD proposal."
http://stephane-vangelder.com/archives/216-Olympic-Committees-strong-arm-tactics-on-new-gTLDs.html

Olympics to ICANN: We’ll Sue You
In a sternly worded letter to ICANN, International Olympic Committee (IOC) said it reserves the right to “take action against ICANN for damages resulting to the IOC or the Olympic Movement from the implementation of the gTLD proposal.”
http://domainnamewire.com/2009/04/09/olympics-to-icann-well-sue-you/

ISOC responds to ICANN’s call for comments on forming a GSNO CyberSafety Constituency
The Internet Society this week lodged an official response to ICANN’s recent call for comments on a petition to form a a GSNO CyberSafety Constituency. ISOC’s response, developed in full consultation with the ISOC Board of Trustees, outlined the principles upon which ISOC was founded and is still driven by, and also stressed the importance of ICANN maintaining its specific, focused technical mission and mandate. In this context, ISOC’s response noted that the petition calls for a constituency that would “seek to control or regulate content on the Internet”. On these grounds, ISOC opposes the proposal.
http://www.isoc.org/tools/blogs/membernews/?p=770

The Obama Administration Assembles its Team at NTIA
The U.S. Department of Commerce’s (DOC) National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) oversees the current Joint Project Agreement (JPA) with ICANN and will be responsible for recommending whether that arrangement should be terminated or extended when the current JPA expires in September.
http://www.internetcommerce.org/node/175

ICA Tells ICANN To Implement RAA Amendments and Move Foreward on Registrants’ Rights
Just over two years ago the domain world was abuzz when the scandal-tinged collapse of RegisterFly revealed serious inadequacies in the standard Registrar Accreditation Agreement (RAA) and in ICANN’s enforcement of that key contractual document.
http://www.internetcommerce.org/node/174

ICA Tells ICANN That Using the DNS For Content Zoning Is Unsafe
On April 5th ICA filed a comment letter with ICANN in regard to a proposal to establish a CyberSafety Constituency. While sharing concerns about pornography and other offensive and inappropriate content that children may be exposed when they access the Internet, we urged ICANN to reject the proposal.
http://www.internetcommerce.org/node/173

The dot-com world is about to explode
You've gotten pretty used to dot-com, dot-net and dot-gov. But your world is about to change in cyberspace with web addresses ending in far different worlds. And that change could turn your business on its head. Next year, the Internet Corp. for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) is expanding domains available online, according to CIO-today.
http://www.fiercecio.com/story/dot-com-world-about-explode/2009-04-08

WIPO letter to ICANN on UDRP concerns
The World Intellectual Property Organization Arbitration and Mediation Center (WIPO Center) has, through our having administered over 15,000 administrative proceedings as a Dispute Resolution Service Provider (Provider) under the Uniform Domain Name Dispute Resolution Policy (UDRP) concerning some 26,000 domain names , observed that for the most part, ICANN-accredited registrars act in a judicious manner consistent with the efficient and effecti ve functioning of the UDRP. This includes registrars providing relevant information used in day-to-day case administration1 as well as implementing, where appropriate, WIPO UDRP Panel Decisions.
http://wipo.int/export/sites/www/amc/en/docs/icann090409.pdf

New York: Deciding Between Domain Names and Trash Service
In comments to ICANN, New York City Senior Counsel Katherine Winningham says application fees for new top level domain names are too high:
http://domainnamewire.com/2009/04/13/new-york-deciding-between-domain-names-and-trash-service/

It’s D-Day for ICANN Comments
If you have an opinion (and you should) about the second draft of ICANN’s plans to inundate the web with more top level domain names, today is the deadline to submit comments.
http://domainnamewire.com/2009/04/13/its-d-day-for-icann-comments/

The Lowdown on new gTLDs
Opposition to ICANN's plan to flood the Internet with an unlimited number of new gTLDs continues to build. Yesterday, the International Olympic Committee put ICANN on notice, stating that the IOC is reserving the right to “take action against ICANN for damages resulting to the IOC or the Olympic Movement from the implementation of the gTLD proposal.”
http://dnjournal.com/archive/lowdown/2009/dailyposts/04-10-09.htm

Latest plan for domain names as doomed as .coop, .mobi
Will a plan to allow on the Web next year succeed On the face of it, the plan has legs: Instead of .com addresses, people and businesses could create new endings such as "spiderman.movie," "wired.magazine," or "the.industry.standard" -- in theory, opening up many more possible URLs and reducing the competition for .com domains.
http://www.cio.de/index.cfm?pid=156&pk=880798

ICANN Terminates Parava Domain Name Registrar
It’s all over for Parava Networks, a domain name registrar that manages valuable domain names such as Marc Ostrofsky’s MutualFunds.com.
http://domainnamewire.com/2009/04/10/icann-terminates-parava-domain-name-registrar/

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Three million .eu domain names
Three years after its launch, the .eu top-level Internet domain continues to be a success story, the European Commission said this week.
http://www.the-news.net/cgi-bin/google.pl?id=1005-20

The .eu Top Level Domain: What is .eu?
.eu is Europe’s Top Level Domain (TLD). Available to all companies and organisations established in the European Union and to every resident's citizen, it does not replace the existing national country code TLDs (such as .fr, .de, .pl or .uk), but complements them and gives users the option of having a pan-European internet identity on their websites and e-mail addresses.
http://blogs.laverdad.es/encarnahernandez/2009/4/13/the-eu-top-level-domain

AFNIC creates the International College Fund
In keeping with its commitment to promote co-development and sharing of knowledge, AFNIC has launched the International College Fund as of 3 April 2009. The objective of the Fund is to promote the activities and achievements of members of the International College to assist in strengthening their roles with respect to facilitating development of the digital economies in their respective countries and regions.
http://www.afnic.fr/actu/nouvelles/215/afnic-creates-the-international-college-fund.html

New Framework Proposed For Ireland’s .ie Top Level Domain
ComReg has announced that it will appoint IEDR as the authority authorised to register .ie domain names under the Communications Regulation (Amendment) Act 2007, amending the Electronic Commerce Act 2000, which transferred to ComReg powers to make regulations affecting the management and administration of Ireland's .ie ccTLD.
http://mondaq.com/article.asp?articleid=76704

kg: State Patent Service not to interfere in websites’ content
“The Kyrgyz State Patent Service will not interfere in content of the websites,” chief of the Kyrgyzpatent, Ulan Melisbek, informed the press conference at the news agency “24.kg” on Friday, April 10. He together with his colleagues explained reasons and consequences of the Kyrgyz president’s decree on transmission of kg domains’ administration to the state service.
http://eng.24.kg/community/2009/04/10/7669.html
 
KG-Internet: State Starts and Wins
On 8th April, the Association of communication operators, Internet service provider and the current registrar of domain zone. Kg “AsiaInfo”, the non-government organization “Civil Initiative on Internet Policy” suggested to establish a special board for the management of the domain zone of Kyrgyzstan.
http://kyrgyzstan.neweurasia.net/2009/04/09/kg-internet-state-starts-and-wins/

100 000 .lt domains milestone reached
KTU ITPI, the .lt domain registry, is proud to announce the milestone of 100 000 registered .lt domains. This number of .lt domains was reached just over two years after new .lt registry system deployment.
http://nic.lt/public?pg=85D44E&loc=en
https://www.centr.org/main/news/4990-CTR.html

mobi: New study of mobile Web trends demonstrates strong growth of mobile content availability
dotMobi announced highlights of a new study on mobile Web trends that shows mobile Web content creation continues to explode. Based on a review of the largest top-level Internet domains, dotMobi has seen a sevenfold growth in the number of mobile Web sites in the past year, proving that a revolution in mobile content availability is at hand.
http://mtld.mobi/node/1367

.NL confirms plans to open up to non-Dutch registrants
In January, I gave kudos to the Dutch registry SIDN for coming up with a clever solution to open up .NL to registrants that don't have an address in Holland. Yesterday, the DomainesInfo editorial team got confirmation from SIDN that the plan is going ahead.
http://domainesinfo.fr/english/267/nl-confirms-plans-to-open-up-to-non-dutch-registrants.php

Hacking dotPH: The story behind the Sulit.com.ph hacking incident
So let's say you run a website with huge, huge traffic. You have a big, dedicated community, and you're raking in the ad money. Then one day, you see that your site has been hacked. You can't find a way to get inside to fix it, and your formerly awesome site is now one big ad generating revenue for somebody. That sucks, right? That is what happened to Sulit.com.ph, the largest free classified ads site in the company.
http://dotph.domains.ph/hacking-dotph

RegistryPro Elevates the .PRO Experience with New Corporate Web Site
RegistryPro, the exclusive operator of the .PRO top-level domain (TLD) on the Internet, announced today the launch of an entirely redesigned and refocused corporate Web site, registry.pro. The new site features a streamlined layout, intuitive navigation and new features designed to help business and service professionals and ICANN-accredited registrars maximize this rapidly expanding TLD.
http://registry.pro/press-releases/2009/0401.shtml

uk: Nominet CEO:'My vision for the future of the internet'
My vision for Nominet over the next three years and my vision for the internet industry follow similar lines: Nominet's mission is to help shape the internet to ensure it has a positive impact on its end-users. We want to do all we can to ensure that the internet is a trusted and safe space that everyone can be part of, writes Lesley Cowley, CEO at Nominet, the internet registry for .uk domain names.
http://www.computerweekly.com/Articles/2009/04/09/235598/nominet-ceomy-vision-for-the-future-of-the-internet.htm

uk: Changes to poor quality data notification process
In our software release on 7 April 2009 we have made some changes to the process for amending poor quality registrant data.
http://www.nominet.org.uk/news/latest/?contentId=6215

uk: Phishing lock
On 5 May 2009 we will be introducing a new function that will allow registrars to lock a domain name that they suspect is involved in phishing activity.
http://www.nominet.org.uk/news/latest/?contentId=6350

uk: Changes to data requirements and welcome email
Our software release on 7 April 2009 makes a number of changes to the contact data that we store.
http://www.nominet.org.uk/news/latest/?contentId=6240

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us: Federal Authority Over the Internet? The Cybersecurity Act of 2009
There's a new bill working its way through Congress that is cause for some alarm: the Cybersecurity Act of 2009, introduced by Senators Jay Rockefeller (D-WV) and Olympia Snowe (R-ME). The bill as it exists now risks giving the federal government unprecedented power over the Internet without necessarily improving security in the ways that matter most. It should be opposed or radically amended.
http://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2009/04/cybersecurity-act

Conficker, the Internet's No. 1 threat, gets an update [IDG]
Security researchers say a worm that has infected millions of computers worldwide has been reprogrammed to strengthen its defenses while also trying to attack more machines.
http://www.computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&articleId=9131341
http://www.pcworld.com/businesscenter/article/162848/.html

Researchers say Conficker is all about the money
The Conficker worm that has infected millions of Windows-based computers will likely be used to send spam and steal data much like one of the nastiest botnets on the Internet does, researchers said on Thursday after finding links between the two worms.
http://news.cnet.com/8301-1009_3-10216205-83.html

Conficker cashes in, installs spam bots and scareware and reveals its business model
The makers of Conficker, the worm that has infected millions of PCs, have begun to do what all botnet owners do -- make money -- security researchers said Thursday as they started analyzing the malware's newest variant.
http://www.computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&articleId=9131380
http://www.pcworld.com/businesscenter/article/162891/.html

Conficker botnet could flood Web with spam
Windows PCs infected with the Conficker worm have turned into junk mail-spewing robots capable of sending billions of spam messages a day, a security company warned today.
http://www.computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&articleId=9131448
http://www.pcworld.com/businesscenter/article/162988/.html

Huge computer worm Conficker stirring to life [AP]
The dreaded Conficker computer worm is stirring. Security experts say the worm's authors appear to be trying to build a big moneymaker, but not a cyber weapon of mass destruction as many people feared.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/04/09/AR2009040903199.html

ICANN Continues Collaborative Response to Conficker Worm
The Conficker worm that has infected hosts across the Internet continues to evolve. At this point, we do not believe cause exists for general alarm, but the Internet community must continue to take action against Conficker. ICANN continues to engage in collaborative efforts with security researchers, software & anti-virus vendors and with registries and registrars throughout the DNS community to disseminate information about how the malicious code may seek to leverage the DNS system.
http://www.ibls.com/internet_law_news_portal_view.aspx?s=sa&id=1628

China denies cyberattacks on U.S. power grid [IDG]
China denied involvement in malware attacks designed to shut down the U.S. electrical grid in a time of war, China said Thursday.
http://www.computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&articleId=9131418
http://www.networkworld.com/news/2009/041009-china-denies-cyberattacks-on-us.html
http://www.pcworld.com/article/162912/.html

US Electric Utilities May Be Vulnerable to Cyberattack
The nation's electric utilities have failed to fully survey the vulnerability of their equipment to computer-based attacks from foreign countries and hackers, a government-authorized regulatory group concluded this week. That assessment came as senior U.S. officials renewed warnings that experts from Russia, China and other nations have been trying for years to probe and exploit those vulnerabilities.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/04/08/AR2009040803904.html

'Ghostnet' and the New World of Espionage
The German government is constantly the target of hackers seeking to insert spy programs into its computer systems. The attacks, often originating in China, are becoming more and more sophisticated.
http://www.spiegel.de/international/world/0,1518,618478,00.html

Cyber spying a threat and everyone in on it [AP]
Ghost hackers infiltrating computers of Tibetan exiles and the U.S. electric grid have pulled the curtain back on 21st-century espionage as nefarious as anything from the Cold War -- and far more difficult to stop.
http://technewsworld.com/story/security/66782.html
http://ecommercetimes.com/story/security/66782.html
http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/20090410/cyber_spying_090410/20090410?hub=TopStories&s_name=

Spies 'infiltrate US power grid'
The US government has admitted the nation's power grid is vulnerable to cyber attack, following reports it has been infiltrated by foreign spies.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/7990997.stm

Russian President warns of foreign threat to 'Net security [IDG]
Foreign investors in Internet companies pose a potential threat to national security, Russian President Dmitry Medvedev warned members of the United Russia political party at a meeting on Wednesday.
http://www.networkworld.com/news/2009/041009-russian-president-warns-of-foreign.html
http://www.pcworld.com/article/162916/.html

Crypto-politics creeps into DNSSEC by Brenden Kuerbis
While the fight over using cryptography to protect personal communications was allegedly "won" during the late 1990s, the battle over using it to protect critical Internet resources is just heating up. News from the recent IETF in San Francisco and RANS conference in Moscow suggests that national crypto laws are now complicating efforts to secure the DNS.
http://blog.internetgovernance.org/blog/_archives/2009/4/6/4142793.html

Pentagon forks out $100m for cyberattack cleanup
The Pentagon spent more than $100m in the past six months cleaning up after internet attacks and network issues, US military leaders said on Tuesday.
http://news.cnet.com/8301-1009_3-10214416-83.html
http://news.zdnet.co.uk/security/0,1000000189,39638241,00.htm

Estonia leads the way in countering cyber-attacks 
Estonia, which recently suffered what appeared to be the largest political cyber-attack ever seen on EU soil, is organising an EU ministerial meeting on the protection of vital infrastructure against cyber-crime, the European Commission has announced.
http://euractiv.com/en/infosociety/estonia-leads-way-countering-cyber-attacks/article-181172

The Cybersecurity Act of 2009
Four senators (Rockefeller, Bayh, Nelson, and Snowe) have recently introduced S.773, the Cybersecurity Act of 2009. While there are some good parts to the bill, many of the substantive provisions are poorly thought out at best. The bill attempts to solve non-problems, and to assume that research results can be commanded into being by virtue of an act of Congress. Beyond that, there are parts of the bill whose purpose is mysterious, or whose content bears no relation to its title.
http://www.circleid.com/posts/20090413_cybersecurity_act_of_2009/

CADNA Supports the Introduction of the Cybersecurity Act of 2009 [news release]
The Coalition Against Domain Name Abuse (CADNA) enthusiastically welcomes the Cybersecurity Act of 2009 as introduced by Senator John D. (Jay) Rockefeller and Senator Olympia Snowe."This bill signals the United States’ dedication to national security and to the safety and integrity of the Internet," said Josh Bourne, President of CADNA.
http://www.cadna.org/en/newsroom/press-releases/cadna-supports-introduction-of-cybersecurity-act2009

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Jennifer Lopez evicts cybersquatters [Reuters]
American singer and actress Jennifer Lopez has won a cybersquatting case against a U.S. web operator who registered two internet addresses that used her name for commercial profit, a U.N. agency said.
http://www.reuters.com/article/internetNews/idUSTRE5384MP20090409
http://in.reuters.com/article/technologyNews/idINIndia-38986920090410
http://uk.reuters.com/article/internetNews/idUKTRE5384LX20090409
http://www.smh.com.au/news/technology/web/jennifer-lopez-evicts-cybersquatters/2009/04/10/1239223029902.html
http://www.theage.com.au/news/technology/web/jennifer-lopez-evicts-cybersquatters/2009/04/10/1239223029902.html
http://tvnz.co.nz/entertainment-news/jennifer-lopez-wins-cybersquatting-case-2634462
http://www.stuff.co.nz/technology/2328165/Jennifer-Lopez-evicts-cybersquatters

Jennifer Lopez wins cybersquatting case
American singer and actress Jennifer Lopez won a cybersquatting case against a US-based website operator who registered two domain names that used her name for commercial profit, WIPO said on Thursday in a UDRP decision.
http://technewsreview.com.au/article.php?article=7798
http://www.domainpulse.com/2009/04/13/jennifer-lopez-wins-cybersquatting-case/

German Wikileaks Suspension Not Related To Police Raid
Présentation : An anonymous reader writes "Contrary to what we discussed four days ago, Germany's registration authority, DeNIC, did not suspend access to wikileaks.de.
http://www.secuobs.com/revue/news/82981.shtml

German Wikileaks domain name deleted by DENIC
According to a news release from the German Wikileaks and German media reports, DENIC, the registry for the .DE ccTLD, deleted the wikileaks.de domain name without warning on April 9. This follows the recent leaking of a list of domain names on the Wikileaks website of websites that were banned in Australia by the Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA).
http://technewsreview.com.au/article.php?article=7794
http://www.domainpulse.com/2009/04/12/german-wikileaks-domain-name-deleted-by-denic/

Wikileaks.de taken offline by German registry
Germany and Wikileaks may be going at it again. The latest kerfuffle comes courtesy of German registration authority, DENIC, which has removed the domain registration for wikileaks.de. The domain, which is still unavailable as of publication, is held by Theodor Reppe of Dresden, Germany, whose home was raided last month by German police.
http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news/2009/04/wikileaksde-taken-offline-by-german-registrar.ars

Germany deletes WikiLeaks.de domain after raid [news release]
On April 9th 2009, the internet domain registration for the investigative journalism site Wikileaks.de was suspended without notice by Germany's registration authority DENIC. The action comes two weeks after the house of the German WikiLeaks domain sponsor, Theodor Reppe, was searched by German authorities. Police documentation shows that the March 24, 2009 raid was triggered by WikiLeaks' publication of Australia's proposed secret internet censorship list. The Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA) told Australian journalists that they did not request the intervention of the German government.
http://www.wikileaks.com/wiki/Germany_deletes_WikiLeaks.de_domain_after_raid

Wikileaks German Domain Suspended
As a growing number of countries and ISPs attempt to filter the Internet of all its naughty bits, whistle-blowing and document sharing website Wikileaks has been ruining their party by posting a list of all the filtered URLs.
http://www.dslreports.com/shownews/Wikileaks-German-Domain-Suspended-101877
http://www.broadbandreports.com/shownews/Wikileaks-German-Domain-Suspended-101877

Conroy Wins - Germany De-Registers Wikileaks.de
Last Friday, the WikiLeaks organisation confirmed that their wikileaks.de domain registration had been cancelled by the German domain registrar DENIC.
http://www.itwire.com/content/view/24402/1231/

Blogger Fights Big Bank Goldman Sachs Over Threat [IDG]
A blogger in the U.S. filed a lawsuit against Goldman Sachs on Monday to prevent the big investment bank from taking his domain names. Blogger Mike Morgan hopes to protect anti-Goldman Web sites, including www.goldmansachs666.com and www.goldmansachs13, from trademark action threatened by the powerful bank.
http://www.pcworld.com/article/163047/.html

Bill Clinton Wants His Domain Names Back
In the late '90s, private investigator Joe Culligan registered presidentbillclinton.com and other Clintonesque domain names as a joke. Now Bill Clinton's lawyer is pursuing legal action to get the website addresses. It's payback, says Culligan.
http://gawker.com/5209000/bill-clinton-wants-his-domain-names-back

Brand owners in a tizz over occasional WIPO decisions
Global brands are not always winning disputes over domain names including their brand names they felt were infringing their rights, sending lawyers dealing with these disputes into a tizz.
http://technewsreview.com.au/article.php?article=7795
http://www.domainpulse.com/2009/04/12/brand-owners-in-a-tizz-over-occasional-wipo-decisions/

Domain name battles are a legal minefield for retailers, warns solicitor
Ravi Mohindra, partner and intellectual property specialist at law firm Clarke Willmott, has warned that a string of recent cases have highlighted dangers facing brand owners when disputing the use of trade marks online.
http://www.internetretailing.net/news/domain-name-battles-are-a-legal-minefield-for-retailers-warns-solicitor

World Intellectual Property Organization Announces 2008 Was A Record Year For Cybersquatting Cases
On March 16, 2009, the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) announced that a record number of domain name dispute complaints were filed with WIPO in 2008. The 2,329 complaints filed in 2008 represent an 8% increase over the number of cases filed in 2007.
http://mondaq.com/article.asp?articleid=77714

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Thomas Cady Named ARIN President & CEO [news release]
After a comprehensive search process, the American Registry for Internet Numbers (ARIN) is pleased to announce that Thomas Cady has been named President and CEO.
https://www.arin.net/announcements/2009/20090406.html

RFC on EAI Co-Authored by JPRS Engineers Was Published [news release]
On 31 March 2009, an RFC which specifies a standard for E-mail Address Internationalization (EAI) and was co-authored by two (2) engineers of JPRS was published. This means that EAI is prepared for the field tests toward the actual utilization.
http://jprs.co.jp/en/topics/090406.html

A Tribute to the Father of the RFC, Dr. Stephen D. Crocker
40 years ago the Request for Comments (RFC) process for the Internet was born. The RFC process continues to be the way Internet protocols are expressed today. We have one very special man to thank for this and his name is Dr. Stephen D. Crocker. For the history behind the RFC process read Steve's article in The New York Times "How the Internet Got Its Rules."
http://www.circleid.com/posts/20090410_tribute_to_ather_of_rfc_steve_crocker/

Netcraft April 2009 Web Server Survey
In the April 2009 survey we received responses from 231,510,169 sites. This represents an increase of over 6 million sites when compared with last month, with Google and nginx accounting for almost all of the changes. Apache remains in the lead, as it has since 1996, with a total of over 106 million sites, followed by Microsoft-IIS with over 67 million and QQ with almost 29 million.
http://news.netcraft.com/archives/2009/04/06/april_2009_web_server_survey.html

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White Paper on value of generic domain names published
Veteran domainer Edwin Hayward who operates MemorableDomains.co.uk, has just published an ambitious White Paper that underscores the value of generic domain names, especially with respect to using them to improve results from search engine advertising campaigns. His study showed that ads featuring a generic domain name produce up to 105% more clicks than identical ads using non-generic domains. Hayward noted, “We finally have some hard numbers to back up the long-standing belief that generic domain names attract more clicks in search engine listings.”
http://dnjournal.com/archive/lowdown/2009/dailyposts/04-09-09.htm

WebCam.com Sells for $1.02 Million
Rick Latona wasn’t happy with the live portion of his company’s adult domain name auction. But he should be feeling a lot better now that WebCam.com sold for $1,020,000 in the silent auction.
http://domainnamewire.com/2009/04/12/webcamcom-sells-for-102-million/

Study Shows Generic Domains Improve PPC Campaign Results
Many internet marketers have speculated that generic domains are favorable for pay-per-click marketing because of their increased relevancy, however one domain name reseller has decided to prove it. MemorableDomains.co.uk, a seller of high quality generic domain names, has released a study comparing three identical PPC ads featuring different domain names — one generic name with an exact match to the product, one alternative generic, and one non-generic — to measure which style of domain name attracts the most clicks.
http://www.domainnamenews.com/ppc-industry/study-shows-generic-domains-improve-ppc-campaign-results/4768

Domain Appraisal Scam Migrates to TropicalNames.com
The domain name appraisal scam — which was reborn with a different tact last month — has changed its target domain name appraisal service. A new scam email requests a domain name appraisal from TropicalNames.com. TopicalNames.com was just registered on April 2.
http://domainnamewire.com/2009/04/13/domain-appraisal-scam-migrates-to-tropicalnamescom/

Voodoo.com Casts a $300,000 Spell to Claim the Top Spot on This Week's Domain Sales Chart 
The $300,000 sale of Voodoo.com was completed this week allowing that domain to ascend to the #1 spot on our weekly Top 20 Chart. The name had been auctioned off by Aftermarket.com at the Domainer Mardi Gras conference in February and just closed.
http://dnjournal.com/archive/domainsales/2009/04-07-09.htm

Physicians.com sells for $250K
You can stop calling Richard Gabriel now! I had been hearing rumors that Physicians.com was sold for $250,000 earlier this week. That was confirmed this morning when the buyer, Richard Gabriel, called me and asked that I make the deal public so people would stop calling him at all hours of the day asking him if the rumors were true!
http://dnjournal.com/archive/lowdown/2009/dailyposts/04-10-09.htm

Dell had change of heart for Web domain
Is $750 too much for a $61 billion computer maker to pay for a domain name — especially when it involves one of the fastest-growing segments of the industry’s business? It was for Dell Inc.
http://www.bizjournals.com/austin/stories/2009/04/13/story2.html

Official Domain Madness Auction Results Announced
... In the final tally, Domain Madness auction sold 25 of 48 names offered in the catalog for a total just below $150,000. And this after only initially selling 16 in the live event. But we put forth a new strategy and believe it paid off.
http://blog.domaintools.com/2009/04/official-domain-madness-auction-results-announced/

Rick Latona Adult Domain Auction Yields Mixed Results
Domain auctions can be fascinating to watch and predict - though they can be a little dangerous to get involved with.
http://www.isquattedyour.eu/2009/04/05/rick-latona-adult-domain-auction-yields-mixed/

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Glasfaser-Vandalen schicken Silicon Valley in die Steinzeit
Gestern wurden in Teilen des Silicon Valley die Uhren ein paar Jahre zurückgedreht: Internet, Handys, ja sogar Bankomaten waren unbrauchbar geworden. Der Grund dafür waren Beschädigungen an Glasfaserleitungen an Standorten im kalifornischen San Carlos und San Jose.
http://www.computerwelt.at/detailArticle.asp?a=120931&n=5

Computer-Wurm verschickt neue Datei
Der weltweit auf Millionen Rechnern verbreitete Conficker-Wurm rüstet auf: Seit der Nacht zum Donnerstag schleust er über das Internet neue schädliche Funktionen auf infizierte Computer, teilte das Bundesamt für Sicherheit in der Informationstechnik (BSI) in Bonn mit.
http://www.morgenpost.de/printarchiv/wissen/article1071560/Computer_Wurm_verschickt_neue_Datei.html

Wikileaks.de: Denic wehrt sich gegen Sperr-Vorwurf
Die Registrierungsstelle für .de-Domains, die in Frankfurt ansässige Denic, wehrt sich gegen Vorwürfe der Betreiber der deutschen Ausgabe des Wikileaks-Projekts, wonach wikileaks.de am 9. April "ohne Vorwarnung durch die deutsche Registrierungsstelle Denic gesperrt" worden sei. In einer Pressemitteilung hatten die Wikileaks-Betreiber erklärt, die deutschen Behörden versuchten damit offenbar, "eine ganze Presseorganisation wegen einem von hunderttausenden Dokumenten zu schließen".
http://www.heise.de/newsticker/Wikileaks-de-Denic-wehrt-sich-gegen-Sperr-Vorwurf--/meldung/136096

Wikileaks.de "in Transit"
Die Registrierungsstelle für de.-Domains, Denic, hat sich am Montag zum Fall Wikileaks.de zu Wort gemeldet. Weil die Domain seit Donnerstag nicht erreichbar ist, waren Sperrvorwürfe laut geworden. Eine Sprecherin der Denic wies gegenüber heise online die Vorwürfe zurück. Der Provider habe der Denic mitgeteilt, dass die Domain nicht mehr durch ihn verwaltet werde, so die Sprecherin. Weil verabsäumt wurde, die Domain zu einem anderen Provider umzuziehen, sei die Domain "in Transit" gegangen.
http://futurezone.orf.at/stories/1602267/

Deutsche Wikileaks-Domain gesperrt
Die deutsche Domain des Wikileaks-Projekts, das sich der Veröffentlichung von geheimen Informationen und Dokumenten verschrieben hat, ist derzeit nicht erreichbar. Einer Pressemitteilung zufolge wurde wikileaks.de bereits am 9. April "ohne Vorwarnung durch die deutsche Registrierungsstelle Denic gesperrt". Offenbar steht der Vorgang im Zusammenhang mit der Veröffentlichung einer australischen Zensurliste auf wikileaks.de. Mitte März hatten die Betreiber eine nicht-öffentliche Liste der Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA) ins Netz gestellt, auf der mehr als eintausend Internet-Angebote mit angeblich kinderpornografischen Inhalten verzeichnet waren.
http://www.heise.de/newsticker/Deutsche-Wikileaks-Domain-gesperrt--/meldung/136071

Wikileaks.de derzeit offline
Die deutsche Domain von Wikileaks ist derzeit nicht erreichbar. Stattdessen erscheint eine Information der deutschen Domain-Registrierungsstelle Denic, wonach die Domain im Transitstatus ist, also nicht mehr von einem Denic-Mitglied verwaltet wird.
http://futurezone.orf.at/stories/1602234/

Deutsche Wikileaks Domain ohne Vorwarnung gesperrt
Am 9. April 2009 wurde die Wikileaks.de Domain ohne Vorwarnung durch die deutsche Registrierungsstelle DENIC gesperrt. Die Massnahme folgt zwei Wochen auf die Hausdurchsuchung beim deutschen Domainsponsor Theodor Reppe. Die Durchsuchung wurde durch das Publizieren der australischen Zensurliste für das Internet ausgelöst. Ein Sprecher der zuständigen australischen Behörde ACMA (Australien Communications and Media Authority) sagte gegenüber australischen Journalisten aus, dass man die deutschen Behörden nicht um Amtshilfe gebeten habe.
http://wikileaks.org/wiki/Deutsche_Wikileaks_Domain_ohne_Vorwarnung_gesperrt

Internetzensur: Denic schaltet Wikileaks ab
Kaum ist die Internetzensur vor zwei Wochen in Deutschland beschlossen worden, gibt es nun einen ersten Fall von politischer Zensur. Die deutsche Domain wikileaks.de wurde gestern abend von denic gesperrt. Wikileaks ist ein Nachrichtenprojekt, über welches geheime Informationen und Analysen veröffentlicht werden können und das sich sehr um die Erhaltung der Meinungsfreiheit im Internet bemüht.
http://de.indymedia.org/2009/04/246849.shtml
http://www.linkezeitung.de/cms/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=6596&Itemid=32

Denic sperrt wikileaks.de
Medienberichten zufolge wurde die deutsche Domain des Wikileaks-Projekts, wikileaks.de, am 9. April “ohne Vorwarnung durch die deutsche Registrierungsstelle Denic gesperrt”, so eine Pressemitteilung. Damit ist die deutsche Seite, auf der angeblich geheime Informationen und Dokumente einzusehen sind, derzeit nicht erreichbar.
http://www.die-topnews.de/denic-sperrt-wikileaksde-346138

Deutsche Wikileaks-Domain gesperrt
„Ohne Vorwarnung durch die deutsche Registrierungsstelle DENIC gesperrt" wurde nach Mitteilung von Wikileaks deren deutsche Internetseite am Donnerstag vor Ostern.
http://www.nrhz.de/flyer/beitrag.php?id=13659

Internetzensur: Denic schaltet Wikileaks ab
Kaum ist die Internetzensur vor zwei Wochen in Deutschland beschlossen worden, gibt es nun einen ersten Fall von politischer Zensur. Die deutsche Domain wikileaks.de wurde gestern abend von denic gesperrt. Wikileaks ist ein Nachrichtenprojekt, über welches geheime Informationen und Analysen veröffentlicht werden können und das sich sehr um die Erhaltung der Meinungsfreiheit im Internet bemüht.
http://www.scharf-links.de/57.0.html?&tx_ttnews[tt_news]=4674&tx_ttnews[backPid]=56&cHash=f6e7db7b0c

Deutsche Wikileaks Domain ohne Vorwarnung gesperrt
"Wer heute www.wikileaks.de (ich habe hier auf den Google Cache verlinkt, damit die Polizei weiß, wo sie zuerst eine Hausdurchsuchung machen muss) besuchen möchte, wird auf eine Sperrseite der DENIC umgeleitet, die so aussieht:"
http://www.duckhome.de/tb/archives/6078-Deutsche-Wikileaks-Domain-ohne-Vorwarnung-gesperrt.html

Neue Stellungnahmen
Die für die Verwaltung von .de-Domains zuständige DENIC wehrt sich in einer Stellungnahme gegen Vorwürfe der Wikileaks-Betreiber, die Domain wikileaks.de, womöglich auf staatliche Anweisung, gesperrt zu haben.
http://www.gulli.com/news/wikileaks-de-neue-2009-04-13/

Deckt der Conficker-Wurm jetzt seine Karten auf?
Es wurde spekuliert, gewartet und durchgeschnauft: Bislang beschränkte sich der äußerst intelligent programmierte Conficker-Wurm vor allem auf Selbstschutzmaßnahmen, etwa indem er unterschiedliche Kommunikationswege öffnet (Conficker.C kann Peer-to-Peer-Netze mit anderen infizierten Systemen aufbauen), um sich mit nachgeladenem Code selbst zu modifizieren, oder indem er sich aktiv gegen Antiviren-Software und Sicherheitsanalyse-Tools zur Wehr setzt. Selbst am 1. April, der Tag, von dem man wusste, dass Conficker.C nach Updates suchen würde, passierte so gut wie nichts. Jetzt aber kommt erstmals Geld ins Spiel: Auf Rechner, die mit dem Conficker-Wurm infiziert sind, wird das Programm "SpywareProtect2009" geladen, eine sogenannte Scareware.
http://www.heise.de/newsticker/Deckt-der-Conficker-Wurm-jetzt-seine-Karten-auf--/meldung/136083

Westdeutsche Städte mit den meisten .de -Domains
München, Hamburg, Berlin, Köln: In den Großstädten sind die meisten Internet-Domains mit der deutschen Kennung .de registriert.
http://www.focus.de/digital/computer/computer-westdeutsche-staedte-mit-den-meisten-de-domains_aid_388356.html
http://www.ka-news.de/nachrichten/computer/computer/art291,180775
http://www.volksstimme.de/vsm/magazin/digital/digital_news/?sid=5040hnh3k1ljrjnf4fhs5t0oi7&em_cnt=1363495

Erste Erfahrungen mit der .tel-Domain
Die Hoheit über die eigenen Daten auf der einen Seite und die Erreichbarkeit für Freunde, Bekannte, Kollegen oder Kunden auf der anderen, bleiben ein spannendes Thema.
http://www.news.ch/Erste+Erfahrungen+mit+der+tel+Domain/381799/detail.htm
http://www.teltarif.de/tel-domain-erfahrungen/news/33832.html
http://www.nachrichten.ch/detail/381799.htm

linkbox.com – Direktvermarktung für Domainer?
Nach Domain-Parking und Google AdSense für Jedermann schlagen Domainer zurück: Frank Schilling will in Kürze einen Direktvermarktungsservice unter linkbox.com anbieten.
http://www.domain-recht.de/magazin/domain-news-2009/linkbox-com-direktvermarktung-fuer-domainer-id667419.html

TLDs – Neues von .sport, .info und .gp
Das erste Duell um die Einführung einer neuen Top Level Domain nimmt konkrete Formen an: gleich zwei Bewerber wollen sich um den Zuschlag für .sport bemühen. Bei .info will Afilias den im Jahr 2001 gestarteten Einführungsprozess bald endgültig zu Ende bringen, während Guadeloupe mit besonders attraktiven Domains wirbt – hier unsere Kurzmitteilungen.
http://www.domain-recht.de/magazin/domain-news-2009/tlds-neues-von-sport-info-und-gp-id667418.html

OLG Hamburg – Gericht schränkt Forenhaftung ein
Das hanseatische Oberlandesgericht Hamburg macht dem Spuk mit Abmahnungen seitens des Betreibers von marions-kochbuch.de ein Ende und blickt sehr differenziert auf vergleichbare Entscheidungen zur Forenhaftung.
http://www.domain-recht.de/magazin/domain-news-2009/olg-hamburg-gericht-schraenkt-forenhaftung-ein-id667416.html

domize.com – schnellste Suche der Welt?
"Die schnellste Domain-Suche aller Zeiten" – ganz unbescheiden macht sich Domize.com auf, zum unentbehrlichen Tool beim Finden von Domain-Namen zu werden. Wir haben einen genaueren Blick darauf geworfen.
http://www.domain-recht.de/magazin/domain-news-2009/domize-com-schnellste-suche-der-welt-id667415.html

WM – Interlink ruft zu "World Domain Cup" auf
Wer sich die Zeit bis zur nächsten Fussballweltmeisterschaft vertreiben möchte, dem bietet der japanische Internet Service Provider Interlink Co. Ltd. eine ganz besondere Veranstaltung an: ab Mai 2009 findet der erste "World Domain Cup" (WDC) der Geschichte statt.
http://www.domain-recht.de/magazin/domain-news-2009/wm-interlink-ruft-zu-world-domain-cup-auf-id667417.html

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Conficker / Downadup : nouvelle variante découverte
Si l'activation supposée du ver Conficker, également connu sous le nom de Downadup, n'a pas eu lieu le 1er avril, contrairement aux prédictions, (voir notre brève Conficker : dégâts limités mais alerte maintenue) la menace continue à faire parler d'elle. Alors que certains chercheurs pensent que les dégats auront lieu dans les prochains jours, l'éditeur BitDefender a découvert une nouvelle variante de Conficker.
http://www.clubic.com/actualite-269742-supprimer-conficker-nouvelle-variante.html

L'AFNIC contribue aux efforts de lutte contre le ver Conficker
La dernière version du ver Conficker est susceptible d'exploiter le système de noms de domaines pour communiquer avec son "maître". L'AFNIC apporte des précisions sur ce programme malveillant.
http://www.afnic.fr/actu/nouvelles/214/afnic-contributing-to-efforts-to-control-the-conficker-worm.html

Jennifer Lopez fait condamner un cybersquatteur
La chanteuse et actrice Jennifer Lopez vient de l'emporter dans un litige qui l'opposait à une société américaine qui avait enregistré deux adresses Internet utilisant son nom pour un usage commercial.
http://www.journaldunet.com/ebusiness/breve/international/38018/jennifer-lopez-fait-condamner-un-cybersquatteur.shtml

L'extension .tel peu prisée en Belgique
Les internautes belges ne sont guère intéressés par un nom de domaine .tel.
http://www.datanews.be/fr/news/90-53-23456/l-extension--tel-peu-prisee-en-belgique.html

Portrait d'entreprenaute : Stéphane Van Gelder, INDOM
Co-fondateur et directeur général d'INDOM, société d'enregistrement de noms de domaine, Stéphane Van Gelder revient sur son parcours. Citoyen français et britannique, l'homme se passionne pour l'informatique, les sports mécaniques et le journalisme sportif, avant d'accompagner la création d'INDOMCOM en 1999 (rebaptisée INDOM en 2001), au côté de son père, Philip, et de son cousin, Pierre Berecz, actuel président de la société.
http://www.neteco.com/269712-portrait-entreprenaute-stephane-van-gelder-indom.html

La candidature de «.bzh» en bonne voie
L'association www.bzh a bon espoir de voir bientôt créée l'extension internet «. bzh».
http://www.letelegramme.com/ig/generales/regions/cotesarmor/internet-la-candidature-de-bzh-en-bonne-voie-10-04-2009-329713.php

Le comportement d’un bureau d’enregistrement stigmatisé par la communauté juridique
Le directeur du Centre d’Arbitrage et de Médiation de l’OMPI appelle l’attention de l’ICANN sur un bureau d’enregistrement indien à l’intégrité douteuse.
http://domainesinfo.fr/actualite/1857/le-comportement-d-un-bureau-d-enregistrement-stigmatise-par-la-communaute-juridique.php

L'AFNIC crée le Fonds du Collège international
Dans la continuité de son engagement en faveur du partage des connaissances et du co-développement, l'AFNIC lance à compter du 3 avril 2009 un Fonds de soutien spécifique. La mission de ce Fonds est de promouvoir des actions et des réalisations des membres du Collège international leur permettant de renforcer leur rôle dans l'accompagnement du développement de l'économie numérique de leurs pays et régions respectifs.
http://www.afnic.fr/actu/nouvelles/215/afnic-creates-the-international-college-fund.html

Nouveaux TLDs : Le Comité Olympique menace l'ICANN
Le CIO (Comité International Olympique) se montre particulièrement agressif vis-à-vis du programme de création des nouvelles extensions de l'ICANN. Ainsi a-t-il utilisé l'actuelle période d'appel à commentaires pour poster une lettre dans laquelle il menace l'ICANN d'action si "le CIO ou le mouvement olympique venaient à être impactés négativement par la mise en service du programme de gTLD".
http://stephanevangelder.fr/archives/223-Nouveaux-TLDs-Le-Comite-Olympique-menace-lICANN.html

Le .NL ouvert à tous
Limité par sa propre charte de nommage, le gestionnaire du .NL a trouvé une astuce pour ouvrir son extension à tous, et ce sans restriction. Explications.
http://domainesinfo.fr/extension/1855/hollande-le-nl-ouvert-a-tous.php

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Germania, Wikileaks è offline
Il mirror tedesco di Wikileaks non è più online: coloro che si rivolgano a Wikileaks.de alla ricerca di informazioni sottaciute dai protagonisti e messe a disposizione dei netizen da persone informate dei fatti verranno inevitabilmente redirezionati sulla versione internazionale della piattaforma dedicata alle fughe di notizie scottanti.
http://punto-informatico.it/2600238/PI/News/germania-wikileaks-offline.aspx

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Jennifer Lopez gana un caso a los cyberokupas
La cantante y actriz Jennifer Lopez ganó un caso de fraude de propiedad intelectual contra un operador de Internet estadounidense que registró dos dominios utilizando su nombre para obtener ganancias comerciales, informó una agencia de las Naciones Unidas.
http://actualidad.terra.es/sociedad/articulo/jennifer-lopez-gana-caso-cyberokupas-3180716.htm

Jennifer López logra que le transfieran dominios con su nombre en Internet
El caso fue llevado a la entidad por la Fundación que lleva el nombre de la artista y que ella constituyóel año pasado en Nueva York para promover el acceso de mujeres y niños a la atención médica.
http://www.elmostrador.cl/index.php?/noticias/articulo/jennifer-lopez-logra-que-le-transfieran-dominios-con-su-nombre-en-internet

En internet, con nombre propio
La comunidad lingüística y cultural del euskera desea que su amplia y sólida presencia en la red tenga reflejo en un nombre de dominio propio. La candidatura para el .eus ya está en marcha
http://www.diariovasco.com/20090414/al-dia-sociedad/internet-nombre-propio-20090414.html

América Latina tendrá su.lat
Todo comenzó con las. com,. net y. org. Luego siguieron las. edu,. biz,. tv. Y ahora América Latina busca ocupar el puesto que le corresponde en el ciberespacio, asegurándose para sí la terminación.lat.
http://www.laestrella.com.pa/mensual/2009/04/13/contenido/86347.asp

Goldman Sachs amenaza con llevar a los tribunales a un blog crítico con su gestión
El banco estadounidense Goldman Sachs pretende cerrar un blog muy crítico con la gestión de la entidad (goldmansachs666.com). Amenaza al bloguero con adoptar medidas legales por violar derechos de propiedad intelectual.
http://www.libertaddigital.com/economia/goldman-sachs-amenaza-con-llevar-a-los-tribunales-a-un-blog-critico-con-su-gestion-1276356171/

¿Quién gobierna internet? [DPA]
¿www.gobiernodeinternet.com o www.gobiernodeinternet.net?¿O ninguna de las dos?¿Se puede escribir una dirección web usando el alfabeto ruso? ¿Y el cirílico? Todas estas preguntas sobre el uso de Internet se resumen en una: ¿Quién decide qué se puede y qué no se puede hacer en la red?
http://costaricahoy.info/tecnologia/%C2%BFquien-gobierna-internet/5593/
http://www.lmneuquen.com.ar/noticias/2009/4/12/24495.php

Continúa la ICANN de colaboración respuesta a Conficker Worm
El Conficker gusano que ha infectado a los ejércitos a través de Internet sigue evolucionando. En este punto, creemos que no existe causa para la alarma general, pero la comunidad de Internet debe seguir para tomar medidas contra Conficker. ICANN sigue participando en los esfuerzos de colaboración con investigadores de seguridad, el software anti-virus y los proveedores y con los registros y los registradores de todo el DNS de la comunidad para difundir información sobre la forma en que el código malintencionado puede intentar aprovechar el sistema de DNS.
http://www.ibls.es/internet_law_news_portal_view.aspx?s=sa&id=1628

(NEGOCIOS) CRECE PIRATERIA DE DOMINIOS 8% EN 2008
Durante 2008, el número de demandas establecidas a nivel internacional por las empresas que sufrieron problemas de ciberocupación ilegal de sus nombres o infracciones a sus marcas fue de 2 mil 329, lo que representa un crecimiento de ocho puntos porcentuales respecto al año pasado, indica la Organización Mundial de la Propiedad Intelectual (OMPI).
http://pe.invertia.com/noticias/noticia.aspx?idNoticia=200904131648_INF_457678
http://ar.invertia.com/noticias/noticia.aspx?idNoticia=200904131648_INF_457678

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Pai da internet no Brasil participa do Roda Viva
Demi Getschko, diretor-presidente do Núcleo de Informação e Coordenação do Ponto BR e conselheiro do Comitê Gestor da Internet no Brasil, estará no programa Roda Viva nesta segunda-feira (13). Com apresentação de Heródoto Barbeiro, a entrevista será transmitida ao vivo no IPTVCultura, canal exclusivo da Cultura para exibição na web, a partir das 18h30, e exibida pela TV Cultura, às 22h10, sem corte ou edição.
http://www.adnews.com.br/eventos.php?id=86697

Demi Getschko no Roda Viva da TVE
Demi Getschko, diretor-presidente do Núcleo de Informação e Coordenação (NIC.br), do Comitê Gestor da Internet no Brasil, será o convidado do Roda Viva da TVE nesta segunda-feira, 13, 22h10.
http://www.baguete.com.br/noticiasDetalhes.php?id=33935
http://cidadebiz.oi.com.br/paginas/47001_48000/47933-1.html

Jennifer Lopez ganha ação por uso de seu nome na internet
A cantora e atriz Jennifer Lopez ganhou uma ação que moveu contra um operador norte-americano que registrou dois domínios na internet que usavam seu nome, visando obter lucros comerciais, disse uma agência da ONU nesta quinta-feira (9).
http://gazetaonline.globo.com/_conteudo/2009/04/75459-jennifer+lopez+ganha+acao+por+uso+de+seu+nome+na+internet.html

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Downadup-worm is actief geworden
Waar beveiligingsdeskundigen al een tijdje bang voor waren, blijkt te gebeuren: het Downadup-botnetwerk gaat tot actie over. Financieel gewin lijkt het doel van de acties. Zo downloadt versie C van deze snel muterende worm onder meer een nep-antispywarerogramma dat vijftig dollar wil om zogenaamde beveiligingslekken te verhelpen.
http://www.computable.nl/artikel/ict_topics/security/2923980/1276896/downadupworm-is-actief-geworden.html

Jennifer Lopez krijgt domeinnamen terug
Een Amerikaan moet de domeinnamen jenniferlopez.net and jenniferlopez.org teruggeven aan de Amerikaanse zangeres en actrice Jennifer Lopez. Dat heeft een onafhankelijke rechter van de World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) bepaald.
http://www.telegraaf.nl/digitaal/3681360/__Jennifer_Lopez_krijgt_domeinnamen_terug__.html

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Facebook aast op Facebook.be
De populaire sociale netwerksite Facebook heeft zijn oog laten vallen op de domeinnamen Facebook.be en Facebook.nl. Die zijn nu eigendom van een Nederlandse man, die liever anoniem blijft.
http://www.zdnet.be/news.cfm?id=101038

Belgen lopen niet warm voor 'online visitekaartje' .tel
Onze landgenoten tonen weinig interesse voor een .tel domeinnaam. Bij hostingprovider Combell werden nog maar 91 domeinen geregistreerd, sectorgenoot bNamed kon tot nu toe 30 extensies aan de man brengen.
http://www.datanews.be/nl/news/90-5-23445/belgen-lopen-niet-warm-voor--online-visitekaartje---tel.html

De uitdaging van .tel, domein zonder websites
Met het .tel-domein zouden we eindelijk al onze contactgegevens op één plaats kunnen bewaren, zonder website en toch universeel toegankelijk. Hoe het werkt? Een grappige en uit het leven gegrepen reclamespot van initiatiefnemer Telnic toont het.
http://www.6minutes.be/NL/Artikel.aspx?ArtikelID=14554&RubriekID=1

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«Ekimen honetan inor ez dago soberan»
PuntuEus Elkartea jendaurrean aurkeztu zenez geroztik, etengabe joan da luzatzen ekimenari babesa adierazi dioten gizabanakoen zerrenda. Atxikimenduen zerrenda horrek, alegia, gaindituak ditu 26.000 izenak.
http://www.diariovasco.com/20090414/al-dia-sociedad/ekimen-honetan-inor-dago-20090414.html

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Работа немецкого сайта Wikileaks.de остановлена
По сообщению сайта Wikileaks.org, работа немецкого дочернего проекта Wikileaks.de была полностью остановлена, а местный регистратор DENIC заблокировал соответствующее доменное имя, что сделано невозможным обращение к проекту.
http://www.cybersecurity.ru/net/68188.html

«Кыргызпатент» подтвердил намерения о контроле над доменом .kg
Ulan MelisbekУлан Мелисбек, глава Государственной патентной службы, объявил о намерении своего ведомства взять под контроль регистрацию сайтов в доменной зоне .kg. Эксперты предупреждают, что процесс передачи контроля может быть долгим.
http://kloop.kg/blog/2009/04/10/kyrgyzpatent-podtverdil-namereniya-o-kontrole-nad-domenom-kg/

Кыргызстан пытается получить у американской ICANN права на доменное имя kg
Окончательное решение по передаче администрирования доменных имен kg в Кыргызстане примет ICANN. Об этом заявил сегодня на пресс-конференции в ИА "24.kg" глава Государственной патентной службы Улан Мелисбек.
http://www.centrasia.ru/newsA.php?st=1239429900

Улан Мелисбек надеется, что ICANN не проигнорирует позицию Кыргызстана
«Окончательная передача функций по регистрации именных доменов второго уровня в зоне *.kg состоится только после принятия такого решения ICANN», - сказал директор Патентной службы Кыргызстана Улан Мелисбек.
http://kg.akipress.org/news/69393
http://www.ca-news.org/news/113351

О.Жеребко: Передача функций регистрации доменов Кыргызпатенту не повлияет в лучшую сторону на развитие Интернета
«Передача функций регистрации доменных имен в зоне *.kg Патентной службе Кыргызстана не повлияет в лучшую сторону на развитие Интернета в республике», - сказал председатель Ассоциации операторов связи (АОС) Олег Жеребко в интервью агентству АКИpress.
http://kg.akipress.org/news/69367
http://www.ca-news.org/news/112731

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德国无警告暂停Wikileaks德国域名
德国的域名注册商DENIC在没有任何通知的情况下暂停了Wikileaks德国域名解析（Wikileaks.de），网站已经无法访问。
http://news.ename.cn/domain_news_2009_04_12_9808

ICANN 专家解密中文改写域名国际规则决议始末
2009年3月1日，墨西哥。第34届ICANN年会全体会议上，《“.中国”等非英文域名后缀快速通道实施计划（第二版）》（IDN ccTLD Fast Track Implementation Plan）草案成为本次会议重点审议的内容之一。
http://news.xinhuanet.com/internet/2009-04/10/content_11163280.htm
http://news.xmnn.cn/kjxw/200904/t20090410_962487.htm
http://www.it.com.cn/news/scroll/2009/04/10/16/511574.html
http://www.ifengwo.com/xinwenzhongxin/hulianwang/200904/10-62908.html
http://www.itxinwen.com/view/new/html/2009-04/2009-04-10-434331.html
http://itech.online.sh.cn/content/2009-04/10/content_2918680.htm
http://dev.yesky.com/48/8795548.shtml
http://tech.sina.com.cn/i/2009-04-10/11352991143.shtml

04月14日今日新聞懶人包
過去十年，網路改變了人類所有生活；在這十年，台灣上網人數已近1600萬，十二歲以上上網人口比例超過70%。網路，不僅快速地改變我們的生活模式，更密切與日常所有大小事物都開始發生關聯。台灣網路環境的長足發展，不僅造就許多企業與人才，更將科技技術推升到另一個境界。
http://www.bnext.com.tw/FocusDay_1833

中国互联网十大事件评选启动
1994年4月20日，中国正式全功能联入国际互联网，进入互联网时代，成为国际互联网大家庭第77名成员。在已经过去的十五年中，我国互联网从无到有，从慢到快，从不寻常到寻常，有火热的投入，也有冷静的思考，在阔步前行的道路上也曾短暂迷茫。
http://news.ename.cn/internetnews_2009_04_14_10349
http://news.domain.cn/html/yumingzixun/2009/0414/2137.html
http://news.cnfol.com/090414/101,1587,5735939,00.shtml
http://www.enet.com.cn/article/2009/0414/A20090414459851.shtml
http://www.ifengwo.com/xinwenzhongxin/hulianwang/200904/14-64423.html

專家解密中文改寫域名國際規則決議始末
2009年3月1日，墨西哥。第34屆ICANN年會全體會議上，《『.中國』等非英文域名後綴快速通道實施計劃(第二版)》(IDN ccTLD Fast Track Implementation Plan)草案成為本次會議重點審議的內容之一。
http://news.sina.com.tw/article/20090410/1588601.html
http://idc.zol.com.cn/129/1294605.html

[互联网周刊]“.中国”域名诞生始末
作为全球域名体系架构变革的一项内容，ICANN主席特拉什（Peter Dengate Thrush）曾评价称“这是项历史性决议，将使互联网更为开放，使用方法更为多样化。” 是的，我们可以变革，只不过为了等待这一变革时刻的到来，包括中国在内的众多非英语语系国家代表已经等待了十多个年头。
http://www.itxinwen.com/view/new/html/2009-04/2009-04-10-434691.html

ICANN专家解密:中文改写域名国际规则决议始末
3月1日，墨西哥。第34届ICANN年会全体会议上，《“.中国”等非英文域名后缀快速通道实施计划(第二版)》(IDN ccTLD Fast Track Implementation Plan)草案成为本次会议重点审议的内容之一。
http://cjr.zjol.com.cn/05cjr/system/2009/04/10/015418300.shtml
http://news.xinhuanet.com/newmedia/2009-04/10/content_11163274.htm

三五互联：我们就做中国互联网少数派
3 月28日，在2009深圳IT领袖峰会上，软银赛富合伙人阎焱炮轰中国互联网，称95％以上都在忽悠，只有5％有望成为世界级公司。阎焱此言一出，引起互联网行业又一次的口水大战，各种“驳阎焱”和“挺阎焱”的论调此起彼伏、好不热闹。恰恰在同一天，在宁静温馨的海滨城市厦门，笔者拜访了35互联公司创始人兼总经理龚少晖，他正静静地翻阅着公司2009年的财务报表，数据显示，三五互联科技股份有限公司的税后净利润已经连续三年保持增长，成为中国为数不多的盈利性互联网企业。
http://news.zdnet.com.cn/zdnetnews/2009/0413/1362811.shtml
http://www.cnetnews.com.cn/2009/0413/1362811.shtml
http://news.domain.cn/html/yumingfuwushang/2009/0413/2131.html
http://www.chinaemail.com.cn/zixun/corp/200904/33632.html
http://article.pchome.net/content-857281.html

“中国互联万里行”活动见闻
由中国互联网协会和深圳市科技和信息局联合主办的为助企业“破冰”、盘活互联网资产、激活网络经济，以“扩大交易•促进投资•优选人才”为主题的中国互联网交易投资博览会(简称中国网博会)将于2009年5月在深举办，并于全国范围内首次开展“中国互联万里行”大型活动。
http://b2b.netsun.com/detail--4511498.html

新民晚报：神秘病毒要干什么？
特殊的日子总会有特别的故事，互联网世界最富悬念的惊爆大戏，也许会在2009年4月1日这一天拉开大幕。
http://www.022net.com/2009/4-10/504375202585932.html
http://tech.qianlong.com/33443/2009/04/10/71@4942618.htm

厦门域名注册服务占中国一半以上份额      [收藏] [打印] [推荐]
厦门市人民政府副市长叶重耕今日出席厦门搜索引擎营销大会时表示，历来有“域名之城”之称的厦门，过去十年里，厦门域名和数据服务占据国内一半以上市场份额，直接推动着互联网行业在中国的发展。
http://news.ccw.com.cn/internet/htm2009/20090410_614970.shtml

新网无故删除用户CN域名8个月遭投诉
一个“非常出色”的顶级域名，却在合理使用期限之内被域名注册商无故删除，并允许他人注册。域名城昨日接到这样的一个投诉，这位名为余谦的先生称，从去年8月他的ABCD.CN域名被新网莫名其妙删除后，历经各部门的辗转解决，最终在2009年3月刚刚重新过户到手里。余先生对新网这种不给说法的行为极为不满，不排除用法律手段来解决争端。
http://news.domain.cn/html/falvzhengyi/2009/0409/2120.html

神秘病毒要干什么?
在这1000多万个被Conficker感染的IP地址所属国家和地区排名中，排在前四位的居然是中国、巴西、俄罗斯以及印度——恰好是未来最有发展潜力的“金砖四国”。
http://it.icxo.com/htmlnews/2009/04/11/1351953.htm

奥林匹克想要和ICANN打官司
国际奥林匹克组织（IOC）想要和ICANN（互联网名称与数字地址分配机构）打官司，一封从IOC给ICANN的信中表达他们想要“采取行动去反对ICANN在通用顶级域名的执行上对IOC和奥林匹克运动的损害”。
http://news.ename.cn/domain_news_2009_04_10_9650

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