auDA Domain Name News - Oct 16
16/Oct/2008
auDA Domain Name News is compiled by David Goldstein on auDA's behalf. The views expressed in the news items linked from auDA's website (Linked Documents), do not necessarily reflect the views of auDA. auDA does not warrant the accuracy or reliability of the information contained in the Linked Documents, and assumes no liability to any person for any reliance placed upon any information contained in the Linked Documents.
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GOVERNANCE
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The net shapes up to get physical
As the 'third age' of the internet takes root and our physical world becomes more and more connected, Sean Dodson looks at the implications and how life will change: Most people, if they bother to think about it at all, probably view the internet as an agent of profound change. In the 15 years since Tim Berners-Lee invented the world wide web, the life of almost everyone in the industrialised world has been touched by it. But just as many of us are getting to grips with its second stage, the mobile internet, very few are prepared - perhaps even aware - of the third and potentially most revolutionary phase of all: the internet of things.
www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2008/oct/16/internet-of-things-ipv6
us: Keeping the Internet Free For a New Generation of Speakers
The Internet is at a crossroads. Down one path lies a future where digital technology enhances constitutional freedoms; spurs innovations in expression and entrepreneurship; and fulfills its ultimate promise of connecting and empowering the world. Down the other? A future where the Internet is turned against users; where government spying runs unchecked, and where innovation is stifled by a closed and locked system, controlled by a handful of entrenched players. The next president will play a key role in determining which path we take. This is the second in a series of entries over the next couple weeks about the critical technology and civil liberties choices facing the next president of the United States. Our complete transition guide for next president is available online.
www.huffingtonpost.com/leslie-harris/keeping-the-internet-free_b_133325.html
us: A Platform to Keep the Internet Open, Innovative and Free
America's next President and Congress will have the chance to take a fresh look at the challenges and opportunities of the Internet and to set a policy course for this vital medium that will keep it open, innovative and free. ... We often take the Internet for granted. In a short time, it has become a powerful engine for innovation, economic growth and democratization. The Internet has changed the way we "do" politics. Ordinary Americans are making their voices heard and organizing online. Political candidates are building networks of supporters, raising unprecedented funds from small donors, and educating the public on their policies and visions.
cdt.org/election2008/
First European Dialogue on Internet Governance (EuroDIG) [news release]
Representatives from the business community, governments and civil society will be meeting, at the Council of Europe in Strasbourg (France) on 20 and 21 October 2008, to discuss European perspectives on the Internet and its governance.
www.isoc.org/isoc/headlines/20081009.shtml
"Broad and Equitable Access to the Internet" to be subject of Internet Society conference in Sénégal [news release]
Questions of Internet access, infrastructure, and regulation are on the agenda for an upcoming Internet Society (ISOC) conference. The event, "Broad and Equitable Access to the Internet" will be held in Dakar, Sénégal, on 16 October 2008.
www.isoc.org/isoc/media/releases/081007pr.shtml
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DOMAIN NAMES
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- ICANN
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ICANN Widens Online Horizons: TLD Declassification
A little over three months ago (June 26, 2008 to be exact), ICANN Board Members unanimously agreed to accept the proposal to declassify TLD names. This decision has actually been 6 years in the making. ICANN has been moving towards opening up of internet addresses since its inception 10 years ago. ICANN has continued to seek ways since then to resolve the complexity and bureaucracy of registering new TLDs, which have so far been very effective at limiting the number of available top-level domains.
domainersmagazine.com/20080929143/domainer-s-magazine-news/icann-widens-online-horizons-tld-declassification.html
Registrars linked to spam warned, but continue to sell Web addresses
The Internet's chief governing body said Wednesday it would take action against a Chinese company that sells Web addresses often linked to spam e-mails. ICANN said the Chinese company, DNS.com.cn, hadn't properly investigated who owns several of the Web addresses it sold.
www.axcessnews.com/index.php/articles/show/id/16938
NTIA Seeks Public Comments for the Deployment of Security Technology Within the Internet Domain Name System [news release]
Commerce’s National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) today issued a Notice of Inquiry seeking public comments regarding the deployment of Domain Name and Addressing System Security Extensions (DNSSEC) into the Internet’s DNS infrastructure, including the authoritative root zone. Comments are due by November 24, 2008.
www.ntia.doc.gov/press/2008/DNSSEC_081009.html
Public Comment: GNSO Council Member Term Limits
Public comments are invited on a proposed change to the ICANN bylaws that would implement term limits for GNSO Council members. Currently there is no limit to the number of consecutive terms in which a GNSO Council member may serve.
icann.org/en/announcements/announcement-13oct08-en.htm
ICANN and I Will in My Tongue
In June 2008, ICANN approved a recommendation that will add another definition to the meaning of the World Wide Web: the creation of multilingual domain names. Although the program must still be approved by ICANN's board who expect a launch mid 2009, if the marketing hype is to be believed, the implications for those who retain an on-line presence will be significant.
www.islamonline.net/servlet/Satellite?c=Article_C&cid=1221720713321&pagename=Zone-English-HealthScience%2FHSELayout
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- ccTLD & gTLD NEWS
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Telnic Invites Developers to .tel 'Webless Web' Platform
Telnic invites developers to its .tel "Webless Web" platform with open source code and sample applications. .tel is a service that allows users to store and manage all their contact information and keywords directly in the Domain Name System without the need to build, host or manage a Web site.
www.eweek.com/c/a/Application-Development/Telnic-Invites-Developers-to-tel-Webless-Web-Platform/
Developers gain access to .tel domain
Telnic, the registry for the new .tel sponsored TLD, today announced it is releasing resources for developers to create applications and web services around the domain.
www.vnunet.com/vnunet/news/2228272/dot-tel-opens-developers
www.infomaticsonline.co.uk/vnunet/news/2228272/dot-tel-opens-developers
www.whatpc.co.uk/vnunet/news/2228272/dot-tel-opens-developers
Dot-travel domain set for major relaunch
Dot-travel is planning a major relaunch of the top-level domain name across the globe. Tralliance, the organisation behind dot.travel, has chosen the European Tour Operators Association conference and WTM for a full UK launch.
www.travolution.co.uk/Articles/2008/10/14/1809/Dot-travel+domain+set+for+major+relaunch.html
Nominet Proposed Changes Take Effect
The proposed changes to Nominet’s policies and procedures for .uk domain name dispute resolution services (DRS) in the United Kingdom have been approved and implemented. The new provisions impact claims filed on or after July 29, 2008, while all prior claims will be processed under the rules in effect at the time the claim was filed. The amendments have been set to deal with the recent influx of bulk domain registration. More specifically, Nominet tailored the rules to address the 52 percent of cases where there is no response to the DRS complaint from the domain owner. Unopposed disputes will now automatically be resolved in favor of the party claiming a right to the domain name, and a summary decision or a full judgment with reasoning can be sought for a fee, £200 and £750 respectively.
www.sedo.com/links/showhtml.php3?Id=2204
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- DNS SECURITY
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FBI: Several nations eye U.S. cybertargets [IDG]
About two-dozen nations have developed cyberattack capabilities and have their eyes on targets inside U.S. businesses and government agencies, the top cybercrime law enforcement official in the U.S. said today.
computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&articleId=9117258
computerworld.com.au/index.php/id;670066611
www.networkworld.com/news/2008/101508-fbi-several-nations-eyeing-us.html
FBI targets rise in cybercrime from U.S. and abroad
The threat of cybersecurity attacks are on the rise from organized crime, terrorists, and foreign governments, an FBI official warned on Wednesday.
news.cnet.com/8301-13578_3-10067330-38.html
FBI sees rise in computer crime
Computer spying and theft of personal information have risen notably in the past year, costing tens of millions of dollars and threatening U.S. security, the FBI's cyber division head said on Wednesday.
uk.reuters.com/article/technologyNews/idUKTRE49E8J520081015
FBI warns of sweeping global threat to U.S. cybersecurity
The FBI's newly appointed chief of cybersecurity warned today that "a couple dozen" countries are eager to hack U.S. government, corporate and military networks. While he refused to provide country-specific details, FBI Cyber Division Chief Shawn Henry told reporters at a roundtable cooperation with foreign law enforcement is one of the bureau's highest priorities and added the United States has had incredible success fostering overseas partnerships.
www.nextgov.com/nextgov/ng_20081015_7578.php
Storm May Finally Be Over
It’s been nearly a month now since the Storm botnet sent its last spam run -- significantly long enough that botnet researchers now conclude this could be the end of most infamous botnet once and for all.
www.darkreading.com/document.asp?doc_id=165798
South Korean PM warns of hacking threat by NKorea, China [AFP]
South Korean Prime Minister Han Seung-Soo on Tuesday warned his cabinet over attempts by Chinese and North Korean computer hackers to obtain state secrets, officials said.
news.smh.com.au/technology/skorean-pm-warns-of-hacking-threat-by-nkorea-china-20081015-50sb.html
news.theage.com.au/technology/skorean-pm-warns-of-hacking-threat-by-nkorea-china-20081015-50sb.html
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- DOMAIN DISPUTES
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Go Daddy Celebrates Big Win in Battle Against Rogue Pharmacies [news release]
President George W. Bush today signed into law bi-partisan legislation that provides Go Daddy and other Web companies much needed tools to take illegitimate Internet pharmacies offline. The legislation is aimed at stopping rogue pharmacies from operating online and helping to prevent the purchase of drugs without a valid prescription through the Internet.
https://www.godaddy.com/gdshop/news/release_view.asp?news_item_id=190&app_hdr=
Cybersquatters Infringed Anheuser-Busch and Patrick Dempsey Trademarks, We The People LLC Denied Domain Name Rights [news release]
The National Arbitration Forum domain name dispute resolution program recently handed down decisions regarding the rights to BudRacing.com, BudweiserRacing.com, Patrick-Dempsey.org, and WeThePeople.com. Decisions are made by independent and neutral arbitrators on the National Arbitration Forum Panel in accordance with the Uniform Domain Name Dispute Resolution Policy (UDRP) of ICANN.
domains.adrforum.com/newsroom.aspx?itemID=1455
Viable Defense for US Domain Owners
A court in the Southern District of Florida recently barred a trademark owner, who sought possession of a domain that allegedly infringed on his mark, from asserting claims under then Lanham Act and the Anti-Cybersquating Consumer Protection Act (ACPA) due to the Doctrine of Laches, thus dismissing the case in favor of the defendant.
www.sedo.com/links/showhtml.php3?Id=2203
SA ruling sets a precedent [sub req'd]
A precedent-setting domain name decision last week awarded the mixit.co.za domain name to South African mobile chat operator MXit. Since November 2006, local domain name disputes are governed by the rules promulgated in the ZA Alternative Dispute Resolution Regulations.
www.legalbrief.co.za/article.php?story=20081015082524537
NiRA to deliver judgment on MTN.com.ng soon [IDG]
The Nigeria Internet Registration Association (NiRA), the administrator of Nigeria's top-level domain, said it is gearing up to deliver judgment in the case of MTN's Nigerian Web site address, mtn.com.ng.
www.computerworld.co.ke/articles/2008/10/14/nira-deliver-judgment-mtncomng-soon
www.networkworld.com/news/2008/101408-nira-to-deliver-judgment-on.html
www.cio.com/article/454716/NiRA_to_Deliver_Judgment_on_MTN.Com.Ng_Soon
Kentucky Gambling Decision to be Released Thursday
Due to computer issues, residents of Kentucky will need to wait at least one more day before the fate of internet gambling in the state is determined.
www.casinogamblingweb.com/gambling-news/gambling-law/internet_gambling_domain_name_ruling_due_thursday_in_kentucky_49350.html
www.pocketfives.com/online-poker-scene/kentucky-decision-to-be-released-thursday-3436684
Ruling in Kentucky domain name case due today
Update: The ruling on the state of Kentucky's forfeiture motion was not released today as expected. According to the court clerk, computer problems have delayed the release of the ruling until sometime tomorrow.
www.pokerlistings.com/ruling-in-kentucky-domain-name-case-due-today-31797
“HOBBIT” Domain Names are Reclaimed by Tolkein Enterprises
In a number of decisions issued by the WIPO Arbitration and Mediation Center, parties who registered domain names that contained the word "hobbit" were required to relinquish their ownership of these registered domain names in favor of the company operating as Tolkein Enterprises. Following, there is an illustration of WIPO panel's position on these cases.
www.ibls.com/internet_law_news_portal_view.aspx?s=latestnews&id=2156
Cybersquatting: Domain Names of Famous Authors and Other Celebreties
The administrative panel of the WIPO Arbitration and Mediation Center has issued numerous decisions addressing cases in which famous authors or celebrities have sought to prevent other individuals or entities from using their names or derivatives, or their names within registered domain names, a practice generally known as cybersquatting. Usually, in cases where the panel has found that the name was registered in bad faith or where the panel determined that the registrant did not have a legitimate interest in the use of the domain name, it has ordered the registrant to transfer the domain name to the respective authors.
www.ibls.com/internet_law_news_portal_view.aspx?s=articles&id=FDEEF486-5276-4F8F-9CC1-A34B2ACEAE88
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Confronting Ipv4 Address Exhaustion by Geoff Huston
It should be entirely unsurprising that the next phase of the Internet's story, that of the transition of the underlying version of the IP protocol from IPv4 to IPv6, refuses to follows the intended script. Where we are now, in mid-2008, with IPv4 unallocated address pool exhaustion looming within the next 18 to 36 months, and IPv6 still largely not deployed in the public Internet, is a situation that was entirely uncontemplated and, even in hindsight, entirely surprising to encounter.
www.potaroo.net/ispcol/2008-10/v4depletion.html
The Changing Foundation of the Internet: Confronting IPv4 Address Exhaustion by Geoff Huston, APNIC
Throughout its relatively brief history, the Internet has continually challenged our preconceptions about networking and communications architectures. For example, the concepts that the network itself has no role in management of its own resources, and that resource allocation is the result of interaction between competing end-to-end data flows, were certainly novel innovations, and for many they have been very confrontational. The approach of designing a network that is unaware of services and service provisioning and is not attuned to any particular service whatsoever—leaving the role of service support to end-to-end overlays—was again a radical concept in network design. The Internet has never represented the conservative option for this industry, and has managed to define a path that continues to present significant challenges.
cisco.com/web/about/ac123/ac147/archived_issues/ipj_11-3/ipj_11-3.pdf
IPv6 Transition at IETF72 by Geoff Huston
The IETF's developmental work on IPv6 has included the study of the particular issues associated with transition to IPv6 from the outset. Starting with the TACIT work on transition in 1994-95, then NGTRANS from 1995 to 2002, and, more recently, the V6OPS Working Group which met first in early 2003 at IETF56. This study has now broadened in scope and today a number of IETF working groups are examining aspects of transition to IPv6 including the SOFTWIRE, BEHAVE and INTAREA Working Groups, in addition to V6OPS. In this article I'd like to look at the background to this IETF activity and review the current state of the IETF Working Groups that are looking at transition tools.
www.potaroo.net/ispcol/2008-09/ietf72-ipv6trans.html
Probe Sees Unused Internet: A survey shows that addresses are not running out as quickly as we'd thought.
In a little more than two years, the last Internet addresses will be assigned by the international group tasked with managing the 4.3 billion numbers. And yet, while most Internet engineers are looking to Internet Protocol version 6 (IPv6), the next-generation Internet addressing scheme, a research team has probed the entire Internet and found that the problem may not be as bad as many fear. The probe reveals millions of Internet addresses that have been allocated but remain unused.
www.technologyreview.com/web/21528/?a=f
Tiny IPv6-ready protocol stack created
Cisco, Atmel and the Swedish Institute of Computer Science (SICS) have announced that they’ve built one of the smallest IPv6 stacks ever, and have open sourced it for general use.
www.vnunet.com/vnunet/news/2228327/tiny-ipv6-ready-protocol-stack
UIPv6 protocol stack released
Cisco, Atmel and the Swedish Institute of Computer Science (SICS) have announced the availability of uIPv6.
itnews.com.au/News/NewsStory.aspx?story=86743
www.theinquirer.net/gb/inquirer/news/2008/10/14/uipv6-protocol-stack-released
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us: Go Daddy Lauds New Law To Protect Kids From Online Sex Predators [news release]
It just became easier for Go Daddy to shut down online predators who target children. Today, President George W. Bush signed the bi-partisan bill, known as the “Protect Our Children Act of 2008,” into law. Go Daddy and others fought long and hard to secure passage of this much needed legislation.
https://www.godaddy.com/gdshop/news/release_view.asp?news_item_id=188&app_hdr=
ENUM for Everybody?
ENUM (TElephone NUmber Mapping or “Electronic Numbering”), developed by Cisco Engineer, Patrik Faltstrom and the Internet Engineering Task Force’s (IETF’s) Telephone Number Mapping working group, is a Domain Name System (DNS)-based service that maps a standard telephone number to a list of contact URLs. It thus builds a bridge between the Public Switched Telephone Network (PSTN) and the Internet.
ipcommunications.tmcnet.com/topics/enterprise-voip/articles/42985-enum-everybody.htm
Should You Invest in the .mx?
The recent rapid growth in registrations of the .mx, the ccTLD for Mexico, has astounded many.
www.sedo.com/links/showhtml.php3?Id=2202
The Los Angeles Domain World, Day 1
I arrived in Los Angeles yesterday morning around 9am. After getting my rental car and checking into the hotel, it was off to ICANN. I didn’t know what to expect of ICANN. For some reason I had a vision of this grand building under maximum security. But when you consider much of ICANN’s role is to develop and manage policies that vision quickly fades. Indeed, ICANN’s offices are in a non-descript building overlooking the bay. ICANN isn’t the main tenant; they have offices on parts of two floors in the building.
domainnamewire.com/2008/10/15/the-los-angeles-domain-world-day-1/
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- DOMAINING & AFTERMARKET
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Google, Yahoo said to be in DOJ settlement talks to avoid antitrust challenge
Google Inc. and Yahoo Inc. are in early settlement negotiations with the U.S. Department of Justice in an effort to avoid an antitrust challenge to a proposed search advertising deal between the two companies, the Wall Street Journal reported today.
computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&articleId=9117139
Google, Yahoo Seek to Avoid Antitrust Suit [sub req'd]
Google and Yahoo are in talks with the Justice Department in an effort to head off an antitrust challenge to their ad deal.
online.wsj.com/article/SB122393254528030085.html
DBS: Domain Name Sales Up
Domain name company sees robust domain names sales.
domainnamewire.com/2008/10/13/dbs-domain-name-sales-up/
Value Your Domain Names the Dark Blue Sea Way
A look at how Dark Blue Sea values domain names.
domainnamewire.com/2008/10/14/value-your-domain-names-the-dark-blue-sea-way/
Put Domain Monetization to the Test
As the financial crisis continually looms over what seems to be an endless economic downturn, companies are finding themselves increasingly cautious when it comes to making sure their marketing efforts are receiving the highest return on investment (ROI). Although an increasing number of businesses already utilize the flexibility and reliability of online advertising , many have yet to tap into the potential profit that Pay Per Click (PPC) advertising through domain monetization can offer.
www.sedo.com/links/showhtml.php3?Id=2201
September GreatDomains Auction: The results are in!
The September GreatDomains auction witnessed a handful of solid sales, including Address.net at US$20,010, Canadians.com at $10,099, 659.com at $9,900 and Brews.com at $9,100. Both Planet.com and Fly.com received healthy bids ($200,000 and $1,000,000 respectively) during the listing as well, although neither name met reserve price.
www.sedo.com/links/showhtml.php3?Id=2200
