domain name, WSIS & governance news - 10 October

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

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RESEARCH PAPERS
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The ?Robust Yet Fragile? Nature of the Internet
One purpose of this paper is to explore how this SF
depiction compares with the real Internet, and explain
the nature and origin of some important discrepancies.
Another purpose is to suggest that a more coherent
perspective on the Internet as a complex network, and
in particular its RYF nature, is possible in a way
that is fully consistent with Internet technology,
economics, and engineering. A complete exposition
relies on the mathematics of random graphs and
statistical physics, which underly the SF theory, as
well as on the very details of the Internet ignored in
the SF formulation. Nevertheless, we aim to show here
that the essential issues can be readily understood,
if not rigorously proven, using less technical detail,
and the lessons learned are relevant well beyond
either the Internet or SF network models.

http://netlab.caltech.edu/pub/papers/Doyle-topology-PNAS-0508.pdf

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DOMAIN NAMES
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eu: Registration for .eu domain names begins Dec. 7
The registry for the .eu Internet top-level domain
will accept reservations for second-level domain names
from Dec. 7. The domain is intended to identify
activities or information related to the European
Union and give companies based there the opportunity
to use a pan-European Internet identity to complement
their individual national sites.

http://computerworld.com/developmenttopics/websitemgmt/story/0,10801,105243,00.html
 http://www.out-law.com/page-6205

http://news.softpedia.com/news/The-eu-Domain-Will-Be-Launched-on-December-7-9938.shtml

http://www.webhostdir.com/news/articles/shownews.asp?id=13326

http://addict3d.org/index.php?page=viewarticle&type=news&ID=11160
 http://www.itnews.it/risorse/EuroNews,Zj0xMjc1MTky

http://www.onlypunjab.com/webmasters/fullstory-newsID-2299.html

LAUNCH .eu !
EURid is pleased to announce that the documents needed
for the .eu launch have been published.
 http://www.eurid.eu/en/launch/index_html

au: Watchdog warns on domain name scams
SMALL-BUSINESS operators can be easy prey for
fraudsters trying to winkle out money for unsolicited
and unneeded "services", says the Australian
Competition and Consumer Commission.

http://theage.com.au/news/business/watchdog-warns-on-domain-name-scams/2005/10/06/1128562942885.html

us: Net blackout sparks talk of new rules
A feud between big network companies that has blacked
out swaths of the Internet for thousands of people is
prompting calls for government involvement, and may
help trigger a rewrite of telecommunications laws
affecting the Net.
 http://news.com.com/2100-1033_3-5891156.html

us: Network feud leads to Net blackout
Two major Internet backbone companies are feuding,
potentially cutting off significant swaths of the
Internet for some of each other's customers.
 http://news.com.com/2100-1038_3-5889592.html

http://go.reuters.co.uk/newsArticle.jhtml?type=technologyNews&storyID=9864617

.org Registrations up 31%
The domains registered under ".org" grew 31 percent
between January and September, overtaking the US
growth rate.

http://www.techtree.com/techtree/jsp/article.jsp?article_id=68479&cat_id=643

http://sify.com/finance/it-bpo/fullstory.php?id=13956347

us: Bin Ladin Family Website Goes Up for Auction
Online Mediashrimpo LLC is announcing for auction the
domain name: www.saudi-binladin-group.com and
associated Binladin domain names, once owned by Osama
Binladin's family.
 http://press.xtvworld.com/article7020.html

Netcraft's October 2005 Web Server Survey
In the October 2005 survey we received responses from
74,409,971 sites, an increase of 2.68 million sites
from the September survey. The large gain makes 2005
the strongest year ever for Internet growth, as the
web has added 17.5 million sites, easily surpassing
the previous annual mark of 16 million during the
height of the dot-com boom in 2000.

http://news.netcraft.com/archives/2005/10/04/october_2005_web_server_survey.html

Sms.co.uk domain sale could be a 'record breaker'
The domain sms.co.uk is up for grabs and those behind
the sale reckon it could net more than £100,000.
 http://www.theregister.co.uk/2005/10/06/sms_domain/

ICANN GNSO Council Teleconference Agenda
Draft Agenda for GNSO Council meeting Thursday,
October 13, 2005.

http://gnso.icann.org/meetings/agenda-gnso-13oct05.shtml

Misspelled Domain Attracts 6-Figure Bid at SnapNames
To Seal A Superb Week There
Just as our weekly deadline arrived today (Jan. 25) a
phenomenal auction ended at SnapNames.com. Three
fiercely competitive bidders drove Voyuer.com (a
misspelling of voyeur) past the 100K mark before the
winner finally nailed down the domain with a bid of
$112,100. If payment is made, that may be the highest
price ever paid for a typo domain, but there is
certainly a method behind the "madness". The domain,
with a score of 2,549 in Overture with the extension,
will come with a very high flow of traffic (the
correctly spelled Voyeur.com scores 11,094 with the
extension).

http://www.dnjournal.com/archive/domainsales/2005/domainsales02_01_05.htm

uk: BBC spent £212,000 of public money buying up
bbc.com
The BBC spent nearly quarter of a million pounds of
licence-fee payers' money to buy the domain name
bbc.com from a US firm.

http://www.revolutionmagazine.com/News/index.cfm?fuseaction=ViewNewsArticle&newsID=520838

http://domaintimes.net/newseng.php?mhnews_id=306&mhnews_newsid=6333&mhnews_page=1

Surfing the Internet? .travel domain opens
A new online domain for the travel industry is open
for business.

http://www.fortwayne.com/mld/journalgazette/living/12858930.htm

http://www.baltimoresun.com/travel/bal-tr.domain09oct09074641,1,1852174.story

http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/travel/2002537533_webtraveldomain03.html

http://cbsnews.cbs.com/stories/2005/10/04/tech/main907146.shtml

http://www.globetechnology.com/servlet/ArticleNews/TPStory/LAC/20051005/DOMAIN05/TPTechnology

http://www.irna.ir/fa/news/view/line-12/8407143711103343.htm
(Arabic)

Top-Level-Domain .eu startet am 7. Dezember 2005
Ab 7. Dezember 2005 können Organisationen, Firmen und
später auch Einzelpersonen aus verschiedenen
Mitgliedsstaaten der Europäischen Union Domains mit
der Endung .eu registrieren, teilte der Vorstand des
.eu-Domainverwalters EURid mit.
 http://golem.de/0510/40841.html

Ouverture officielle du .EU : 7 décembre 2005
La date est désormais figée dans le marbre puisqu'elle
vient d'être annoncée par EURid dans un communiqué de
presse officiel.

http://www.domainesinfo.fr/vie_extensions.php?cahier=eu&vde_id=743

Les règles définitives du .EU publiées
Le 30 septembre 2005 marque une étape importante de
l'ouverture du .EU puisque c'est à cette date qu'ont
été publiées les règles définitives du .EU.
L'ouverture de la sunrise pourrait donc intervenir, au
plus tôt, le 30 novembre.
 http://domaines.info/article.php?cahier=eu&art_id=740

L'Icann intègre l'extension .eu dans son DNS
Il s'agit d'une étape cruciale pour le lancement du
nom de domaine européen. Mais l'Icann a mis près de
six mois avant de valider cette décision. Ce qui
retarde à nouveau l'ouverture de l'extension, qui
devrait intervenir d?ici à la fin 2005.

http://www.zdnet.fr/actualites/internet/0,39020774,39213930,00.htm

http://www.weblmi.com/sections/articles/2005/10/l_union_europeenne_e/

Tourisme : les Européens font confiance aux sites
publics pour s'informer ou réserver
Un sondage du Comité régional du tourisme de la région
Ile-de-France, réalisé en partenariat avec d'autres
CRT français, indique que le taux de confiance dans
l'information publique (offices de tourisme, syndicats
d'initiative, mairies, comités régionaux et
départementaux de tourisme...) est de 51% en France,
53% en Belgique et 55% en Espagne.

http://domaines.info/article.php?cahier=national&art_id=737

Diskussionen um alternative Roots
Die einheitliche Adressierung im Netz ist Thema gleich
mehrerer aktueller Diskussionen rund um das Domain
Name System. Einzelne Nationen experimentieren mit
landessprachlichen Domains. Netzbetreiber arbeiten mit
privaten Rooting-Systemen. Anfang der Woche musste
sich Paul Vixie, Bind-Architekt bei
F-Rootserver-Betreiber ISC, verteidigen, weil er das
Open Root Server Network (ORSN) unterstützt. Dieses
spiegele aber nur die IANA-Root und sei, so Vixie,
Ausdruck eines verantwortungsvollen Strebens nach
Unabhängigkeit.
 http://www.heise.de/newsticker/meldung/64654

Eigene Domain für den Tourismus
Die ersten neuen ".travel"-Domains wurden an
Dienstleistungsanbieter aus der Reisebranche vergeben.

http://futurezone.orf.at/futurezone.orf?read=detail&id=275778
 http://www.ecin.de/news/2005/10/06/08777/index.html

Turismo ganha domínio ".travel"
A Corporação da Internet para Nomes e Números
Designados (Icann, na sigla em inglês) concedeu o
domínio ".travel" para sites de companhias aéreas,
parques temáticos, restaurantes, agências de turismo e
afins.

http://ultimosegundo.ig.com.br/materias/mundovirtual/2134501-2135000/2134683/2134683_1.xml

El Gobierno no apoya el dominio .ct
José Montilla, titular de Industria y Comercio, ha
precisado que Cataluña, a pesar de su identidad
nacional, no es un Estado.

http://www.vnunet.es/Actualidad/Noticias/Comunicaciones/Internet/20051006010

http://www.noticiasdot.com/publicaciones/2005/1005/0610/noticias/noticias_061005-12.htm

http://www.abc.es/abc/pg051006/prensa/noticias/Nacional/Nacional/200510/06/NAC-NAC-029.asp

http://www.vilaweb.com/www/elpunt/noticia?p_idcmp=1555079

Ultimo Recordatorio: Elecciones LACNIC
Este es un recordatorio de la Convocatoria a
Elecciones para ocupar dos cargos en el Directorio de
LACNIC. De acuerdo al cronograma establecido por al
Comisión Electoral, el período de presentación de
candidaturas se encuentra abierto desde el día 15 de
agosto y finalizará el día 14 de octubre de 2005.

http://www.latinoamericann.org/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=article&sid=1098&mode=thread&order=0&thold=0

Delegacion inversa IPv6 (ip6.int)
En el agosto pasado se aprobó una recomendación (BCP -
Best Current Pratice), indicando la eliminación de la
zona ip6.int para resolución inversa de bloques IPv6.

http://www.latinoamericann.org/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=article&sid=1097&mode=thread&order=0&thold=0

Cuba con IPv6
Durante el Taller de IPv6 en Cuba, parte del IPv6 Tour
que LACNIC esta organizando a nivel latinoameriano, se
ha mostrado la primera conexion al IPv6 en Cuba.

http://www.latinoamericann.org/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=article&sid=1096&mode=thread&order=0&thold=0

Proposta de governança multilateral para Internet
ganha adesões, diz representante brasileiro
O representante da Agência Nacional de
Telecomunicações (Anatel) no Grupo de Trabalho sobre
Governança da Internet (GTGI), José Alexandre Novaes
Bicalho, afirmou hoje que há consenso entre os seus
integrantes de que nenhum país pode exercer papel
predominante na administração da rede mundial.

http://www.latinoamericann.org/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=article&sid=1095&mode=thread&order=0&thold=0

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WSIS & GOVERNANCE
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United States Strives to Maintain Internet Dynamism
(news release)
U.S. officials are engaged in ongoing talks with other
governments, private enterprise and nongovernmental
organizations working to craft an agreement on the
future of Internet governance for presentation at WSIS
to be held in Tunis, Tunisia, November 16-18.

http://usinfo.state.gov/gi/Archive/2005/Oct/07-152806.html

Breaking America's grip on the net
After troubled negotiations in Geneva, the US may be
forced to relinquish control of the internet to a
coalition of governments

http://technology.guardian.co.uk/weekly/story/0,16376,1585288,00.html

http://news.com.com/House+backs+Bush+on+Internet+stance/2100-1028_3-5891321.html

http://metimes.com/articles/normal.php?StoryID=20051003-043234-9867r

http://infoworld.com/article/05/10/06/HNeuproposal_1.html

http://www.pcadvisor.co.uk/index.cfm?go=news.view&news=5142

http://freeinternetpress.com/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=4670

Breaking America's grip on the net
After troubled negotiations in Geneva, the US may be
forced to relinquish control of the internet to a
coalition of governments

http://technology.guardian.co.uk/weekly/story/0,16376,1585288,00.html

America rules OK (sub req'd or see the print version)
WHY should America control the internet? A growing
number of governments are asking this apparently
reasonable question. At a diplomatic meeting last week
in Geneva, the European Union unexpectedly dropped its
support for the current arrangement, and sided with
America's critics. America could now find itself
isolated as negotiations over future regulation of the
internet continue.

http://economist.com/opinion/displayStory.cfm?story_id=4488644

Gulliver's travails: The battle to control the
internet (sub req'd or see the print version)
SINCE the internet was created in the 1960s as a
military-research project, America has co-ordinated
the underlying infrastructure. But other countries are
increasingly concerned that a single nation enjoys
such power, and want to place the internet in the
hands of an inter-governmental organisation?something
America says might hobble the network.

http://economist.com/opinion/displaystory.cfm?story_id=4492875

Documents on Internet Governance from Prepcom-3
Links to documents from WSIS Prepcom-3 (19-30
September 2005) Sub-Committee A, which dealt with the
topic of Internet Governance, can be found on the WSIS
website. The key documents from Prepcom-3 are
available at:

http://www.itu.int/osg/spu/newslog/Documents+On+Internet+Governance+From+Prepcom3.aspx

Presentation: Update on ITU and WSIS Activities
Related to Spam and Cybersecurity
Update on ITU and WSIS Activities Related to Spam and
Cybersecurity (PDF) presented at OECD Spam Task Force
Meeting, Paris, France on 3 October 2005, Robert Shaw,
ITU Strategy and Policy Unit

http://www.itu.int/osg/spu/newslog/Presentation+Update+On+ITU+And+WSIS+Activities+Related+To+Spam+And+Cybersecurity.aspx

Africa and Internet Control at World Summit
As US rejects calls to relinquish control of Internet,
Tayo Ajakaye gives a peep at what to expect in Tunis
next month.
 http://allafrica.com/stories/200510060574.html

WSIS: Road to Tunis paved with questions
With just six weeks to go before the second phase of
the World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS) in
Tunis, a number of key issues remain unresolved,
including the highly debated questions of Internet
governance and civil society participation.

http://southasia.oneworld.net/article/view/119928/1/1893

A War Over The Internet? Doubt It.
>From the way the Guardian's Kieren McCarthy described
last week's European Union sucker punch to United
States ambassadors, a tiff that began over the who
should control Internet's root servers, you'd think
that World War III was about to break out next month
in Tunisia.

http://webpronews.com/news/ebusinessnews/wpn-45-20051006AWarOverTheInternetDoubtit.html

African Civil Society Caucus contributions related to
the WSIS Prepcom 3
Contributions available on the World Summit on the
Information Society website.

http://www.cipaco.org/article.php3?id_article=356&lang=en

Telkos kritisieren Icann-Vorstoß der EU
Die großen europäischen Telekommunikationsunternehmen
kritisieren einen Vorstoß der Europäischen Union, den
politischen Einfluss der USA auf das Internet zu
verringern (siehe auch "Streit um Mitbestimmung im
Internet hält an"). Sie befürchten eine zunehmende
Bürokratisierung des Webs.

http://www.computerwoche.de/index.cfm?pageid=254&type=detail&artid=82030
 http://www.computerwelt.at/detailArticle.asp?a=97621

EEUU rechaza la propuesta europea para cambiar el
regulador de Internet
La propuesta de la Unión Europea para crear un nuevo
organismo regulador para Internet se ha encontrado con
el rechazo frontal de parte del congreso
estadounidense.
 http://www.idg.es/computerworld/noticia.asp?id=43570

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