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domain name news - December 20
Hi all,
As mentioned earlier in the week, this will be the final domain name news for 2007. The news will be back as usual in the week commencing 7 January. So till then, keep checking out my website for updates - http://technewsreview.com.au/, or you can wait until January.
Have a wonderful christmas and new year, and see you all soon!
Cheers
David
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.Mobi: A Safe Real Estate Bet
http://www.ecommercetimes.com/story/60741.html?welcome=1198068157
NZ police, FBI continue international cyber crime operation
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/section/story.cfm?c_id=5&objectid=10483271
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GOVERNANCE
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us: Homeland Security Department Was Warned About DNSSEC Key Ownership and Trust Issues by Milton Mueller
The Internet Governance Project has unearthed a consultancy report to the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) that makes it clear that the issue of root signing and DNSSEC key management has been recognized as a political issue within the US government for long time.
http://www.circleid.com/posts/homeland_security_warned_about_dnssec/
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DOMAIN NAMES
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- ICANN
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Notice of Implementation Date for WHOIS National Laws Procedure
ICANN is publishing a notice of implementation of the ICANN Procedure for Handling WHOIS Conflicts with Privacy Law. The procedure will be posted for 30 days, and implemented on 17 January 2008.
http://icann.org/announcements/announcement-18dec07.htm
ICANN: Request to Provide Input to Issue Report on Introduction of IDN ccTLDs
At its meeting on 2 October 2007, the ccNSO Council resolved to call for an Issue Report to examine the need for a Policy Development Process (ccPDP) to consider: 1. Whether Article IX of the ICANN bylaws applies to IDN ccTLDs associated with the ISO 3166-1 two letter codes, and if it does not then to establish if Article IX should apply; 2. Whether the ccNSO should launch a PDP to develop the policy for the selection and delegation of IDN ccTLDs associated with the ISO 3166-1 two-letter codes.
http://icann.org/announcements/announcement-19dec07.htm
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- (cc)TLD NEWS
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Nic.at records 700,000 .at domain registrations [reg req'd]
http://www.telecompaper.com/news/article.aspx?id=196852
.Mobi: A Safe Real Estate Bet
Why should you consider using .mobi for your mobile domain extension? For starters, although growing fast, the mobile Internet is still relatively early in its development: Only one-quarter of mobile subscribers have a mobile Internet plan. That means that mobile browsing habits are not fixed on using a particular domain extension.
http://www.ecommercetimes.com/story/60741.html?welcome=1198068157
http://www.technewsworld.com/story/60741.html?welcome=1198110315
Most .mobi Domains Won at Sedo Auctions are Out of Compliance
A review of auctions won at first .mobi domain auction shows most are out of compliance.
http://domainnamewire.com/2007/12/19/most-mobi-domains-won-at-sedo-auctions-are-out-of-compliance/
Dot-travel registrar reports surge in new domain name registrations [news release]
Dot-travel registrar EnCirca announces a surge in new .travel domain name registrations ahead of the travel registry rule changes scheduled to take effect on Friday, December 21 at 18:00 EST.
http://www.domainpulse.com/2007/12/20/dot-travel-registrar-reports-surge-in-new-domain-name-registrations/
http://www.domainnews.com/aftermarket/2007122014/dot-travel-registrar-reports-surge-in-new-domain-name-registrations/
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- DNS SECURITY
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NZ police, FBI continue international cyber crime operation
New Zealand police are still working with the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) in an international investigation over a multi-million dollar cyber crime ring alleged to involve a Whitianga teenager.
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/section/story.cfm?c_id=5&objectid=10483271
Hacking a New DNS Attack
New findings by researchers at the Georgia Institute of Technology and Google on a malicious DNS-related attack have stirred some debate over whether open recursive DNS servers are inherently insecure. (See DNS Servers in Harm's Way.) DNS servers basically translate domain names, like darkreading.com, into IP addresses so that computers can find one another. Recursive DNS servers respond to DNS lookup requests from any machine on the Internet. The researchers found an increase in corrupted DNS servers that send clients to malicious sites, and concluded that the large number of open recursive DNS servers on the Net could ultimately be compromised and used as part of a malicious DNS infrastructure that routes users to phishing sites and other bad places.
http://www.darkreading.com/document.asp?doc_id=141652
OpenDNS provides added safety for free
OpenDNS is a free online service that offers an extra layer of safety on the Internet. Technically, the service is DNS resolution, which I'll explain below. The main defensive computing advantage it provides is protection from bad Web sites, most importantly from phishing scams. ID theft is, to me at least, the worst thing that can happen to a computer user, so any extra protection helps. You also get some flexibility in deciding which other types of Web sites should be restricted.
http://blogs.cnet.com/8301-13554_1-9834579-33.html
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- DOMAIN DISPUTES
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How Rampant is Cyber & Typo Squatting? Just Ask WIPO After Reviewing Wipo.com! By Enrico Schaefer
How prevalent is cybersquatting and typosquatting? Take a look at www.wipo.com, and then compare it with the World Intellectual Property Organization’s web site www.wipo.org. Ironically, the WIPO Arbitration and Mediation Center handles a majority of the UDRP domain dispute arbitrations internationally. The very organization which is invested with the authority by ICANN to resolve cybersquatting and typosquatting disputes internationally under the UDRP is, by all appearances, being squatted.
http://www.circleid.com/posts/712177_cyber_typo_squatting_wipo_domain/
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The Internet Running Out of Everything? By Yves Poppe
We know that the Internet is running out of IPv4 addresses and that some in our community check twice a day Mat Ford’s doomsday clock or spend an hour once a week reading the tea leaves based on Geoff Huston‘s exhaustive data compiled at Potaroo. Like with global warming, there is still a school of thought out there arguing that this running out of IP addresses is just fear mongering and that we are not really running out of IPv4 addresses as a NATted world is more than adequate to run the Internet for the foreseeable future.
http://www.circleid.com/posts/712178_internet_running_out_of_everything/
us: Feds readying for 2008 IPv6 deadline, but not for actual use
The US government is facing a June 2008 deadline to comply with an Office of Management and Budget requirement to turn IPv6 on in its networks. However, the directive only specifies that IPv6 has to be available on routers. It doesn't say anything about actually using the new protocol. And apparently, this is exactly what the various agencies are now doing: they're upgrading their routers to support the new protocol, ping their ISP's router over IPv6, and calling it a day. Actual network usage is firmly sticking to IPv4.
http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20071219-feds-readying-for-2008-ipv6-deadline-but-not-for-actual-use.html
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Antivirus firm says detects Google text ad trojan [Reuters]
Advertisements placed by Google in Web pages are being hijacked by so-called trojan software that replaces the intended text with ads from a different provider, Romanian antivirus company BitDefender says.
http://uk.reuters.com/article/internetNews/idUKL191003420071219
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- NON-ENGLISH NEWS
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Ausnahmeregelungen für Registrare beim Whois-Datenschutz
Die ICANN hat die Verfahrensregeln veröffentlicht, die Registraren künftig Beschränkungen beim öffentlichen Zugriff auf die Whois-Einträge ihrer Domainkunden erlauben. Über Frage, ob man privaten Domaininhabern künftig mehr Datenschutz hinsichtlich ihrer Einträge in der Whois-Datenbank zugestehen will, gibt es seit langem Streit.
http://www.heise.de/newsticker/meldung/100859
Forum für Urheberrechtsreform in Brasilien gestartet
Auf Initiative von Kulturminister Gilberto Gil begann in Rio de Janeiro eine umfassende Debatte über eine Reform des brasilianischen Urheberrechts.
http://www.heise.de/tp/r4/artikel/26/26888/1.html
Bereits 700.000 ".at"-Internetadressen vergeben
Die österreichische Domain-Registrierungsstelle nic.at verzeichnet bereits 700.000 ".at"-Internetadressen.
http://www.nachrichten.at/digitalesleben/online/625936?PHPSESSID=46519f568883b2211642c76c088174e8
Riskante Weihnachtsgeschäfte
Vor Weihnachten locken Auktionshäuser und Onlineshops gerne mit Schnäppchen. Ein Mausklick genügt, schon ist der Kauf vollzogen und der Kunde für's Erste zufrieden: Rund 40 Prozent der Käufer haben laut einer Umfrage der Sicherheitsfirma Avira keine Angst, dass ihre Kreditkarten-Daten verloren gehen könnten. Gleichzeitig beflügelt gerade die Hektik der Weihnachtszeit die kriminelle Phantasie. Ein Tippfehler genügt, schon landet man auf einer Site, die der gesuchten zum Verwechseln ähnlich sieht. "Typosquatter" nutzen das mitunter aus, um mit gefälschten Waren oder anderen Betrügereien ihre eigenen Weihnachtskassen zu füllen. "Sie melden einen oftmals falsch geschriebenen Domainnamen an, um ihren eigenen Webshop zu bewerben", warnt Bernd Beiser von NetNames, einer auf Domain-Management spezialisierten Firma. Auch Schadprogramme könnten auf solchen Sites platziert sein.
http://www.wienerzeitung.at/DesktopDefault.aspx?TabID=3930
music.mobi – Domain-Auktion mit Hindernissen
Am vorvergangenen Donnerstag, den 5. Dezember 2007, versteigerte Sedo zusammen mit mTLD, der Verwalterin von .mobi, die dritte und letzte Gruppe .mobi-Premiumdomains. Doch statt mittlerweile routiniert die Bieter bieten zu lassen, kam es zu Unregelmäßigkeiten, die zur Verlängerung der Auktion führten und zumindest einen wütenden Domainer zurückließ.
http://www.domain-recht.de/magazin/domain-news-2007/music-mobi-domain-auktion-mit-hindernissen-id667117.html
Les pages jaunes voient rouges
Litige opposant les sociétés XENTRAL et PAGES JAUNES SA Confirmation du droit de propriété de XENTRAL sur le nom de domaine pagesjaunes.com. Dans un arrêt rendu le 13 décembre 2007, Le Tribunal de Première Instance de la Communauté Européenne (TPCE) rappelle que le nom de domaine « pagesjaunes.com » appartient bien à la société XENTRAL et renvoie les sociétés XENTRAL et PAGES JAUNES SA devant la justice française en ce qui concerne la discussion sur la marque, notamment en ce qui concerne la portée des droits antérieurs de la société XENTRAL.
http://www.zataz.com/communique-presse/15961/Litige-opposant-les-soci%c3%a9t%c3%a9s-XENTRAL-et-PAGES-JAUNES-SA-Confirmation-du-droit-de-propri%c3%a9t%c3%a9-de-XENTRAL-sur-le-nom-de-domaine-pagesjaunes.com..html
Le .ASIA en mouvement
Changements de dates et programmes de promotion sont à venir pour le .ASIA. Le patron de l'extension nous dévoile les changements à venir, ainsi que les chiffres des périodes déjà révolues.
http://www.domainesinfo.fr/extension/1383/asie-le-asia-en-mouvement.php
Marché du nommage : croissance continue
Le secteur des noms de domaine continue d'afficher une croissance à deux chiffres. On compte aujourd'hui 146 millions de noms enregistrés, soit 31% de plus par rapport à l'an dernier.
http://www.domainesinfo.fr/actualite/1378/marche-du-nommage-croissance-continue.php
Affaire "Se Loger" : les questions de responsabilité
Dans l'affaire seloger-immobilier.com, contrefaçon par imitation des marques "Se Loger", la société registrante, fictive, a été condamné. Le bureau d’enregistrement a été lui mis hors de cause. Les faits de l’espèce, antérieurs à la loi du 29 octobre 2007, offrent l’occasion de s’interroger sur le terme "intermédiaire" contenu dans le nouvel article L. 716-6 CPI.
http://www.domainesinfo.fr/chronique/175/affaire-se-loger-les-questions-de-responsabilite.php
Telefonini, il ‘.mobi’ supera il Wap
La telefonia mobile affila le armi in vista dell’annunciato arrivo (e conseguente, sperato, boom) della pubblicità sui cellulari. E lo fa stringendo tempi e strategie attorno allo strumento considerato oggi il più appropriato a far arrivare banner, link e piccoli spot in streaming sui minischermi dei telefoni: il «.mobi». Il .mobi è un cosiddetto Tld, top level domain. Un suffisso, insomma, come .com o .it, di primo livello. Di quelli gestiti direttamente dall’Icann.
http://www.kataweb.it/cellularmania/dettnews.jsp?id=183021&isodate=2007-12-18T10:08:50+01:00
Free innove avec son déploiement du protocole IPv6
Free vient de rejoindre le nombre très restreint des opérateurs grand public de par le monde à avoir déployé le protocole IPv6 sur leur réseau. En France Nerim faisait figure de véritable pionnier quand il installait en 2002 ce protocole sur son réseau aujourd’hui essentiellement destiné aux PME.
http://www.dslvalley.com/free+innove+avec+son+deploiement+du+protocole+ipv6-19-12-2007.html
IPv6, una breve overview (4/4)
Benché in fase avanzata di sviluppo (l’implementazione è quasi ultimata), IPv6 non ha riscontrato grande fermento circa la sua installazione. Ciò è dovuto al fatto che nuove tecniche per la gestione di reti private (su tutte la tecnica NAT) hanno allontanato il reale bisogno di IPv6, che ad oggi è usato soprattutto in centri di ricerca, che ne stanno testando le reali bontà.
http://www.tuxjournal.net/?p=2171
Nuevas Políticas aprobadas en LACNIC
El Directorio de LACNIC habiendo verificado el cumplimiento del Proceso de Desarrollo de Políticas y el alcance del consenso realizado durante el último Foro Público realizado en Isla Margarita del 22 al 25 de Mayo del 2007, ratifica la implementación de las siguientes cuatro propuestas:
http://www.latinoamericann.org/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=article&sid=1578&mode=thread&order=0&thold=0
Cuenta atrás para la nueva Ley de Internet con el debate del canon digital de fondo
La Ley de Impulso a la Sociedad de la Información (LISI) será sometida en unas horas a su votación definitiva, con el canon digital en el punto de mira. Una enmienda introducida inesperadamente en el Senado, que instaba al Gobierno a eliminar dicho canon en el plazo de un año, ha desatado la tormenta y ha dado esperanzas para los muchos detractores de esta medida, claramente impopular.
http://www.elmundo.es/navegante/2007/12/19/tecnologia/1198086898.html
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