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
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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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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_secur
ity_warned_about_dnssec/
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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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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?we
lcome=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://domainn
amewire.com/2007/12/19/most-mobi-domains-won-at-sedo-auction
s-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-tr
avel-registrar-reports-surge-in-new-domain-name-registration
s/
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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.
ht
tp://blogs.cnet.com/8301-13554_1-9834579-33.html
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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_int
ernet_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.
ht
tp://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20071219-feds-readying-fo
r-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/idUKL1
91003420071219
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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.
htt
p://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.nach
richten.at/digitalesleben/online/625936?PHPSESSID=46519f5688
83b2211642c76c088174e8
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-d
omain-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/c
ommunique-presse/15961/Litige-opposant-les-soci%c3%a9t%c3%a9
s-XENTRAL-et-PAGES-JAUNES-SA-Confirmation-du-droit-de-propri
%c3%a9t%c3%a9-de-XENTRAL-sur-le-nom-de-domaine-pagesjaunes.c
om..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/ac
tualite/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.domaines
info.fr/chronique/175/affaire-se-loger-les-questions-de-resp
onsabilite.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.kataw
eb.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.tuxjourn
al.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/modu
les.php?op=modload&name=News&file=article&sid=15
78&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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