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Phishers using DNS servers to lure victims
Online thieves looking for personal data may be moving
to more active measures by redirecting people from
legitimate sites to malicious ones, security experts
said this week. 

http://www.zdnet.com.au/news/security/0,2000061744,39183847,00.htm

 http://news.zdnet.com/2100-1009_22-5604555.html 

http://www.itnews.com.au/newsstory.aspx?CIaNCID=37&CIaNID=18164

 http://www.vnu.co.uk/news/1161743 

au: Companies warned against .biz bluff
Overseas internet operator Michael Goodall uses images
of the US flag and a presidential-looking seal that
bears the legend: "In God We Trust". 

http://theage.com.au/articles/2005/03/07/1110160754019.html


NZ company victor in domain dispute
New Zealand polling company DigiPoll has gained
control of the domain name digipoll.com, more than
three years after it was registered by someone else in
the US. 

http://www.nzherald.co.nz/index.cfm?c_id=3&ObjectID=10114039


Australian Domain Price War: The Gloves are off &
Domain Prices Have Crashed in 2005
The retail price for com.au domains has never been
this low! Premium full service registrars such as
MelbourneIT and Bottle Domains sell a 2-year license
for com.au domains at $140 and $99 respectively. You
can now register the same com.au domain at Domain
Central for only $49. 

http://www.webhostdir.com/news/articles/shownews.asp?id=11683


Australian domain administrator warns against .biz
scam
The administrator of .au domain names is warning
Australian businesses to be wary of contacts from an
organisation it believes is falsely positioning itself
as the global domain name administrator. 

http://www.webhostdir.com/news/articles/shownews.asp?id=11671


uk: Domain seller leaves thousands in limbo
Thousands of UK domain owners have been left in limbo
by the actions of Cambridge-based registrar
Firevision. 

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2005/03/08/firevision_domain_customess_in_limbo


ICANN Strategic Plan
ICANN has released for public comment a draft of the
three year ICANN Strategic Plan. The public comment
period began 16 November, 2004 and has been extended
until 28 February, 2005. ICANN encourages all members
of the community to participate in this public comment
forum. 
 http://icann.org/strategic-plan/strategic-plan.html 

GNSO Council Teleconference Agenda - 17 March 2005 

http://gnso.icann.org/meetings/agenda-gnso-17mar05.htm


GNSO Council Election for ICANN Board seat 14 -
Procedure for Seconding Nominations 

http://gnso.icann.org/announcements/announcement-07mar05.htm


us: Domain Owners Lose Privacy
As facts unfold, and the NTIA's decision to take away
our privacy comes to light, it is interesting to see
the NTIA struggling to explain its decision. Keep in
mind that an "as yet to be identified" bureaucrat made
this decision to take away your privacy, did it
without notice, and without holding hearings. Those
affected were not given an opportunity to explain how
the loss of privacy would negatively affect them.
Quite simply, this is NOT how our government is
supposed to work. We should be outraged. 
 http://www.circleid.com/article/953_0_1_0_C 

.US Domain Owners to Lose Anonymity
Owners of .us domain names are unable to have their
name and contact information details withheld from
public view. 

http://addict3d.org/index.php?page=viewarticle&type=news&ID=5705


Being Canadian Online More Popular Than Ever (news
release)
The 500,000th dot-ca Internet domain name was
registered according to figures released today by the
CIRA. 
 http://www.cira.ca/news-releases/143.html 

http://www.newswire.ca/en/releases/archive/March2005/08/c2281.html


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tn: Preparing for the World Summit on Information
Society starts with violence and arrests of human
rights defenders and peaceful demonstrators
Amnesty International is concerned about the recent
escalation in intimidation and violence against
peaceful demonstrators in Tunisia, a few months before
the country is due to host the World Summit on
Information Society (WSIS), an inter-governmental and
civil society meeting organized by the United Nations
in November. 
 http://web.amnesty.org/library/Index/ENGMDE300022005 

Preparatory Committee of WSIS Registered Azerbaijan’s
Contributions
Members of the delegation of Azerbaijan having
participated at the Second meeting of the Preparatory
Committee of the WSIS held a news conference at the UN
Baku Representation. 

http://azertag.com/en/index.shtml?language=english&catid=&news_year=&news_month=&news_day=&newsid=98642

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Sources include Quicklinks <http://qlinks.net/> and
BNA Internet Law News <http://www.bna.com/ilaw/>.

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