Check out http://auda.org.au/domain-news/dn-news for the latest domain news. By close of business Melbourne time on 14/7, a more recent edition of the news will normally be posted to the auDA web site. The domain name news is supported by auDA. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ ************ DOMAIN NAMES ************ tr: WWW.YOURNAME A Turkish group seeking to improve communications technology is pushing the use of a splinter Internet network that might avoid control by the United States. http://toledoblade.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20050709/NEWS34/50708021/-1 Turkish Group Seeks To Control Some Internet Root Servers A Turkish group seeking to improve communications technology is pushing the use of a splinter Internet network that might avoid control by the United States. http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/cmp/20050708/tc_cmp/165700410 http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/wireStory?id=915072 http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/G/GOOGLE_TYPOSQUATTING http://smh.com.au/news/breaking/turkish-group-wants-alternate-net/2005/07/07/1120329537980.html http://www.detnews.com/2005/technology/0507/10/0tech-239629.htm http://www.broadbandreports.com/shownews/65306 au: Academics converge on ENUM trial The Australian Academic & Research Network (AARNet) on Wednesday kicked off trials of ENUM, a method of electronically mapping telephone numbers to IP addresses. http://www.zdnet.com.au/news/communications/0,2000061791,39201066,00.htm DNS name serving through NSD Given the sheer importance of name servers in providing Domain Name System (DNS) resolution -- a process used by every Web-facing application to translate domain names into IP addresses and vice versa -- not many people put much thought into the available software alternatives for pulling off this feat. One compelling application is NSD, an alternative to the widely deployed BIND name server. http://hardware.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=05/06/28/1618219 Google wins in copycat Web domain dispute An Internet arbitrator has awarded Google Inc. the rights to several website addresses that relied on typographical errors to exploit the online search engine's popularity so computer viruses and other malicious software could be unleashed on unsuspecting visitors. http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/1120928759897_8 http://news.com.com/Google+wins+copycat+Web+domain+dispute/2100-1030_3-5779929.html http://money.cnn.com/2005/07/08/technology/google_domain.reut/index.htm http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2005/07/08/financial/f150850D15.DTL http://www.usatoday.com/tech/news/2005-07-08-google-copycats_x.htm http://today.reuters.co.uk/news/newsArticle.aspx?type=internetNews&storyID=2005-07-08T170611Z_01_YUE859053_RTRIDST_0_OUKIN-TECH-GOOGLE.XML Internet politics (reg req'd) In a pre-emptive strike, America decides to keep control of the internet http://economist.com/business/displayStory.cfm?story_id=4161759 NRO comments submitted to ICANN regarding Policy Proposal Review Procedure The Number Resource Organisation submitted to ICANN the following comments to the Proposed Review Procedure for ASO Policy Proposals. http://www.nro.net/documents/nro25.html WHOIS to Become Restricted Global Name Registry, the Registry operator for the .NAME top level domain, announces the release of "WHOIS II" in a move that establishes an important benchmark in the continuing struggle to protect personal information online. http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/prweb/20050706/bs_prweb/prweb257045_1 ICANN Publishes Latest Newsletter In conjunction with its meetings in Luxembourg, ICANN has published it latest newsletter- available for download in French, German, and English. http://icann.org/announcements/announcement-08jul05.htm ICANN Posts New gTLD Questions Paper In September 2004 ICANN published a strategy for the implementation of new top-level domains (TLDs). The strategy called for the implementation of a strategy that would appropriately take into account many relevant technical, economic, socio-political and cultural issues. In light of several new developments regarding DNS operations and structure, ICANN has developed a plan to facilitate implementation of the strategy for the designation of new TLDs. (update: deadline extended to 1 August) http://icann.org/announcements/announcement-06jul05.htm Is ICANN getting out of price-setting? ICANN looks to have taken a step to play down some of the price-setting powers it has over the domain name industry, by lifting a price cap previously imposed on VeriSign Inc. http://datamonitor.com/~ad0345c10c3b4c579c6e7399192ca1c2~/industries/news/article/?pid=DF8902EE-1947-4D53-872C-AF582E80FBC8&type=NewsWire http://cbr-online.com/article_news.asp?guid=DF8902EE-1947-4D53-872C-AF582E80FBC8.com ICANN to lift price caps on .net domains Owners of .net Web addresses may face higher registry fees in the future--but not until 2007. http://news.com.com/ICANN+to+lift+price+caps+on+.net+domains/2100-1030_3-5780400.html http://news.netcraft.com/archives/2005/07/08/icann_verisign_can_raise_net_prices_in_2007.html http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=05/07/08/1854201 EURid Seminar on .eu at the ICANN Meeting, 12 July 2005 EURid is the body chosen by the European Commission to operate the new .eu registry. We aim to launch .eu with the sunrise period commencing in the fourth quarter of 2005. http://www.eurid.eu/news/archive/seminar120705 VeriSign To Benefit From More Domain Names Credit Suisse First Boston reiterated an "outperform" rating and $37 price target on VeriSign. According to the research firm, there are 44.9 million domain names as of the end of June, an increase of roughly 1.2 million for the month and a 3.5 million increase from the end of the March (first) quarter. http://www.forbes.com/markets/2005/07/06/0706automarketscan14.html RIPE NCC Regional Meeting Moscow 2005 We are pleased to announce the RIPE NCC Regional Meeting, Moscow, 2005. The meeting will take place from 15 - 16 September 2005 at a location to still be decided. http://ripe.net/meetings/regional/moscow-2005/index.html 2005 RIPE NCC Membership Survey Please note that this survey is intented for RIPE NCC Members only. http://ripe.net/membership/survey2005/ Bring on Those .XXX Internet Domains Bob Parsons is an interesting, entrepreneurial kind of a guy. He got in on the front end of the technology curve in the early 1990s when Parsons Technology made a name for itself in Evangelical circles by being among the first to market Bible software. His QuickVerse software brought the Scriptures to Christian computer users’ fingertips. http://www.sierratimes.com/05/07/06/24_167_175_119_45920.htm http://www.canadafreepress.com/2005/tabor070705.htm Interesting ICANN Details After my column of 6/16 (Start Your Censorship Engines about ICANN and their approval of the .XXX domain, one of the directors sent me a nice note offering a few details on how they work. In fact, Michael Palage used a football analogy, rushing the season a bit. http://www.itworld.com/Net/nls_networkingicann0507007 Domain names with Greek characters Registrations of Domain Names in Greek characters will start on the 4th of July https://grweb.ics.forth.gr/english/index.html Registration of .mo 2nd level domain names 2nd level domain name registration sunrise and trial period from 1st March 2005 http://www.monic.net.mo/page.php .vn sunrise period MarkMonitor reports currently submitted domain names were scheduled to go LIVE in June, however that date has been rescheduled for July (a specific date has not been determined). http://www.markmonitor.com/newsandevents/domainnews.html 2-character .PS domain names MarkMonitor reports the Palestinian National Internet Naming Authority (PNINA) has announced that 2-character The Palestinian National Internet Naming Authority (PNINA) has announced that 2-character .PS domain names are now available to trademark holders. http://www.markmonitor.com/newsandevents/domainnews.html ps: PNINA extended the sunrise period to 30 June With the increased popularity of the .PS ccTLD we are experiencing an increased amount of cyber squatting. Companies that wish to protect their brand integrity should register their corporate, registered and trademark names with .PS as soon as possible to ensure that their brand names are protected. http://www.pnina.ps/faq/sunrise.html Cybersquatting Hits Businesses for Top Dollar There are few sure ways to make a million dollars. But registering a domain name like Wallstreet.com, before the financial elite had even an inkling of an idea to create its own web site, was certainly one of them. When it came to the buy-out of rights to the domain name, the price tag on Wallstreet.com read $1 million. http://www.sptimes.ru/archive/times/1082/news/b_16133.htm Everyone Wants Register.com Since 2003, Register.com has been the subject of intense shareholder agitation. It started with James Mitarotonda, the CEO of the private equity firm Barington Companies, who tried to take over the company via a proxy fight. http://biz.yahoo.com/fool/050707/112075764412.html On 30 June 2005, Fay Howard is leaving EURid. The board and management wish to thank Fay for all the excellent work she has done for the company. http://www.eurid.eu/news/archive/fayhoward gTLD Registry launches Free Trial on Domains As the first global top-level domain, .name opens for up to 60 days of free trial on domain names for consumer portals, increasing consumer friendliness and breaking long-held traditions in the Internet Registry space. http://www.webhostdir.com/news/articles/shownews.asp?id=12474 DomainsBot Launches Powerful Domain Name Search Tool (news release) DomainsBot, the well-known provider of domain name information, today announced the release of its new domain search tool, available for free at the DomainsBot website. Using a combination of syntactical, statistical, and human feedback mechanisms, DomainsBot suggests alternative domain names when a customer’s first choice is already registered. http://www.webhostdir.com/news/articles/shownews.asp?id=12473 http://www.prweb.com/releases/2005/7/prwebxml259058.php ***************** WSIS & GOVERNANCE ***************** au: Australia backs Internet status quo Despite concerns from some quarters, the Australian government has backed the current system of Internet governance http://news.zdnet.co.uk/0,39020330,39208297,00.htm http://www.zdnet.com.au/news/communications/0,2000061791,39200817,00.htm Ben Ali urges massive African presence at WSIS Tunisian President hopes African leaders will send impressive delegations to WSIS hosted by his country. http://www.middle-east-online.com/english/?id=13954 AU urges Africans to attend information summit The African Union summit that closed Tuesday in the central Libyan town of Sirte has urged Africans to fully support and participate in the WSIS set for 16-18 November in Tunisia. http://www.angolapress-angop.ao/noticia-e.asp?ID=354627 Signposts in Cyberspace: An NRC Report on the DNS and Internet Navigation In light of the recent decision by the United States government to "maintain its historic role in authorizing changes or modifications to the authoritative root zone file" and ICANN's recent decisions to add more gTLDs (including .xxx), and to renew VeriSign as the .net registry, readers may be interested in the just-published report of the National Research Council's Computer Science and Telecommunications Board, Signposts in Cyberspace: The Domain Name System and Internet Navigation. "Signposts in Cyberspace" is a comprehensive policy-oriented examination of the Domain Name System in the broader context of Internet navigation. It is addressed to policy communities in the United States, other nations, and international agencies, whose decisions will affect the DNS' future. The report contains a careful description of the development, current state, and future prospects of the technical system of the DNS and a complementary description of the development, current state, and policy issues of the framework of autonomous institutions that operate, administer, and set policy for it. http://www.circleid.com/article/1135_0_1_0_C US Government wants to keep Internet control The US government has kicked off another round of heated discussions about Internet governance. Assistant Secretary of Commerce Michael Gallagher on 30 June announced that his government clearly intends to keep the final control over the root zone file that lists all top-level domain entries. This move came a bit unexpected, and the experts are now discussing what the implications will be for the upcoming ICANN meeting and the release of the report of the WSIS Working Group on Internet Governance. http://worldsummit2005.de/en/web/759.htm Andrew Kantor: CyberSpeak - U.S. decision to control Internet is no big deal Last week the Bush Administration announced that it was backing out of a pledge it had made, saying the U.S. government would retain control over the Internet. http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/usatoday/20050708/tc_usatoday/andrewkantorcyberspeakusdecisiontocontrolinternetisnobigdeal Third Annual Report on the UN ICT Task Force In its third year, the Information and Communication Technologies Task Force, through its core activities, working groups and regional nodes, has successfully contributed to advancing the multi-stakeholder discussion on Internet governance, enabling environment and other high-profile policy issues; added to progress in measuring, monitoring and analysing the impact of ICT on the achievement of the internationally agreed development goals; further supported and promoted collaborative initiatives at the regional, subregional and national levels and provided significant input to the formulation of a comprehensive United Nations information and communications technologies strategy. The Task Force continues to pursue the mainstreaming of ICT into development as a powerful tool that can enable the attainment of the internationally agreed development goals. It is also contributing towards making the Tunis phase of WSIS a success. The ongoing programme of reform and renewal of the UN is affording an opportunity for the Task Force to perform its mandate of providing advice to the Secretary-General on ICT. http://unicttaskforce.org/perl/documents.pl?id=1534 "You have no rights here, but welcome to Tunisia !" A few months from now, the second phase of the World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS) will be held in Tunis, when global attention will focus on Tunisia. External communications are therefore an absolute priority, and any means of luring and manipulating the international press will be deemed justified. Foreign journalists are welcome as long as they are accommodating and cooperative-and not too inquisitive. The surveillance also extends to anyone who may be tempted to provide them with information (dissidents, human rights activists, trade union leaders, independent journalists, etc.). In a report made public today, Reporters Without Borders, whose representatives visited Tunisia from June 2 to 6, condemn the government's formidable propaganda machine. http://www.rsf.org/article.php3?id_article=14347 http://allafrica.com/stories/200507080623.html +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Sources include Quicklinks <http://qlinks.net/> and BNA Internet Law News <http://www.bna.com/ilaw/>. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ (c) David Goldstein 2005 David Goldstein address: 4/3 Abbott Street COOGEE NSW 2034 AUSTRALIA email: Goldstein_David §yahoo.com.au phone: +61 418 228 605 - mobile; +61 2 9665 5773 - home * Note new address and home phone number as of 28 May 2005. ____________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Try Yahoo! 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