Check out http://auda.org.au/domain-news/dn-news for the latest domain news. By close of business Melbourne time on 31 October, a more recent edition of the news should be posted to the auDA web site. The domain name news is supported by auDA. **************** DOMAIN NAMES **************** Cyberweek: ODR, eLawyering and ethics A free weeklong cyberconference on various legal issues, providing registrants with opportunities to explore ODR, eLawyering, and ethics in the Internet law age. http://odr.info/cyberweek/ us: Deal lets Verisign hold onto .com The key net oversight body has settled a long-running dispute with Verisign, a company which has significant influence over how people find websites. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/4375206.stm http://www.iht.com/articles/2005/10/25/business/icann.php http://nytimes.com/2005/10/25/technology/25internet.html http://news.zdnet.com/2100-9588_22-5911776.html http://www.theregister.co.uk/2005/10/25/verisign_icann_deal/ http://australianit.news.com.au/articles/0,7204,17028904%5e15306%5e%5enbv%5e,00.html http://smh.com.au/news/breaking/icann-settles-case-with-verisign/2005/10/26/1130285560649.html http://www.circleid.com/posts/verisign_and_icann_settle_lawsuit/ http://abcnews.go.com/Business/wireStory?id=1247003 http://www.usatoday.com/tech/news/techpolicy/2005-10-24-icann-verisign_x.htm http://www.wired.com/news/technology/0,1282,69346,00.html http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/10/25/AR2005102501767.html http://lenta.ru/news/2005/10/25/verisign/ (Russian) ICANN Gets the Root Zone, Too A small but intriguing paragraph in the VeriSign settlement says that ICANN gets to maintain the root zone. I thought they did now, but I guess VRSN does, following advice from ICANN. http://www.circleid.com/posts/icann_gets_the_root_zone_too/ Verisign Gets .COM Forever, But ICANN Gets a Lobbyist A press release on the ICANN web site says that ICANN and Verisign have agreed to settle all pending lawsuits, and there?s a new .COM agreement, all tentative but if history is any guide, nothing short of DOC action is going to stop it. http://www.circleid.com/posts/verisign_gets_com_forever_icann_gets_a_lobbyist/ ICANN and VeriSign Announce End to Long-Standing Dispute (news release) ICANN today announced that it has reached an proposed agreement to end all pending litigation over its long-standing dispute with VeriSign. The proposed agreement documents are being posted for public comment and are subject to final approval of the ICANN Board. This settlement will clear the way for a new and productive public/private partnership in coordinating technical management of the Internet's domain name system. http://icann.org/announcements/announcement-24oct05.htm DNS servers 'vulnerable to attack' Many DNS servers are wrongly configured or running out-of-date software, leaving them vulnerable to malicious attacks, according to a survey published on Monday. http://news.zdnet.co.uk/internet/security/0,39020375,39233366,00.htm http://news.com.com/Old+software+weakening+Nets+backbone,+survey+says/2100-7347_3-5913771.html http://www.osnews.com/comment.php?news_id=12390 http://www.circleid.com/posts/survey_results_expose_widespread_dns_vulnerabilities/ au: Web names boss on bankruptcy list A SHONKY businessman who misled tens of thousands of businesses into buying domain names that they did not need has been declared bankrupt. http://theage.com.au/news/fulldisclosure/web-names-boss-on-bankruptcy-list/2005/10/23/1130006002477.html Dot.IE Internet registrations top 50,000 Dot.ie Internet domain registrations have now exceeded the 50,000 mark, according to IE Domain Registry (IEDR), the managed registry for Ireland's domain names. http://www.businessworld.ie/livenews.htm?a=1283397;s=rollingnews.htm Mobile Web sites face stringent standards regulation mTLD is to be the first TLD operator to insist the sites under its jurisdiction follow strict standards of Web development http://news.zdnet.co.uk/internet/0,39020369,39233357,00.htm in: Govt working on implementation of multilingual domain names To widen the Internet user base, the government is working on a process to evolve multilingual domain names in Indian scripts for easier browsing of the web by masses. http://www.hindustantimes.com/news/181_1529896,00020020.htm When will we run out of IPv4? A paper by Tony Hain was recently published in the Internet Protocol Journal which sparked a debate on Slashdot. Particularly, Tony's paper suggested that IANA will run out of IP addresses in 5 years or less. However, there is another paper written by Geoff Hutson which projects that we have enough IPv4 address until 2022. The differences got most people confused. So who is right? http://www.circleid.com/posts/when_will_we_run_out_of_ipv4/ za: Internet Domain Name Scam Intellectual property law firm Adams & Adams has issued a statement alerting South African companies of a scam emanating from "domain name service providers" in the UK regarding the registration of domain names in various domain name spaces such as .co.za, .com, .co.uk. http://www.moneyweb.co.za/business_today/508174.htm eu: The web goes dotty The World Wide Web will have a different face in the coming months with the launch of several new domains, including the long-awaited dot-eu (.eu) address. http://www.electricnews.net/ffocus.html?code=9650209 ********************* WSIS & GOVERNANCE ********************* The Economist letters to the editor Following a couple of articles from The Economist (see 10 October version of the news), Markus Kummer from the Secretariat of the WGIG and Brian Carpenter from the IETF, both in Geneva, have letters published. Markus Kummer says that on a proposal to set up a forum to discuss difficult subjects "it is for thoughtful dialogue on difficult issues among many stakeholders". Brian Carpenter says "[u]nfortunately, the whole debate about internet governance under the auspices of the [UN] has for some reason focused on relatively minor technical issues, which hardly deserve being called 'governance', and has passed by in silence on more important issues, such as freedom of information, the right to privacy, affordability of internet access, and other issues worthy of international diplomacy." http://economist.com/opinion/displayStory.cfm?story_id=5053472 EU commissioner speaks out on Internet Governance The European Commission's Viviane Reding, the Commissioner responsible for Information Society and Media has made a speech on 'Opportunities and challenges of the Ubiquitous World and some words on Internet Governance 2005'. For the text of the speech see: http://www.publictechnology.net/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=article&sid=3877 United States Says No U.N. Body Should Control Internet The United States says that transferring control of the Internet to the United Nations would stifle innovation with excessive bureaucracy and may help repressive regimes curtail free expression online. http://usinfo.state.gov/eur/Archive/2005/Oct/25-499.html Preserving the Web of the free There is a move afoot at the United Nations and in the European Union to get the United States to give up control of the Internet - a medium that America created and on which it now critically relies. http://www.iht.com/articles/2005/10/24/opinion/edshiffrin.php Why the UN Wants to Control the Internet But the UN believes that its American origins makes ICANN the creature of the U.S. government, and believes an international organization should control the DNS system. In reality, governments that would like to control media tightly within their own borders, are the ones that would like another tool to accomplish that, and UN control of DNS would do that. Major members, or groups of smaller members, of the UN, can exercise considerable control over UN organizations. For example, uf DNS were controlled by the UN, China could insure that any site names China did not approve of, never appeared. http://www.strategypage.com/htmw/htiw/articles/20051024.aspx The Net is anarchy: keep it that way The internet, long seen as a neutral realm free of government interference, is now hot political property. Not surprisingly, therefore, both the European Union and the United Nations are now trying to grab control of the internet. This has major consequences for business and for individuals. http://smh.com.au/news/breaking/the-net-is-anarchy-keep-it-that-way/2005/10/23/1130006004185.html http://theage.com.au/news/technology/the-net-is-anarchy-keep-it-that-way/2005/10/23/1130006004185.html U.S. Faces Off Against EC Over Internet Control Control of the Internet has been creating a stir in Washington in recent weeks. For the moment, the U.S. maintains control of the "roots" of the Internet, signifying that it has power to authorize or deny certain determined controls, such as the recent termination of ".xxx" for places of pornography. http://english.ohmynews.com/articleview/article_view.asp?at_code=288769 EU, developing nations challenge US control of Internet U.S. private organization assigns domain names, web addresses, standards http://asiamedia.ucla.edu/article.asp?parentid=32232 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 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 ____________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? The New Yahoo! 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